Quran glossary · draft

ذعن

submit

To yield and comply without resistance.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: ذعن

Lemmas: مذعن

Forms: مُذْعِنِينَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

24:49

وَإِن يَكُن لَّهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ يَأْتُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole occurrence is a form IV active participle describing people who readily come to judgment when the right is theirs. Their selective willingness constrains the core to compliance while the participle renders their concurrent disposition.