قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ
Quran glossary · draft
زعم
binding guarantor
A person who accepts responsibility for the fulfillment or defense of an undertaking.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2
Roots: زعم
Lemmas: زعيم
Forms: زَعِيمٌ
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
Why this meaning was chosen
Form I verbs and the verbal noun introduce claims repeatedly tested, exposed, or contradicted by the surrounding discourse. The agent noun زَعِيم identifies one who personally stands behind a promised reward or disputed proposition as guarantor. Claiming and guaranteeing differ in evidential strength, but both place a speaker's asserted commitment behind content.