خ ر ر Root kh-r-r in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 12 verses
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- 12
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- 12
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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 خ ر ر (kh-r-r) gives 1 word. It appears most in Al-Isra (2), Maryam (2), Al-A'raf (1).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
| Word | Type | Times | Translated as |
|---|---|---|---|
| خَرَّ | verb | 12 | fell down, they fall, they fell down |
خَرَّ 12 times
- 7:143 · Al-A'rafوَخَرَّ and fell downAnd when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allah] said, "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain; if it should remain in place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He rendered it level, and Moses fell unconscious. And when he awoke, he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of the believers."
- 12:100 · Yusufوَخَرُّوا۟ and they fell downAnd he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration. And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before. My Lord has made it reality. And He was certainly good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you [here] from bedouin life after Satan had induced [estrangement] between me and my brothers. Indeed, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise.
- 16:26 · An-Nahlفَخَرَّ so fellThose before them had already plotted, but Allah came at their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive.
- 17:107 · Al-Israيَخِرُّونَ they fallSay, "Believe in it or do not believe. Indeed, those who were given knowledge before it - when it is recited to them, they fall upon their faces in prostration,
- 17:109 · Al-Israوَيَخِرُّونَ And they fallAnd they fall upon their faces weeping, and the Qur'an increases them in humble submission.
- 19:58 · Maryamخَرُّوا۟ they fellThose were the ones upon whom Allah bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel, and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping.
- 19:90 · Maryamوَتَخِرُّ and collapseThe heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation
- 22:31 · Al-Hajjخَرَّ he had fallenInclining [only] to Allah, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with Allah - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place.
- 25:73 · Al-Furqanيَخِرُّوا۟ fallAnd those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.
- 32:15 · As-Sajdahخَرُّوا۟ fall downOnly those believe in Our verses who, when they are reminded by them, fall down in prostration and exalt [Allah] with praise of their Lord, and they are not arrogant.
- 34:14 · Sabaخَرَّ he fell downAnd when We decreed for Solomon death, nothing indicated to the jinn his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.
- 38:24 · Sadوَخَرَّ and fell down[David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to 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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