Quran glossary · draft

هيهات

far removed

An exclamation that presents what is claimed as extremely remote.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Lemmas: هيهات

Forms: هَيْهَاتَ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

23:36

هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ

23:36

هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The expression is repeated consecutively in one utterance rejecting the promised raising after death. Both tokens therefore carry the same dismissive remoteness, with repetition supplying emphasis rather than a separate sense.