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.

79:10

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

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.