Quran glossary · draft

سوع

Suwa

The named object of worship Suwa in Noah's people's list.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: سوع

Lemmas: سواع

Forms: سُوَاعًا

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

71:23

وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا

Why this meaning was chosen

Indefinite سَاعَة and the construct 'hour of hardship' denote a short interval or moment. Definite السَّاعَة consistently denotes the divinely known final event that arrives suddenly, stands, brings resurrection, and initiates judgment. The proper name سُوَاع belongs to a list of worshipped figures and is isolated as a lexical collision.