Quran glossary · draft

شكس

contentious partners

Partners whose competing claims place them in mutual conflict.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: شكس

Lemmas: متشاكس

Forms: مُتَشَٰكِسُونَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

39:29

ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلًا فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ مُتَشَٰكِسُونَ وَرَجُلًا سَلَمًا لِّرَجُلٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is a masculine plural Form VI active participle modifying several partners who share authority over one man. Their reciprocal morphology and contrast with a man belonging wholly to one master identify mutually antagonistic claims.