Quran glossary · draft

ٱلْأَعْلَوْن

the superior ones

The masculine-plural comparative for those holding the superior position.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: علو

Lemmas: أعلون

Forms: أَعْلَوْنَ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

3:139

وَلَا تَهِنُوا۟ وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا۟ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَوْنَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

47:35

فَلَا تَهِنُوا۟ وَتَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّلْمِ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَوْنَ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَكُمْ وَلَن يَتِرَكُمْ أَعْمَٰلَكُمْ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 70 frozen occurrences were reviewed as one family. Spatial height controls the core, while comparison, human arrogance, divine exaltation, invitation, and grammatical number are rendered compositionally. The seven aligned witnesses were consulted for 76:21 and 83:18-19; their case variation at 76:21 does not change 'above them,' and they preserve the Illiyyun form. No accepted meaning or pre-existing draft was edited.