Quran glossary · draft

سُرُر

couch

A raised or arranged furnishing supports a person in sitting or reclining.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 6

Roots: سرر

Lemmas: سرر

Forms: سُرُرٍ · سُرُرًا · سُرُرٌ

Occurrence examples (6 of 6)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 6.

15:47

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

37:44

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

43:34

وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْ أَبْوَٰبًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِـُٔونَ

52:20

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

56:15

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ

88:13

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

Where other meanings fail

secret

37:44

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

Alternative: upon secrets facing one another

Research rendering: upon couches facing one another

The preposition and participant posture require countable physical supports.