سَنُرِيهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فِى ٱلْـَٔافَاقِ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
Quran glossary · draft
أفق
outer visible reach
The outer reach of a visual or worldly field.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3
Roots: أفق
Lemmas: أفق
Forms: أُفُقِ · ءَافَاقِ
Occurrence examples (3 of 3)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.
وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Why this meaning was chosen
The singular horizon is qualified as highest and clear in two vision passages. The plural آفاق expands the same outer-reach concept across the world beyond people's own selves. Number and modifier change extent or viewpoint, not the lexical boundary.