Quran glossary · draft

الإِسْمَان

fatten

To nourish a body so that it gains fullness and flesh.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: سمن

Lemmas: يسمن

Forms: يُسْمِنُ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

88:7

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

All four occurrences were reviewed. Three adjectives describe well-fed cattle as fat; the form IV verb denies that the food of Hell produces such nourishment.