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م ط ر Root m-ṭ-r in the Qur’an 15 occurrences in 9 verses

Occurrences
15
Verses
9
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 م ط ر (m-ṭ-r) gives 3 words. It appears most in Ash-Shu'ara (3), An-Naml (3), Al-A'raf (2).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
أُمْطِرَتْverb7We rained, We showered, rain
مَطَرnoun7rain
مُمْطِرnoun1bringing us rain

أُمْطِرَتْ 7 times

  • 7:84 · Al-A'rafوَأَمْطَرْنَا And We showeredAnd We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.
  • 8:32 · Al-Anfalفَأَمْطِرْ then (send) rainAnd [remember] when they said, "O Allah, if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment."
  • 11:82 · Hudوَأَمْطَرْنَا and We rainedSo when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]
  • 15:74 · Al-Hijrوَأَمْطَرْنَا and We rainedAnd We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
  • 25:40 · Al-Furqanأُمْطِرَتْ was showeredAnd they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.
  • 26:173 · Ash-Shu'araوَأَمْطَرْنَا And We rainedAnd We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
  • 27:58 · An-Namlوَأَمْطَرْنَا And We rainedAnd We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

مَطَر 7 times

  • 4:102 · An-Nisaمَّطَرٍ rainAnd when you are among them and lead them in prayer, let a group of them stand [in prayer] with you and let them carry their arms. And when they have prostrated, let them be [in position] behind you and have the other group come forward which has not [yet] prayed and let them pray with you, taking precaution and carrying their arms. Those who disbelieve wish that you would neglect your weapons and your baggage so they could come down upon you in one [single] attack. But there is no blame upon you, if you are troubled by rain or are ill, for putting down your arms, but take precaution. Indeed, Allah has prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment.
  • 7:84 · Al-A'rafمَّطَرًۭا ۖ a rainAnd We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.
  • 25:40 · Al-Furqanمَطَرَ (with) a rainAnd they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.
  • 26:173 · Ash-Shu'araمَّطَرًۭا ۖ a rainAnd We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
  • 26:173 · Ash-Shu'araمَطَرُ (was) the rainAnd We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
  • 27:58 · An-Namlمَّطَرًۭا ۖ a rainAnd We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
  • 27:58 · An-Namlمَطَرُ (the) rainAnd We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

مُمْطِر 1 time

  • 46:24 · Al-Ahqafمُّمْطِرُنَا ۚ bringing us rainAnd when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a painful punishment,

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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