يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Quran glossary · draft
فتر
slacken
For a maintained process or force to lose some of its continuity or intensity relative to its ongoing level.
Lexical scope
Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 3
Roots: فتر
Lemmas: يفتر · فترة
Forms: فَتْرَةٍ · يَفْتُرُ · يُفَتَّرُ
Occurrence examples (3 of 3)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.
يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ
لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ
Where other meanings fail
unbroken continuation
5:19
يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Alternative: a period of unbroken continuation from the messengers, lest you say no bearer of good news or warning came to us
Research rendering: an interval in the succession of messengers, lest you say no bearer of good news or warning came to us
The following no-messenger claim requires a lapse rather than uninterrupted succession.
interval
21:20
يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ
Alternative: they glorify night and day; they do not interval
Research rendering: they glorify night and day; they do not slacken
The nominal time-span rendering depends on فَتْرَة and its temporal frame and cannot replace the Form I activity predicate.
become fatigued
43:75
لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ
Alternative: the punishment will not become fatigued from them
Research rendering: the punishment will not be eased for them
The passive construction profiles reduction of an imposed force, not an internal experience borne by punishment.