Quran glossary · draft

هلع

reactive self-concern

A reactive human disposition governed by urgent self-concern.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: هلع

Lemmas: هلوع

Forms: هَلُوعًا

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

70:19

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is an indefinite accusative adjective in the statement about the human being's created disposition. The next two verses unpack it directly: adversity produces alarm, while prosperity produces withholding. The shared core is urgent self-protection rather than either reaction in isolation.