Furqān
فُرْقَان
Say it fur-QAAN
The criterion
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- f-r-q
- Origin
- Arabic
- Also spelled
- Furqan, Furkan, Forqan
Meaning & source
The criterion that separates truth from falsehood; a name of the Qurʾān.
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والفُرْقانُ: الْقُرْآنُ. وَكُلُّ مَا فُرِقَ بِهِ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَالْبَاطِلِ
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, root f-r-q, vol. 10, p. 302 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)