Quran glossary · draft

أَرْجَاء

edge

An outer spatial boundary of an extended entity.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1

Roots: رجو

Lemmas: أرجائ

Forms: أَرْجَآئِ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

69:17

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ

Where other meanings fail

future outcome

69:17

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ

Alternative: the angel is upon its future outcomes

Research rendering: the angel is upon its edges

The spatial preposition and sky-resuming possessor require physical boundaries and create a collision with future orientation.