Quran glossary · draft

فرع

branch

The upper branching part of a tree extending above its root.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: فرع

Lemmas: فرع

Forms: فَرْعُ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

14:24

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole noun belongs to the good-tree comparison and is set in direct structural contrast with the tree's fixed root: this part reaches into the sky. That relation supports the concrete upper branch core.