Quran glossary · draft

حير

disoriented

Disoriented and unable to choose the sound way forward.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: حير

Lemmas: حيران

Forms: حَيْرَانَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

6:71

قُلْ أَنَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُنَا وَلَا يَضُرُّنَا وَنُرَدُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ كَٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَيْرَانَ لَهُۥٓ أَصْحَٰبٌ يَدْعُونَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَى ٱئْتِنَا قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَأُمِرْنَا لِنُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target describes a person drawn away by devils in the land while companions call him to guidance. The opposed pull of misdirection and a clear invitation fixes a state of disoriented indecision.