Quran glossary · draft

خَطْب

matter at issue

A consequential matter brought forward for explanation.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 5

Roots: خطب

Lemmas: خطب

Forms: خَطْبُ

Occurrence examples (5 of 5)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.

12:51

قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ قُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

15:57

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

20:95

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَٰسَٰمِرِىُّ

28:23

وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِى حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ

51:31

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 12 occurrences were compared. Form III directly addresses another; خِطَاب profiles the resulting discourse or claim; خَطْب marks the consequential matter about which someone is questioned; and خِطْبَة brings a marriage intention into stated consideration. The exact force of فَصْلَ الْخِطَاب at 38:20 remains a segment-linked review question. No collision or aligned reading divergence is present.