Quran glossary · draft

جِدَال

contentious exchange

An exchange in which parties press opposed claims.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: جدل

Lemmas: جدال

Forms: جِدَالَ · جِدَٰلَ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

2:197

ٱلْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَٰتٌ فَمَن فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ ٱلْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِى ٱلْحَجِّ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ ٱللَّهُ وَتَزَوَّدُوا۟ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ ٱلزَّادِ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَٱتَّقُونِ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

11:32

قَالُوا۟ يَٰنُوحُ قَدْ جَٰدَلْتَنَا فَأَكْثَرْتَ جِدَٰلَنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

Quran-internal comparison across all 29 occurrences supports reciprocal contention through claims. Form III covers defense of wrongdoers, rejection of signs, Abraham's appeal regarding Lot's people, a soul's self-defense, the commanded best manner of engagement, and a woman's plea concerning her husband. These contexts differ in truth, evidence, purpose, and manner, but not in the lexical act of pressing a contested case. جِدَال names the exchange, while جَدَل profiles contention as a human disposition or argumentative purpose. No compacted candidate, collision, reading divergence, or unresolved semantic question remains.