Quran glossary · draft

فَاقِرَة

devastating blow

In this event construction, the feminine substantive denotes a devastating blow expected to befall its object.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1

Roots: فقر

Lemmas: فاقرة

Forms: فَاقِرَةٌ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

75:25

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

Where other meanings fail

need

75:25

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

Alternative: need

Research rendering: devastating blow

Quran 75:25 presents this noun as a dreaded event expected to be done to already gloomy faces, contradicting the condition-of-need sense found elsewhere in the family. Quran 75:24-25 describes faces as gloomy because they expect a devastating blow to be done to them.