Quran glossary · draft

الخَنَّاس

withdrawing

One who repeatedly retreats and conceals himself after whispering.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: خنس

Lemmas: خناس

Forms: خَنَّاسِ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

114:4

مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ

Why this meaning was chosen

Both occurrences were reviewed. One plural title belongs to celestial movers that recede and hide; the intensive adjective characterizes the whisperer by repeated withdrawal.