Quran glossary · draft

نثر

spatial dispersal

Dispersal from a gathered or ordered state into separated spatial distribution.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3

Roots: نثر

Lemmas: منثور · انتثرت

Forms: مَّنثُورًا · ٱنتَثَرَتْ

Occurrence examples (3 of 3)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.

25:23

وَقَدِمْنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هَبَآءً مَّنثُورًا

76:19

وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ حَسِبْتَهُمْ لُؤْلُؤًا مَّنثُورًا

82:2

وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ

Why this meaning was chosen

The Form I passive participle presents dust and pearls in the resulting scattered state, while Form VIII depicts the stars themselves coming dispersed. The objects and event scale differ, but every target retains the same spatial loss of gathered order.