Quran glossary · draft

وَحْي

directed communication

The noun names an instance or body of directed communication.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 6

Roots: وحي

Lemmas: وحى

Forms: وَحْيِ · وَحْيُ · وَحْىِ · وَحْيًا · وَحْىٌ

Occurrence examples (6 of 6)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 6.

11:37

وَٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ

20:114

فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُۥ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًا

21:45

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ

23:27

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ ٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ فَٱسْلُكْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَا تُخَٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ

42:51

وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَآئِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِىَ بِإِذْنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ

53:4

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 78 family occurrences were reviewed on one bounded page and then checked by exact reference and voice counts: 46 active Form IV, 26 passive Form IV, and six action nouns. The core is not restricted to prophetic scripture. Quran 19:11 applies the verb to Zechariah signaling his people, 6:112 and 6:121 to devils imparting deceptive speech, 16:68 to the bee receiving a directive, 41:12 to each heaven receiving its order, and 99:5 to the earth. Quran 42:51 places وَحْي among constrained modes of divine communication, while 53:4 pairs the noun directly with the passive verb. Sender, recipient, authority, content, and medium remain contextual; no protected segment or unresolved contradiction remains.