Quran glossary · draft

شهق

forceful roar

A sustained harsh roar heard amid the Fire's punishment.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: شهق

Lemmas: شهيق

Forms: شَهِيقٌ · شَهِيقًا

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

11:106

فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ شَقُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلنَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ

67:7

إِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ فِيهَا سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِىَ تَفُورُ

Why this meaning was chosen

In 11:106 the sound belongs to people in the Fire and is paired with زَفِير; in 67:7 it is audibly produced by the Fire while it boils. The Quranic contexts establish a forceful breath-like roar but do not independently require a narrower respiratory direction.