Quran glossary · draft

عري

exposed

To be left bare without protective covering or shelter.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3

Roots: عري

Lemmas: عراء · تعرى

Forms: عَرَآءِ · تَعْرَىٰ

Occurrence examples (3 of 3)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.

20:118

إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَىٰ

37:145

فَنَبَذْنَٰهُ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ

68:49

لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

All three occurrences were inspected together. Adam is promised freedom from bodily bareness in the garden, while Jonah is cast onto unsheltered open ground. Body and location supply the domain of one absent-covering core.