Quran glossary · draft

صور

draw toward you

To draw the birds toward oneself before their distribution and recall.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: صور

Lemmas: صر

Forms: صُرْ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

2:260

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِى كَيْفَ تُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قَالَ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِى قَالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنَ ٱلطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ ٱجْعَلْ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِّنْهُنَّ جُزْءًا ثُمَّ ٱدْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْيًا وَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

Form II repeatedly follows creation or occurs in the womb; its agent names the one who gives form and صُورَة names the resulting configuration. Ten صُور occurrences are consistently the object into which a blast is blown at gathering and resurrection, and are isolated as a lexical collision. The single imperative صُرْ at 2:260 governs birds with إليك and is conservatively rendered 'draw toward you' as a separate collision.