يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
Quran glossary · draft
ٱلْحَافِرَة
former state
The lexicalized substantive denotes the former state to which the speakers question being restored.
Lexical scope
Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1
Roots: حفر
Lemmas: حافرة
Forms: حَافِرَةِ
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Where other meanings fail
pit
79:10
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
Alternative: pit
Research rendering: former state
Being returned in this definite state presupposes a condition occupied before death, whereas a physical excavated hollow does not supply that restoration relation. Quran 79:10 reports the speakers asking whether they will be returned in the former state.