Quran glossary · draft

بسر

grimace

To draw the face into a grim strained expression under aversion or dread.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: بسر

Lemmas: بسر · باسرة

Forms: بَسَرَ · بَاسِرَةٌ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

74:22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

75:24

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

Both occurrences were inspected together. One verbal event follows frowning during hostile deliberation; the active participle describes faces anticipating a crushing event. Tense and participant state remain compositional.