Nounشُوَاظٌ3 senses · 1 main
Core sense — flame without smoke; heat of fire; violent thirstgenerated
1flame without smoke—شِوَاظٌ
A second form of the word; in one copy only the first form is found, and it is the more common one.
It occurs in the Qur'ān [55:35], where Ibn-Ketheer read شِوَاظٌ.
Or smoke of fire; or heat of fire; or heat of the sun; or a piece of fire with no smoke in it; or flame of fire; or only fire with something mixed into it.
1.1figurative · مجازa thirsting camel—جَمَلٌ بِهِ شواظٌ
[And hence,] violent thirst, or simply thirst.
1.2figurative · مجاز
And clamour.
Qur’ānic occurrences شُوَاظ
55:35
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِOn you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have:
Ayaat examples are given related to the entry.
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and شِوَاظٌ , (S, K, &c., [but in one copy of the S, I find only the former, which is the more common,]) occurring in the Kur [lv. 35], where Ibn-Ketheer read شِوَاظٌ , (TA,) Flame (S, Bd, Jel, K) without smoke: (S, Jel, K:) or smoke of fire: and heat of fire: (ISh, K:) and heat of the sun: (K, TA:) or a piece of fire in which is no smoke: or flame of fire: or only of fire and something mixed therewith. (L.) [And hence,] Vehemence of thirst: (K, TA:) or simply, thirst. (A, TA.) You say, جَمَلٌ بِهِ شواظٌ A thirsting camel. (A, TA.) And Clamour. (K, TA.)