English

Adjective

of Koranic proportions ‎(not comparable)

1. (rare) Of biblical proportions: immense.
   • 1989, in Nigeria Since Independence: The First Twenty-Five Years, Heinemann Educational, ISBN 9781294841, page 265:

     We hear of pestilence of Biblical or Koranic proportions: plagues, locusts, famine, wars, wholesale displacement of peoples, diseases, some of which are incurable.

   • 2001, Don Pendleton, Deep Treachery, Harlequin Books, page 242:

     I have even heard the term of epic Koranic proportions, in reference to this slaughter of soldiers and officers and men who were mere business partners in this venture.

   • 2003, Don Pendleton, Axis Of Conflict, Harlequin, ISBN 0373619502, page 158:

     He had come so far, endured so much, a stunning victory of Koranic proportions merely days away but now snatched from his grasp, the crudest of fates.

   • 2005, Don Pendleton, Devil's Bargain, Harlequin Books, ISBN 0373615035, page 262:

     […] going all the way while racking up a body count of Koranic proportions.

   • 2009, Leonard Borman, Our Jewish Robot Future: A Novel about the Garden of Eden and the Cyborgian Transformation of the Human Race, Scarletta Press, ISBN 978-0-9824584-2-6, page 94:

     When I returned home, I would say, “Alex, you were good. So good that the sex I will reward you with will be of Koranic proportions.”

Usage notes

• This phrase is chiefly used by non-Muslims, in contexts that refer to Muslims. It is therefore potentially offensive.