Quran glossary · draft

الشَّفَق

twilight glow

The fading colored glow visible in the sky at twilight.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: شفق

Lemmas: شفق

Forms: شَّفَقِ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

84:16

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 11 occurrences were reviewed. Ten express apprehensive concern through form IV; the sky's twilight in 84:16 contradicts that mental-state sense and is isolated as a lexical collision.