يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيْـًٔا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ
Quran glossary · draft
سلب
snatch away
To seize something away from another's possession.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1
Roots: سلب
Lemmas: يسلب
Forms: يَسْلُبْ
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Why this meaning was chosen
The sole form I imperfect occurs in a conditional: a fly takes something from those invoked besides God, and they cannot recover it. The source, transferred object, and failed recovery directly establish dispossessing seizure.