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17 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 438
The Quran root ش ر ق sh-r-q
Words built from the root ش ر ق ([sh-r-q]) appear 17 times in the Quran. The most common is مَشْرِق, “east”, which comes 11 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مَشْرِق | mashriq | east · eastern | 11 | |
| مُشْرِق | mushriq | at sunrise · sunrise | 2 | |
| شَرْقِيّ | sharqiyy | eastern | 1 | |
| شَرْقِيَّة | sharqiyya | east | 1 | |
| إِشْراق | ishraaq | sunrise | 1 | |
| أَشْرَقَتِ | ashraqati | shine | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَلِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ١١٥
الْمَشْرِقُ l-mashriqu · (is) the east
And to Allāh belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:115)
سَيَقُولُ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَا وَلَّاهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّتِي كَانُوا عَلَيْهَا قُل لِّلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ١٤٢
الْمَشْرِقُ l-mashriqu · (is) the east
The foolish among the people will say, "What has turned them away from their qiblah, which they used to face?" Say, "To Allāh belongs the east and the west. He guides whom He wills to a straight path." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:142)
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ ٧٣
مُشْرِقِينَ mush'riqīna · at sunrise
So the shriek seized them at sunrise. (Surah Al-Hijr, 15:73)
وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا ١٦
شَرْقِيًّا sharqiyyan · eastern
And mention, [O Muḥammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east. (Surah Maryam, 19:16)
اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ٣٥
شَرْقِيَّةٍ sharqiyyatin · (of the) east
Allāh is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp; the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allāh guides to His light whom He wills. And Allāh presents examples for the people, and Allāh is Knowing of all things. (Surah An-Nur, 24:35)
إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِشْرَاقِ ١٨
وَالْإِشْرَاقِ wal-ish'rāqi · and [the] sunrise
Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allāh] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise. (Surah Sad, 38:18)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 4×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 1×
- Surah As-Saffat · 1×
- Surah Az-Zukhruf · 1×
- Surah Ar-Rahman · 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.