وَلْيَخْشَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَوْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّةً ضِعَٰفًا خَافُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلْيَتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلْيَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا
Quran glossary · draft
سَدِيد
sound verbal alignment
An utterance conforms to the right governing constraint without harmful or false deviation.
Lexical scope
Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 2
Roots: سدد
Lemmas: سديد
Forms: سَدِيدًا
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا
Where other meanings fail
silence
4:9
وَلْيَخْشَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَوْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّةً ضِعَٰفًا خَافُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلْيَتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلْيَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا
Alternative: remain silent with a sound silence
Research rendering: say sound speech
The governing verb explicitly commands saying, so preventing speech contradicts the construction.
route barrier
33:70
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا
Alternative: say a route-sealing barrier
Research rendering: say sound speech
The adjective modifies an utterance under a command to produce it; no opposed sides, route, or blocked access participant is present.