سَوَآءٌ مِّنكُم مَّنْ أَسَرَّ ٱلْقَوْلَ وَمَن جَهَرَ بِهِۦ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍۭ بِٱلَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌۢ بِٱلنَّهَارِ
Quran glossary · draft
سرب
open course
Open extension along a freely traversed and seemingly fluid course.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 4
Roots: سرب
Lemmas: سراب · سارب · سرب
Forms: سَارِبٌۢ · سَرَبًا · سَرَابٍۭ · سَرَابًا
Occurrence examples (4 of 4)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 4.
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Why this meaning was chosen
All four occurrences were inspected on one bounded page. The participle depicts one moving openly by day, the fish makes an extended passage through the sea, and the lexicalized mirage presents a fluid-looking expanse that proves insubstantial. The mountain image reuses that apparent expanse. These forms retain the family idea of open coursing extension without requiring a collision.