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27 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 334
The Quran root س ي ر s-y-r
Words built from the root س ي ر ([s-y-r]) appear 27 times in the Quran. The most common is سارَ, “travel”, which comes 16 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| سارَ | saara | travel · they traveled | 16 | |
| سُيِّرَتْ | suyyirat | enables you to travel · could be moved | 5 | |
| سَيّارَة | sayyaara | caravan · travelers | 3 | |
| سَيْر | sayr | journey · movement | 2 | |
| سِيرَت | siirat | state | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌ فَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٣٧
فَسِيرُوا fasīrū · then travel
Similar situations [as yours] have passed on before you, so proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:137)
قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ انظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ ١١
سِيرُوا sīrū · Travel
Say, "Travel through the land; then observe how was the end of the deniers." (Surah Al-An'am, 6:11)
هُوَ الَّذِي يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا كُنتُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا بِهَا جَاءَتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَاءَهُمُ الْمَوْجُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ أُحِيطَ بِهِمْ دَعَوُا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ لَئِنْ أَنجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ ٢٢
يُسَيِّرُكُمْ yusayyirukum · enables you to travel
It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them by a good wind and they rejoice therein, there comes a storm wind and the waves come upon them from every place and they expect to be engulfed, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion, "If You should save us from this, we will surely be among the thankful." (Surah Yunus, 10:22)
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ ٩٦
وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ walilssayyārati · and for the travelers
Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers, but forbidden to you is game from the land as long as you are in the state of iḥrām. And fear Allāh to whom you will be gathered. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:96)
وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْقُرَى الَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا قُرًى ظَاهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا فِيهَا السَّيْرَ سِيرُوا فِيهَا لَيَالِيَ وَأَيَّامًا آمِنِينَ ١٨
السَّيْرَ l-sayra · the journey
And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey, [saying], "Travel between them by night or by day in safety." (Surah Saba, 34:18)
قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ ٢١
سِيرَتَهَا sīratahā · (to) its state
[Allāh] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition. (Surah Taha, 20:21)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Yusuf · 3×
- Surah Ar-Rum · 2×
- Surah Saba · 2×
- Surah Ghafir · 2×
- Surah At-Tur · 2×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 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.