Quran glossary · draft

زهق، زهوق، زاهق

complete presence loss

An entity passes completely out of a domain in which it had been present.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 5

Roots: زهق

Lemmas: زهق · زهوق · زاهق

Forms: تَزْهَقَ · زَهَقَ · زَهُوقًا · زَاهِقٌ

Occurrence examples (5 of 5)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.

9:55

فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُهُمْ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

9:85

وَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَأَوْلَٰدُهُمْ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

17:81

وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ إِنَّ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا

17:81

وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ إِنَّ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا

21:18

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

Where other meanings fail

be defeated

9:55

فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُهُمْ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

Alternative: their souls are defeated while they are unbelievers

Research rendering: their souls pass away while they are unbelievers

The clause supplies worldly embodiment and soul departure but no opponent or contest.

die

17:81

وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ إِنَّ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا

Alternative: truth arrived and falsehood died biologically

Research rendering: truth arrived and falsehood vanished

Falsehood is not an organism; the clause requires its complete loss of presence under truth, not biological death.

weaken

21:18

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

Alternative: truth strikes falsehood and it is merely weakened

Research rendering: truth strikes falsehood and it is vanishing

The result parallels completed vanishing at 17:81 and profiles terminal disappearance, not continued weakened presence.