Quran glossary · draft

تَصِفُونَ

describe

The verb presents a disputed account or claim as what its speakers put into words.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 5

Roots: وصف

Lemmas: يصف

Forms: تَصِفُ · يَصِفُ

Occurrence examples (5 of 5)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.

12:18

وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

12:77

قَالُوٓا۟ إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ قَالَ أَنتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ

21:18

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

21:112

قَٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

23:96

ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 14 family occurrences were reviewed on one bounded page; every occurrence is a frozen target, with no protected records or compacted candidates. Form I imperfect verbs compose person, number, gender, and indicative mood; the verbal noun composes the act or product of characterizing. Theological objects invite the contextual rendering ascribe, ordinary disputed accounts remain describe, and explicit tongues make the verbal production of falsehood salient. These are contextual applications of one worded-characterization core, not Quran-internal contradictions. No aligned reading payload or unresolved issue remains.