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32 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 282
The Quran root و ر ي w-r-y
Words built from the root و ر ي ([w-r-y]) appear 32 times in the Quran. The most common is وَراء, “behind”, which comes 24 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| وَراء | waraa’ | behind · beyond | 24 | |
| وُۥرِيَ | wuۥriya | hide · was concealed | 4 | |
| تَوارَتْ | tawaarat | He hides himself · they were hidden | 2 | |
| تُورُ | tuuru | you ignite | 1 | |
| مُورِيَة | muuriya | producers of sparks | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ قَالُوا نُؤْمِنُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَاءَهُ وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنبِيَاءَ اللَّهِ مِن قَبْلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ٩١
وَرَاءَهُ warāahu · (is) besides it
And when it is said to them, "Believe in what Allāh has revealed," they say, "We believe [only] in what was revealed to us." And they disbelieve in what came after it, while it is the truth confirming that which is with them. Say, "Then why did you kill the prophets of Allāh before, if you are [indeed] believers?" (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:91)
وَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ١٠١
وَرَاءَ warāa · behind
And when a messenger from Allāh came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allāh [i.e., the Torah] behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:101)
فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُ كَيْفَ يُوَارِي سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ قَالَ يَا وَيْلَتَا أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَٰذَا الْغُرَابِ فَأُوَارِيَ سَوْءَةَ أَخِي فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ النَّادِمِينَ ٣١
يُوَارِي yuwārī · to hide
Then Allāh sent a crow searching [i.e., scratching] in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the disgrace [i.e., body] of my brother?" And he became of the regretful. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:31)
يَتَوَارَىٰ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِن سُوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِ أَيُمْسِكُهُ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُ فِي التُّرَابِ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ ٥٩
يَتَوَارَىٰ yatawārā · He hides himself
He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide. (Surah An-Nahl, 16:59)
أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ النَّارَ الَّتِي تُورُونَ ٧١
تُورُونَ tūrūna · you ignite
And have you seen the fire that you ignite? (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:71)
فَالْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًا ٢
فَالْمُورِيَاتِ fal-mūriyāti · And the producers of sparks
And the producers of sparks [when] striking (Surah Al-'Adiyat, 100:2)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 2×
- Surah An-Nisa · 2×
- Surah Hud · 2×
- Surah Ibrahim · 2×
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 2×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 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.