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20 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 410
The Quran root ف ط ر f-ṭ-r
Words built from the root ف ط ر ([f-ṭ-r]) appear 20 times in the Quran. The most common is فَطَرَ, “created me”, which comes 10 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| فَطَرَ | faṭara | created me · created | 10 | |
| فاطِر | faaṭir | Creator · Originator | 6 | |
| فِطْرَت | fiṭrat | Nature | 1 | |
| فُطُور | fuṭuur | flaw | 1 | |
| مُنفَطِر | munfaṭir | break apart | 1 | |
| انفَطَرَتْ | anfaṭarat | cleft asunder | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
إِنِّي وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ٧٩
فَطَرَ faṭara · created
Indeed, I have turned my face [i.e., self] toward He who created the heavens and the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allāh." (Surah Al-An'am, 6:79)
يَا قَوْمِ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ٥١
فَطَرَنِي faṭaranī · created me
O my people, I do not ask you for it [i.e., my advice] any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason? (Surah Hud, 11:51)
قُلْ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَتَّخِذُ وَلِيًّا فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ يُطْعِمُ وَلَا يُطْعَمُ قُلْ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ١٤
فَاطِرِ fāṭiri · Creator
Say, "Is it other than Allāh I should take as a protector, Creator of the heavens and earth, while it is He who feeds and is not fed?" Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to be the first [among you] who submit [to Allāh] and [was commanded], 'Do not ever be of the polytheists." (Surah Al-An'am, 6:14)
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٣٠
فِطْرَتَ fiṭ'rata · Nature
So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fiṭrah of Allāh upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allāh. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know. (Surah Ar-Rum, 30:30)
الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَاوُتٍ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ ٣
فُطُورٍ fuṭūrin · flaw
[And] who created seven heavens in layers. You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks? (Surah Al-Mulk, 67:3)
السَّمَاءُ مُنفَطِرٌ بِهِ كَانَ وَعْدُهُ مَفْعُولًا ١٨
مُنفَطِرٌ munfaṭirun · (will) break apart
The heaven will break apart therefrom; ever is His promise fulfilled. (Surah Al-Muzzammil, 73:18)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-An'am · 2×
- Surah Ar-Rum · 2×
- Surah Ash-Shuraa · 2×
- Surah Hud · 1×
- Surah Al-Isra · 1×
- Surah Maryam · 1×
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.