Home Quran Quran roots ش ر ر
31 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 295
The Quran root ش ر ر sh-r-r
Words built from the root ش ر ر ([sh-r-r]) appear 31 times in the Quran. The most common is شَرّ, “evil”, which comes 30 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| شَرّ | sharr | evil · worst | 30 | |
| شَرَر | sharar | sparks | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ٢١٦
شَرٌّ sharrun · (is) bad
Battle has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allāh knows, while you know not. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:216)
وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ بِمَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم بَلْ هُوَ شَرٌّ لَّهُمْ سَيُطَوَّقُونَ مَا بَخِلُوا بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلِلَّهِ مِيرَاثُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ ١٨٠
شَرٌّ sharrun · (is) bad
And let not those who [greedily] withhold what Allāh has given them of His bounty ever think that it is better for them. Rather, it is worse for them. Their necks will be encircled by what they withheld on the Day of Resurrection. And to Allāh belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, of what you do, is [fully] Aware. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:180)
إِنَّهَا تَرْمِي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ ٣٢
بِشَرَرٍ bishararin · sparks
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress, (Surah Al-Mursalat, 77:32)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Falaq · 4×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 2×
- Surah Al-Anfal · 2×
- Surah Al-Isra · 2×
- Surah Sad · 2×
- Surah Fussilat · 2×
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.