Quran glossary · draft

كوي

punitive branding

Burn-marking bodies with the wealth heated for punishment.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: كوي

Lemmas: تكوى

Forms: تُكْوَىٰ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

9:35

يَوْمَ يُحْمَىٰ عَلَيْهَا فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكْوَىٰ بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمْ وَجُنُوبُهُمْ وَظُهُورُهُمْ هَٰذَا مَا كَنَزْتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْنِزُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is a third-person feminine singular passive imperfect followed by بِهَا. The referent used as the instrument is hoarded wealth heated in the Fire, while foreheads, sides, and backs are the affected body surfaces, fixing the action as branding by heat.