Quranic root
شوظ
sh · w · ẓ
A root centered on the intense, smokeless flame of fire.
The concrete sense of a smokeless flame is associated with fire's heat and related fiery effects; Classical Arabic also extends the term tropically to intense thirst and clamour.
- Maqāyīs · row 2725
- Lane · entry 39577
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
شُوَاظ
shuwāẓ
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A flame or mass of fire without smoke; a fiery substance or flame, possibly described as fire mixed with something else.
The primary interpretation of the Quranic expression شُوَاظٌ مِنْ نَارٍ in 55:35; the description emphasizes a smokeless flame.
- Lane · entry 39577
- Mufradāt · row 798
Selected Quran examples
Quran 55:35word 3
“a flame”
Smoke of fire.
A distinct lexicographical interpretation of the Quranic occurrence in 55:35, alongside the smokeless-flame interpretation.
- Lane · entry 39577
Heat of fire, or the heat of the sun.
A distinct interpretation reported for the Quranic occurrence in 55:35, treating the term as fiery or solar heat rather than a visible flame.
- Lane · entry 39577
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 55:35شُوَاظٌۭa flame
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 2 Classical meanings
شُوَاظ
Intense thirst; thirst itself.
A tropical Classical Arabic use, including the expression for a thirsting camel.
- Lane · entry 39577
شُوَاظ
Clamour or noisy outcry.
A tropical Classical Arabic use.
- Lane · entry 39577
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic occurrence has multiple recorded lexical interpretations, including smokeless flame, fire-smoke, and fire or solar heat; the contextual gloss “a flame” reflects the primary interpretation. Lane also records the variant vocalization شِوَاظٌ, which is not treated as a separate Quranic form.