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.

63:4

وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ وَإِن يَقُولُوا۟ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ هُمُ ٱلْعَدُوُّ فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

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.