س خ ر Root s-kh-r in the Qur’an 42 occurrences in 35 verses

Words from this root

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

سَخَّرَ 22 times

• 13:2 · Ar-Ra'dوَسَخَّرَ and subjectedIt is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain.
• 14:32 · Ibrahimوَسَخَّرَ and subjectedIt is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and sent down rain from the sky and produced thereby some fruits as provision for you and subjected for you the ships to sail through the sea by His command and subjected for you the rivers.
• 14:32 · Ibrahimوَسَخَّرَ and subjectedIt is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and sent down rain from the sky and produced thereby some fruits as provision for you and subjected for you the ships to sail through the sea by His command and subjected for you the rivers.
• 14:33 · Ibrahimوَسَخَّرَ And He subjectedAnd He subjected for you the sun and the moon, continuous [in orbit], and subjected for you the night and the day.
• 14:33 · Ibrahimوَسَخَّرَ and subjectedAnd He subjected for you the sun and the moon, continuous [in orbit], and subjected for you the night and the day.
• 16:12 · An-Nahlوَسَخَّرَ And He has subjectedAnd He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
• 16:14 · An-Nahlسَخَّرَ subjectedAnd it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.
• 21:79 · Al-Anbyaوَسَخَّرْنَا And We subjectedAnd We gave understanding of the case to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].
• 22:36 · Al-Hajjسَخَّرْنَـٰهَا We have subjected themAnd the camels and cattle We have appointed for you as among the symbols of Allah; for you therein is good. So mention the name of Allah upon them when lined up [for sacrifice]; and when they are [lifeless] on their sides, then eat from them and feed the needy and the beggar. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may be grateful.
• 22:37 · Al-Hajjسَخَّرَهَا He subjected themTheir meat will not reach Allah, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and give good tidings to the doers of good.
• 22:65 · Al-Hajjسَخَّرَ (has) subjectedDo you not see that Allah has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allah, to the people, is Kind and Merciful.
• 29:61 · Al-'Ankabutوَسَخَّرَ and subjectedIf you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" they would surely say, "Allah." Then how are they deluded?
• 31:20 · Luqmanسَخَّرَ has subjectedDo you not see that Allah has made subject to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth and amply bestowed upon you His favors, [both] apparent and unapparent? But of the people is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening Book [from Him].
• 31:29 · Luqmanوَسَخَّرَ and has subjectedDo you not see that Allah causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term, and that Allah, with whatever you do, is Acquainted?
• 35:13 · Fatirوَسَخَّرَ and He has subjectedHe causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed.
• 38:18 · Sadسَخَّرْنَا subjectedIndeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allah] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.
• 38:36 · Sadفَسَخَّرْنَا Then We subjectedSo We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed,
• 39:5 · Az-Zumarوَسَخَّرَ And He subjectedHe created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.
• 43:13 · Az-Zukhrufسَخَّرَ (has) subjectedThat you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.
• 45:12 · Al-Jathiyahسَخَّرَ subjectedIt is Allah who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.
• 45:13 · Al-Jathiyahوَسَخَّرَ And He has subjectedAnd He has subjected to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth - all from Him. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
• 69:7 · Al-Haqqahسَخَّرَهَا Which He imposedWhich Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

سَخِرَ 11 times

• 2:212 · Al-Baqarahوَيَسْخَرُونَ and they ridiculeBeautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allah are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without account.
• 6:10 · Al-An'amسَخِرُوا۟ scoffedAnd already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by that which they used to ridicule.
• 9:79 · At-Tawbahفَيَسْخَرُونَ so they ridiculeThose who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allah will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.
• 9:79 · At-Tawbahسَخِرَ Allah will ridiculeThose who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allah will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.
• 11:38 · Hudسَخِرُوا۟ they ridiculedAnd he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.
• 11:38 · Hudتَسْخَرُوا۟ you ridiculeAnd he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.
• 11:38 · Hudنَسْخَرُ can ridiculeAnd he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.
• 11:38 · Hudتَسْخَرُونَ you ridiculeAnd he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.
• 21:41 · Al-Anbyaسَخِرُوا۟ mockedAnd already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
• 37:12 · As-Saffatوَيَسْخَرُونَ while they mockBut you wonder, while they mock,
• 49:11 · Al-Hujuratيَسْخَرْ ridiculeO you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

مُسَخَّرَة 3 times

• 7:54 · Al-A'rafمُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭ subjectedIndeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.
• 16:12 · An-Nahlمُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢ (are) subjectedAnd He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
• 16:79 · An-Nahlمُسَخَّرَٰتٍۢ controlledDo they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allah. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

سِخْرِيّ 2 times

• 23:110 · Al-Mu'minunسِخْرِيًّا (in) mockeryBut you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.
• 38:63 · Sadسِخْرِيًّا (in) ridiculeIs it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"

ساخِر 1 time

• 39:56 · Az-Zumarٱلسَّـٰخِرِينَ the mockersLest a soul should say, "Oh [how great is] my regret over what I neglected in regard to Allah and that I was among the mockers."

سُخْرِيّ 1 time

• 43:32 · Az-Zukhrufسُخْرِيًّۭا ۗ (for) serviceDo they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

مُسَخَّر 1 time

• 2:164 · Al-Baqarahٱلْمُسَخَّرِ [the] controlledIndeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allah has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use reason.

يَسْتَسْخِرُ 1 time

• 37:14 · As-Saffatيَسْتَسْخِرُونَ they mockAnd when they see a sign, they ridicule

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.