Quran glossary · draft

الفُتُورُ فِي العَمَل

slacken

To diminish in sustained effort or cease maintaining its pace.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: فتر

Lemmas: يفتر

Forms: يَفْتُرُ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

21:20

يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All three occurrences were reviewed. The noun marks a break in the succession of messengers, form I denies any slackening in angelic praise, and passive form II denies reduction of punishment. Each profiles diminished continuity or force.