Quran glossary · draft

سلم

ladder

A physical structure providing upward access.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: سلم

Lemmas: سلم

Forms: سُلَّمًا · سُلَّمٌ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

6:35

وَإِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ أَن تَبْتَغِىَ نَفَقًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّمًا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُم بِـَٔايَةٍ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

52:38

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

Tentative Quran-internal core tested across all 140 family occurrences. Every target is assigned one English rendering. The aligned witnesses at 2:208, 8:61, and 47:35 vary the first vowel of the peace noun without changing its constructional meaning. The two physical سُلَّم occurrences form an explicit lexical-collision branch because upward access and elevated listening contradict the proposed wholeness core. Exact questions remain for the submission, peace, and transfer extensions.