Quran glossary · draft

نفح

waft

A slight passing touch that reaches someone from a greater force.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: نفح

Lemmas: نفحة

Forms: نَفْحَةٌ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

21:46

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole event noun is an indefinite portion from the Lord's punishment and is said to touch the recipients. The partitive construction and immediate response support a limited passing impact without turning the punishment itself into the lexical core.