Quran glossary · draft

خَصْم

disputing party

The collective or count noun designates one side participating in a dispute.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3

Roots: خصم

Lemmas: خصم

Forms: خَصْمَانِ · خَصْمِ

Occurrence examples (3 of 3)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.

22:19

هَٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ ٱخْتَصَمُوا۟ فِى رَبِّهِمْ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌ مِّن نَّارٍ يُصَبُّ مِن فَوْقِ رُءُوسِهِمُ ٱلْحَمِيمُ

38:21

وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ

38:22

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَٱهْدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 18 family occurrences were reviewed on one bounded page; every occurrence is a frozen target, with no protected records or compacted candidates. Quran 22:19 places the dual party noun beside reciprocal Form VIII, while 38:22 makes the opposed-party structure explicit. The action nouns, participant nouns, party noun, adjective, and reciprocal verb all compose from this single core. No recitation-sensitive or unresolved Quran-internal contradiction remains.