هاروت

Core meaning

Name of one of the two kings at Babel, always joined to Marut; the text says of it only what these two kings do.

Uses

1. هَٰرُوتَ → "Harut" : name kept as it is, in apposition to "the two kings", with Marut.

   • «عَلَى ٱلْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَٰرُوتَ وَمَٰرُوتَ» — "upon the two kings at Babel, Harut and Marut" (2:102)

Evidence from the text

The name occurs only in 2:102, in apposition to ٱلْمَلَكَيْنِ, "the two kings", and joined to مَٰرُوت. The text does not define it; it describes what these two do: they "did not teach anyone without first saying: "We are only a trial, do not disown, then."" The name is kept as it is, and no root is drawn from it.