Quran glossary · draft

الإِصْرُ مِيثَاقًا

binding pledge

A solemn pledge accepted as a binding obligation.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: أصر

Lemmas: إصر

Forms: إِصْرِ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

3:81

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَٰقَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ لَمَآ ءَاتَيْتُكُم مِّن كِتَٰبٍ وَحِكْمَةٍ ثُمَّ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِۦ وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥ قَالَ ءَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ إِصْرِى قَالُوٓا۟ أَقْرَرْنَا قَالَ فَٱشْهَدُوا۟ وَأَنَا۠ مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All three occurrences were reviewed. Two denote burdensome obligations carried or removed; one denotes God's binding pledge accepted by the prophets. Binding weight unifies the profiles.