Quran glossary · draft

عصف

sweep forcefully

To sweep with force that strips light material away.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 7

Roots: عصف

Lemmas: عصف · عاصف · عاصفة

Forms: عَاصِفٌ · عَاصِفٍ · عَاصِفَةً · عَصْفِ · عَٰصِفَٰتِ · عَصْفًا · عَصْفٍ

Occurrence examples (7 of 7)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 7.

10:22

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا كُنتُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا۟ بِهَا جَآءَتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْجُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ أُحِيطَ بِهِمْ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ لَئِنْ أَنجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

14:18

مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍ ٱشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِى يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ لَّا يَقْدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ

21:81

وَلِسُلَيْمَٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةً تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَٰلِمِينَ

55:12

وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ

77:2

فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًا

77:2

فَٱلْعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصْفًا

105:5

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

Why this meaning was chosen

All seven occurrences were inspected on one bounded page. Four wind and action forms express violent sweeping, while three عصف nouns identify the light plant matter associated with stripping and scattering. The Quran itself links storm force with ash made unrecoverable and closes with eaten chaff, supporting one process-and-residue core.