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23 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 374
The Quran root س ر ع s-r-ʿ
Words built from the root س ر ع ([s-r-ʿ]) appear 23 times in the Quran. The most common is سَرِيع, “swift”, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| سَرِيع | sariiʿ | swift · is swift | 10 | |
| يُسارِعُ | yusaariʿu | hasten · they hasten | 9 | |
| أَسْرَع | asraʿ | swiftest · more swift | 2 | |
| سِراع | siraaʿ | hurrying · rapidly | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا وَاللَّهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ ٢٠٢
سَرِيعُ sarīʿu · (is) swift
Those will have a share of what they have earned, and Allāh is swift in account. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:202)
إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ وَمَا اخْتَلَفَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ ١٩
سَرِيعُ sarīʿu · (is) swift
Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allāh is Islām. And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allāh, then indeed, Allāh is swift in [taking] account. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:19)
يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَيُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَأُولَٰئِكَ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ ١١٤
وَيُسَارِعُونَ wayusāriʿūna · and they hasten
They believe in Allāh and the Last Day, and they enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and hasten to good deeds. And those are among the righteous. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:114)
ثُمَّ رُدُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ مَوْلَاهُمُ الْحَقِّ أَلَا لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَهُوَ أَسْرَعُ الْحَاسِبِينَ ٦٢
أَسْرَعُ asraʿu · (is) swiftest
Then they [i.e., His servants] are returned to Allāh, their true Lord. Unquestionably, His is the judgement, and He is the swiftest of accountants. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:62)
يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ الْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ ٤٤
سِرَاعًا sirāʿan · hurrying
On the Day the earth breaks away from them [and they emerge] rapidly; that is a gathering easy for Us. (Surah Qaf, 50:44)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 5×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 4×
- Surah Al-An'am · 2×
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 2×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 1×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 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.