Quran glossary · draft

الخُنَّس

receding ones

Celestial movers characterized by receding and disappearing from view.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: خنس

Lemmas: خنس

Forms: خُنَّسِ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

81:15

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Why this meaning was chosen

Both occurrences were reviewed. One plural title belongs to celestial movers that recede and hide; the intensive adjective characterizes the whisperer by repeated withdrawal.