Quran glossary · draft

مهن

low in esteem

Marked by diminished worth or standing in the speaker's evaluative frame.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 4

Roots: مهن

Lemmas: مهين

Forms: مَّهِينٍ · مَهِينٌ

Occurrence examples (4 of 4)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 4.

32:8

ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُۥ مِن سُلَٰلَةٍ مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ

43:52

أَمْ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ

68:10

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ

77:20

أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

The adjective qualifies the fluid of human generation twice, Moses within Pharaoh's disparaging comparison, and a habitual oath-taker within a list of censured traits. The referent-specific renderings all preserve diminished esteem rather than requiring separate physical and moral cores.