Quran glossary · draft

ألل

binding tie

A binding personal tie that commands regard.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: ألل

Lemmas: إل

Forms: إِلًّا

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

9:8

كَيْفَ وَإِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوا۟ فِيكُمْ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً يُرْضُونَكُم بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتَأْبَىٰ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

9:10

لَا يَرْقُبُونَ فِى مُؤْمِنٍ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُعْتَدُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The two noun occurrences repeat the same construction within three ayahs: hostile opponents observe neither this tie nor a pledged obligation toward believers. The Quran-internal evidence establishes a regard-commanding bond distinct enough to be paired with ذمة, without specifying a narrower inherited category.