Quran glossary · draft

ثلل

multitude

A numerous body of people.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3

Roots: ثلل

Lemmas: ثلة

Forms: ثُلَّةٌ

Occurrence examples (3 of 3)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.

56:13

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

56:39

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

56:40

وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All three noun occurrences occur in surah 56 and quantify groups among the rewarded: one from the earlier peoples, then one from the earlier and one from the later peoples. The repeated form and parallel syntax support a single collective core.