فَلَمَّا نَسُوا۟ مَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَٰبَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَرِحُوا۟ بِمَآ أُوتُوٓا۟ أَخَذْنَٰهُم بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْلِسُونَ
Quran glossary · draft
بلس
despair
To fall into stunned despair when expected relief is cut off.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 5
Roots: بلس
Lemmas: مبلس · يبلس
Forms: مُبْلِسُونَ · مُّبْلِسُونَ · يُبْلِسُ · مُبْلِسِينَ
Occurrence examples (5 of 5)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا ذَا عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ
وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمُبْلِسِينَ
لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ
Why this meaning was chosen
All five occurrences were inspected on one bounded page. Sudden seizure, severe punishment, the Hour, prolonged torment, and the absence of rain place people in the same state after expected security or relief collapses. The form IV verb and its active participles compositionally express event and participant state.