تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَٰلِحُونَ
Quran glossary · draft
كلح
grimace
To hold the face in a contorted expression under severe pain.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1
Roots: كلح
Lemmas: كالح
Forms: كَٰلِحُونَ
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Why this meaning was chosen
The sole form I active participle describes people within the fire immediately after flames scorch their faces. That facial subject and punishment context support a sustained grimace, while the participle renders the ongoing state compositionally.