Quran glossary · draft

لفح

facial scorching

Searing the face through direct exposure to the Fire.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: لفح

Lemmas: تلفح

Forms: تَلْفَحُ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

23:104

تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَٰلِحُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is a third-person feminine singular Form I imperfect with the Fire as subject and faces as direct object. The victims' distorted facial state in the same verse confirms a direct, damaging action of heat upon exposed skin.