Quran glossary · draft

البُزُوغ

rise

For a celestial body to emerge above the horizon into visible light.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: بزغ

Lemmas: بازغ · بازغة

Forms: بَازِغًا · بَازِغَةً

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

6:77

فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلْقَمَرَ بَازِغًا قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِن لَّمْ يَهْدِنِى رَبِّى لَأَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

6:78

فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى هَٰذَآ أَكْبَرُ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَتْ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

Both occurrences were reviewed. Masculine and feminine active participles describe the moon and sun respectively at their visible rising, each contrasted later with setting.