Quran glossary · draft

الآزِفَة

Impending Event

The final event viewed as temporally imminent and close to occurring.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3

Roots: أزف

Lemmas: آزفة · أزفت

Forms: ءَازِفَةِ · أَزِفَتِ · ءَازِفَةُ

Occurrence examples (3 of 3)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.

40:18

وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةِ إِذِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ لَدَى ٱلْحَنَاجِرِ كَٰظِمِينَ مَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ يُطَاعُ

53:57

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ

53:57

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ

Why this meaning was chosen

All three occurrences were reviewed. The form I verb predicates temporal approach, and the feminine active participle functions as a title for the impending final event.