dh-b-dh-b

Description

The Arabic root ذبذب (dh-b-dh-b) conveys the core meaning of oscillation, wavering, or being suspended between two states without settling firmly on either. In the Quran, it appears in Surah An-Nisa (4:143) to describe hypocrites who vacillate between belief and disbelief, neither truly committed to the believers nor fully aligned with the disbelievers. This semantic field emphasizes instability, indecision, and a lack of firm conviction, highlighting the spiritually precarious position of those who fail to commit themselves definitively to faith.