مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ حُمِّلُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ ٱلْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَسْفَارًۢا بِئْسَ مَثَلُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Quran glossary · draft
سفر
written volumes
Written volumes borne as a physical and entrusted load.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1
Roots: سفر
Lemmas: أسفار
Forms: أَسْفَارًۢا
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Why this meaning was chosen
Eight occurrences denote travel, including أَسْفَار at 34:19. The identical plural at 62:5 is carried by a donkey and therefore names written volumes. Form IV describes dawn and faces becoming bright, while سَفَرَة names honored agents whose hands hold purified scrolls. The three non-travel clusters are retained as Quran-internally distinct lexical collisions.