Quran glossary · draft

غمض

overlook defects

To overlook defects so as to accept something otherwise unacceptable.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: غمض

Lemmas: تغمض

Forms: تُغْمِضُ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

2:267

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّآ أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا۟ ٱلْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِـَٔاخِذِيهِ إِلَّآ أَن تُغْمِضُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole form IV subjunctive occurs in a warning against donating inferior goods: the addressees themselves would take such goods only by doing this. The transaction contrast constrains the action as deliberately overlooking their defects.