Quran glossary · draft

سَوْط

scourge

A scourge representing punishment inflicted upon rebellious peoples.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: سوط

Lemmas: سوط

Forms: سَوْطَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

89:13

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

The single family occurrence was reviewed on one page. سَوْطَ forms a punitive image in which God pours a scourge of punishment upon the destroyed peoples named in the preceding verses.