وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ وَإِن يَقُولُوا۟ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ هُمُ ٱلْعَدُوُّ فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ
Quran glossary · draft
خُشُب
timbers
Rigid pieces of timber propped upright but lacking independent life or response.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1
Roots: خشب
Lemmas: خشب
Forms: خُشُبٌ
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Why this meaning was chosen
The single family occurrence was reviewed on one page. The hypocrites are likened to propped-up timbers: outwardly substantial forms that are rigid and inwardly unresponsive.