Quran glossary · draft

وجف

rapid agitation

Forceful rapid motion recurring in pulses.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: وجف

Lemmas: أوجف · واجفة

Forms: أَوْجَفْ · وَاجِفَةٌ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

59:6

وَمَآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ مِنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَوْجَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَلِّطُ رُسُلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

79:8

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

Form IV in 59:6 causatively drives mounts into rapid military movement, though the construction denies that believers did so. The active participle in 79:8 describes hearts undergoing rapid agitation on the Day. Animate vehicle and bodily organ differ, while forceful repeated motion remains shared.