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.

22:73

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

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.