أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَٰتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Quran glossary · draft
رَعْد
thunder
The storm phenomenon named alongside darkness and lightning and presented as glorifying with God's praise, distinct from the thunderbolts He sends.
Lexical scope
Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 2
Roots: رعد
Lemmas: رعد
Forms: رَعْدٌ · رَّعْدُ
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
وَيُسَبِّحُ ٱلرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِۦ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُمْ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْمِحَالِ
Where other meanings fail
lightning
2:19
أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَٰتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Alternative: in it are darknesses, lightning, and lightning
Research rendering: in it are darknesses, thunder, and lightning
The coordination explicitly distinguishes رَعْد from بَرْق.
thunderbolts
13:13
وَيُسَبِّحُ ٱلرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِۦ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُمْ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْمِحَالِ
Alternative: the thunderbolts glorify with His praise ... and He sends the thunderbolts
Research rendering: the thunder glorifies with His praise ... and He sends the thunderbolts
The verse gives thunder and thunderbolts different grammatical roles and predicates.