أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ
Quran glossary · draft
ضحو
sunlit forenoon
The open bright interval of daytime associated with the risen sun, including exposure within that daylight.
Lexical scope
Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 7
Roots: ضحو
Lemmas: ضحى · تضحى
Forms: ضُحَىٰ · ضُحًى · تَضْحَىٰ · ضُّحَىٰ
Occurrence examples (7 of 7)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 7.
قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًى
وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَؤُا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَىٰ
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ
Where other meanings fail
become an interval
20:119
وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَؤُا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَىٰ
Alternative: you will neither thirst there nor become an interval
Research rendering: you will neither thirst there nor be exposed to the sun
Form I verbal syntax profiles the addressed person entering an exposure state; the temporal noun rendering cannot substitute directly.
darkness
79:29
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
Alternative: He darkened its night and brought out its darkness
Research rendering: He darkened its night and brought out its sunlit forenoon
The two coordinated clauses establish an opposition; darkness in both positions destroys it.
entire daytime
79:46
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
Alternative: they had remained only an evening or its entire daytime
Research rendering: they had remained only an evening or its forenoon
The comparison pairs bounded alternative intervals; an entire day changes the stated duration scale.
sacrifice
91:1
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Alternative: by the sun and its sacrifice
Research rendering: by the sun and its sunlit forenoon
The possessive relation is supported by solar brightness, while the family supplies no sacrificial participant or event.