Quran glossary · draft

زفر

forceful outbreath

A loud burdened expulsion of breath.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3

Roots: زفر

Lemmas: زفير

Forms: زَفِيرٌ · زَفِيرًا

Occurrence examples (3 of 3)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.

11:106

فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ شَقُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلنَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ

21:100

لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

25:12

إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا

Why this meaning was chosen

The noun زَفِير characterizes the sound of the condemned within the Fire in two passages and the personified Fire itself in another. The contrast with شَهِيق at 11:106 supports an outbreath phase, while hearing language in 25:12 confirms its audible force. Participant transfer does not change the sound-event core.