Quran glossary · draft

الكَلّ

burden

An incapable dependent whose support falls upon another person.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: كلل

Lemmas: كل

Forms: كَلٌّ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

16:76

وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَبْكَمُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلَىٰ مَوْلَىٰهُ أَيْنَمَا يُوَجِّههُّ لَا يَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى هُوَ وَمَن يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 377 family occurrences were reviewed across four pages. The 374 protected quantifier uses meaning ‘every’ or ‘whenever’ were left untouched. The assigned root uses concern collateral inheritance without a child and an incapable dependent supported by his master.