Quran glossary · draft

فيل

elephant

The elephant animal species, instantiated by the particular animal associated with the companions named in Quran 105.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1

Roots: فيل

Lemmas: فيل

Forms: فِيلِ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

105:1

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

Where other meanings fail

companions

105:1

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

Alternative: the companions of the companions

Research rendering: the companions of the elephant

أصحاب already names the human group; the genitive noun identifies the animal associated with them.

army

105:1

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

Alternative: the companions of the army

Research rendering: the companions of the elephant

The noun names the animal used in the fixed Quranic designation; an army is not lexically expressed.