أَفَمَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ تَقْوَىٰ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنٍ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ فَٱنْهَارَ بِهِۦ فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Quran glossary · draft
حافة متآكلة ينهار ما أسس عليها
unstable eroded edge
The building stands at an unsupported earthen edge and collapses together with it.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1
Roots: جرف
Lemmas: جرف
Forms: جُرُفٍ
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Why this meaning was chosen
Reviewed the sole frozen occurrence on the complete 100-item page. There are no protected meanings, compacted proposals, failure candidates, or aligned witness variants on the target row. Quran 9:109 contrasts a building founded upon devotion to God and approval with one founded upon the lip of a failing جرف; the latter collapses together with what rests on it. This establishes an eroded, unsupported earth edge without importing a geographic identification.