Quran glossary · draft

السُّبَات

repose

Restful suspension of waking activity through sleep.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: سبت

Lemmas: سبات

Forms: سُبَاتًا

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

25:47

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًا

78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

Why this meaning was chosen

All nine family occurrences were reviewed. The six preexisting Sabbath drafts were left untouched. The three frozen targets comprise a form I verb for Sabbath observance and two سُبَات nouns presenting sleep as restorative cessation.