Quran glossary · draft

أَصْل، أُصُول

structural anchoring base

The foundational location from which an entity stands, is supported, and extends.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 3

Roots: أصل

Lemmas: أصل

Forms: أَصْلُ · أَصْلِ · أُصُولِ

Occurrence examples (3 of 3)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.

14:24

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

37:64

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

59:5

مَا قَطَعْتُم مِّن لِّينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَآئِمَةً عَلَىٰٓ أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيُخْزِىَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

Where other meanings fail

late day

14:24

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

Alternative: the wholesome tree's late day is fixed and its branch is in the sky

Research rendering: the wholesome tree's base is fixed and its branch is in the sky

The possessed noun is a fixed structural support contrasted with the branch, not a time interval.

root

37:64

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Alternative: a tree emerges in the botanical root of the Fire

Research rendering: a tree emerges at the base of the Fire

The Fire is a possessed spatial domain, not a botanical organism; the broader foundational base relation is required.