Quran glossary · draft

جَرَاد

locust

The collective noun denotes locusts, literally or as the comparison image for a spreading multitude.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: جرد

Lemmas: جراد

Forms: جَرَادَ · جَرَادٌ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

7:133

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَٰتٍ مُّفَصَّلَٰتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

54:7

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

Both family occurrences were reviewed on one bounded page; both are frozen targets, with no protected records or compacted candidates. Quran 7:133 names locusts among the distinct signs sent against a people, and 54:7 compares those emerging from graves to scattered locusts. The latter is a simile using the same referent. Definiteness, nominative versus accusative case, and comparison syntax compose locally. No aligned reading payload, counterexample, or unresolved issue is present.