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38 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 251
The Quran root ذ ر ر dh-r-r
Words built from the root ذ ر ر ([dh-r-r]) appear 38 times in the Quran. The most common is ذُرِّيَّة, “offspring”, which comes 32 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ذُرِّيَّة | dhurriyya | offspring · offsprings | 32 | |
| ذَرَّة | dharra | atom | 6 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذِ ابْتَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلِمَاتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ قَالَ إِنِّي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَّالِمِينَ ١٢٤
ذُرِّيَّتِي dhurriyyatī · my offspring
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord with words [i.e., commands] and he fulfilled them. [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [Allāh] said, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:124)
رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ ١٢٨
ذُرِّيَّتِنَا dhurriyyatinā · our offspring
Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You. And show us our rites [of worship] and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:128)
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَاعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا ٤٠
ذَرَّةٍ dharratin · (of) an atom
Indeed, Allāh does not do injustice, [even] as much as an atom's weight; while if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:40)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 3×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 3×
- Surah Al-An'am · 3×
- Surah An-Nisa · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 2×
- Surah Yunus · 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.