Quran glossary · draft

غبر

remaining behind

A person left behind when others are removed to safety.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 7

Roots: غبر

Lemmas: غابر

Forms: غَٰبِرِينَ

Occurrence examples (7 of 7)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 7.

7:83

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

15:60

إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

26:171

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

27:57

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

29:32

قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطًا قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

29:33

وَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًا وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

37:135

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The active participle consistently places Lot's wife among those left behind when his household is rescued. The noun غَبَرَة names dust lying upon faces on the Day. A remaining person and a deposited dusty residue preserve the same after-removal relation in animate and material domains.