لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Quran glossary · draft
خفض
lower
To reduce elevation in physical position, personal bearing, and standing.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 4
Roots: خفض
Lemmas: اخفض · خافضة
Forms: ٱخْفِضْ · خَافِضَةٌ
Occurrence examples (4 of 4)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 4.
وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًا
وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ
Why this meaning was chosen
All four occurrences were inspected together. Lowering a wing expresses humble, merciful bearing toward people; the active participle describes the coming event as one that lowers standing in contrast with raising. Object and participant form remain compositional.