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The Quran root س ع ر s-ʿ-r

Words built from the root س ع ر ([s-ʿ-r]) appear 19 times in the Quran. The most common is سَعِير, “Blaze”, which comes 16 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
سَعِيرsaʿiirBlaze · Blazing Fire16
سُعُرsuʿurmadness2
سُعِّرَتْsuʿʿiratis set ablaze1

Examples from the Quran

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ الْيَتَامَىٰ ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيرًا ١٠

سَعِيرًا saʿīran · (in) a Blazing Fire

Indeed, those who devour the property of orphans unjustly are only consuming into their bellies fire. And they will be burned in a Blaze [i.e., Hellfire]. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:10)

فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ آمَنَ بِهِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن صَدَّ عَنْهُ وَكَفَىٰ بِجَهَنَّمَ سَعِيرًا ٥٥

سَعِيرًا saʿīran · (as a) Blazing Fire

And some among them believed in it, and some among them were averse to it. And sufficient is Hell as a blaze. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:55)

فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤

وَسُعُرٍ wasuʿurin · and madness

And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness. (Surah Al-Qamar, 54:24)

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ١٢

سُعِّرَتْ suʿʿirat · is set ablaze

And when Hellfire is set ablaze (Surah At-Takwir, 81:12)

Surahs where it comes most

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.