فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ
Quran glossary · draft
ركض
drive the foot
To apply force through a foot against the ground, either repeatedly to propel motion or once as a directed impact.
Lexical scope
Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 3
Roots: ركض
Lemmas: يركض
Forms: يَرْكُضُ · تَرْكُضُ · ٱرْكُضْ
Occurrence examples (3 of 3)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.
لَا تَرْكُضُوا۟ وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُونَ
ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ
Where other meanings fail
strike once
21:12
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ
Alternative: when they sensed Our force, they were striking once away from it
Research rendering: when they sensed Our force, they were running away from it
Plural imperfect motion from the settlement and the return contrast require repeated locomotion.
stand still
21:13
لَا تَرْكُضُوا۟ وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُونَ
Alternative: do not stand still; return to your luxury and dwellings
Research rendering: do not run away; return to your luxury and dwellings
A command to return contrasts with ongoing motion away, not with standing still.
run away
38:42
ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ
Alternative: run away with your foot; this is cool washing-water and drink
Research rendering: strike with your foot; this is cool washing-water and drink
The explicit singular foot instrument and immediate localized result do not provide a source path or travel destination.
strike with your hand
38:42
ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ
Alternative: strike with your hand using your foot
Research rendering: strike with your foot
The explicit instrumental phrase names the addressee's foot and rules out a hand-action core.