Home Quran Quran roots ب ر ر
32 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 280
The Quran root ب ر ر b-r-r
Words built from the root ب ر ر ([b-r-r]) appear 32 times in the Quran. The most common is بَرّ, “land”, which comes 22 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| بَرّ | barr | land · righteous | 22 | |
| بِرّ | birr | righteousness · righteous | 8 | |
| تَبَرُّ | tabarru | you do good · you deal kindly | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
رَّبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلْإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ ١٩٣
الْأَبْرَارِ l-abrāri · the righteous
Our Lord, indeed we have heard a caller [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] calling to faith, [saying], 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die among the righteous. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:193)
لَٰكِنِ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا نُزُلًا مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِّلْأَبْرَارِ ١٩٨
لِّلْأَبْرَارِ lil'abrāri · for the righteous
But those who feared their Lord will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein, as accommodation from Allāh. And that which is with Allāh is best for the righteous. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:198)
أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ٤٤
بِالْبِرِّ bil-biri · [the] righteousness
Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason? (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:44)
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا اللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِّأَيْمَانِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوا وَتَتَّقُوا وَتُصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٢٤
تَبَرُّوا tabarrū · you do good
And do not make [your oath by] Allāh an excuse against being righteous and fearing Allāh and making peace among people. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:224)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 6×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 3×
- Surah Al-An'am · 3×
- Surah Al-Isra · 3×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 2×
- Surah Maryam · 2×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.