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ف ر ر Root f-r-r in the Qur’an 11 occurrences in 10 verses

Occurrences
11
Verses
10
Surahs
9 of 114
Words
3

Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ف ر ر (f-r-r) gives 3 words. It appears most in Al-Ahzab (3), Al-Kahf (1), Ash-Shu'ara (1).

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
فَرَّتْverb6you flee, flee, I fled
فِرارnoun4flight, flee, fleeing
مَفَرّnoun1escape

فَرَّتْ 6 times

  • 26:21 · Ash-Shu'araفَفَرَرْتُ So I fledSo I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.
  • 33:16 · Al-Ahzabفَرَرْتُم you fleeSay, [O Muhammad], "Never will fleeing benefit you if you should flee from death or killing; and then [if you did], you would not be given enjoyment [of life] except for a little."
  • 51:50 · Adh-Dhariyatفَفِرُّوٓا۟ So fleeSo flee to Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
  • 62:8 · Al-Jumu'ahتَفِرُّونَ you fleeSay, "Indeed, the death from which you flee - indeed, it will meet you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you about what you used to do."
  • 74:51 · Al-Muddaththirفَرَّتْ FleeingFleeing from a lion?
  • 80:34 · Abasaيَفِرُّ will fleeOn the Day a man will flee from his brother

فِرار 4 times

  • 18:18 · Al-Kahfفِرَارًۭا (in) flightAnd you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.
  • 33:13 · Al-Ahzabفِرَارًۭا to fleeAnd when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib, there is no stability for you [here], so return [home]." And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, "Indeed, our houses are unprotected," while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee.
  • 33:16 · Al-Ahzabٱلْفِرَارُ the fleeingSay, [O Muhammad], "Never will fleeing benefit you if you should flee from death or killing; and then [if you did], you would not be given enjoyment [of life] except for a little."
  • 71:6 · Nuhفِرَارًۭا (in) flightBut my invitation increased them not except in flight.

مَفَرّ 1 time

  • 75:10 · Al-Qiyamahٱلْمَفَرُّ (is) the escapeMan will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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