Quran glossary · draft

العُرْوَة

handhold

A loop or hold by which someone can attach securely and resist separation.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: عرو

Lemmas: عروة

Forms: عُرْوَةِ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

2:256

لَآ إِكْرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَىِّ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَا وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

31:22

وَمَن يُسْلِمْ وَجْهَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْأُمُورِ

Why this meaning was chosen

All three occurrences were reviewed. The noun is a firm handhold grasped by a believer, while form VIII presents harm as coming upon and taking hold of a person. The participant direction changes, but binding contact remains shared.