إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Quran glossary · draft
خُلُق
character
The noun خُلُق: character.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2
Roots: خلق
Lemmas: خلق
Forms: خُلُقُ · خُلُقٍ
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
Where other meanings fail
creation
68:4
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
Alternative: And indeed, you are upon a tremendous creation.
Research rendering: And indeed, you are upon tremendous character.
The preposition places the addressee upon a quality or way of conduct. Creation turns that predicate into a created object and erases the distinct خُلُق vocalization.