Quran glossary · draft

همس

whisper

A barely audible, subdued sound.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: همس

Lemmas: همس

Forms: هَمْسًا

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

20:108

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole sound noun follows the humbling of all voices before the Merciful and is the only thing said to remain audible. That explicit volume contrast directly supports the barely audible core.