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غ ر ر Root gh-r-r in the Qur’an 27 occurrences in 21 verses

Occurrences
27
Verses
21
Surahs
14 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 غ ر ر (gh-r-r) gives 3 words. It appears most in Fatir (4), Al-Hadid (4), Ali 'Imran (3).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
غَرَّverb15deceive you, deluded them, deceived you
غُرُورnoun9delusion, deception
غَرُورnoun3deceiver

غَرَّ 15 times

  • 3:24 · Ali 'Imranوَغَرَّهُمْ And deceived themThat is because they say, "Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days," and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing.
  • 3:196 · Ali 'Imranيَغُرَّنَّكَ deceive youBe not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the disbelievers throughout the land.
  • 6:70 · Al-An'amوَغَرَّتْهُمُ and deluded themAnd leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with the Qur'an, lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allah no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve.
  • 6:130 · Al-An'amوَغَرَّتْهُمُ And deluded them"O company of jinn and mankind, did there not come to you messengers from among you, relating to you My verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say, "We bear witness against ourselves"; and the worldly life had deluded them, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
  • 7:51 · Al-A'rafوَغَرَّتْهُمُ and deluded themWho took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded." So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for having rejected Our verses.
  • 8:49 · Al-Anfalغَرَّ (Had) deluded[Remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was disease said, "Their religion has deluded those [Muslims]." But whoever relies upon Allah - then indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
  • 31:33 · Luqmanتَغُرَّنَّكُمُ so let not deceive youO mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver.
  • 31:33 · Luqmanيَغُرَّنَّكُم and let not deceive youO mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver.
  • 35:5 · Fatirتَغُرَّنَّكُمُ deceive youO mankind, indeed the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver.
  • 35:5 · Fatirيَغُرَّنَّكُم deceive youO mankind, indeed the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver.
  • 40:4 · Ghafirيَغْرُرْكَ deceive youNo one disputes concerning the signs of Allah except those who disbelieve, so be not deceived by their [uninhibited] movement throughout the land.
  • 45:35 · Al-Jathiyahوَغَرَّتْكُمُ and deceived youThat is because you took the verses of Allah in ridicule, and worldly life deluded you." So that Day they will not be removed from it, nor will they be asked to appease [Allah].
  • 57:14 · Al-Hadidوَغَرَّتْكُمُ and deceived youThe hypocrites will call to the believers, "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allah. And the Deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.
  • 57:14 · Al-Hadidوَغَرَّكُم And deceived youThe hypocrites will call to the believers, "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allah. And the Deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.
  • 82:6 · Al-Infitarغَرَّكَ has deceived youO mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,

غُرُور 9 times

  • 3:185 · Ali 'Imranٱلْغُرُورِ (of) delusionEvery soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.
  • 4:120 · An-Nisaغُرُورًا deceptionSatan promises them and arouses desire in them. But Satan does not promise them except delusion.
  • 6:112 · Al-An'amغُرُورًۭا ۚ (in) deceptionAnd thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent.
  • 7:22 · Al-A'rafبِغُرُورٍۢ ۚ by deceptionSo he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?"
  • 17:64 · Al-Israغُرُورًا delusionAnd incite [to senselessness] whoever you can among them with your voice and assault them with your horses and foot soldiers and become a partner in their wealth and their children and promise them." But Satan does not promise them except delusion.
  • 33:12 · Al-Ahzabغُرُورًۭا delusionAnd [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allah and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"
  • 35:40 · Fatirغُرُورًا delusionSay, "Have you considered your 'partners' whom you invoke besides Allah? Show me what they have created from the earth, or have they partnership [with Him] in the heavens? Or have We given them a book so they are [standing] on evidence therefrom? [No], rather, the wrongdoers do not promise each other except delusion."
  • 57:20 · Al-Hadidٱلْغُرُورِ (of) delusionKnow that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
  • 67:20 · Al-Mulkغُرُورٍ delusionOr who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion.

غَرُور 3 times

  • 31:33 · Luqmanٱلْغَرُورُ the deceiverO mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver.
  • 35:5 · Fatirٱلْغَرُورُ the DeceiverO mankind, indeed the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver.
  • 57:14 · Al-Hadidٱلْغَرُورُ the deceiverThe hypocrites will call to the believers, "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allah. And the Deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.

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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