Quran glossary · draft

طبق

layer

An ordered level that fits successively over a preceding level.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 4

Roots: طبق

Lemmas: طبق

Forms: طِبَاقًا · طَبَقًا · طَبَقٍ

Occurrence examples (4 of 4)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 4.

67:3

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا مَّا تَرَىٰ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَٰوُتٍ فَٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ

71:15

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا

84:19

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

84:19

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

All four occurrences were inspected together. The heavens form corresponding levels, while the repeated singular describes passage through one condition after the preceding condition. Adjectival plurality and sequential context remain compositional.