Quran glossary · draft

قضض

collapse

For a standing structure to fall down through instability.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: قضض

Lemmas: ينقض

Forms: يَنقَضَّ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

18:77

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole form VII subjunctive has a wall as subject, is governed by its being about to undergo the action, and is followed by the companion setting the wall upright. This repair sequence directly establishes inchoative structural collapse.