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Arabic root

ا-م-ر

Alif-Mim-Ra

2 words from this root family

About this root

Alif-Mim-Ra (ا-م-ر) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: amr (command / matter / affair), muʾtamar (conference).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 248 times in 226 verses, across 61 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:27. The form أَمْرٌ (command / matter / affair) accounts for 166 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Work, Business, Academic Formal

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
أَمْرٌ
amr
command / matter / affairnoun, A1166×The Most Frequent Words (Part 3)
مُؤْتَمَر
muʾtamar
conferencenoun, A2Work Skills & Technology

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

ٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مِيثَـٰقِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ

Those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and sever that which Allah ordered to be joined, and (who) make mischief in the earth: Those are they who are the losers.

Quran 2:27
وَدَّ كَثِيرٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَوْ يَرُدُّونَكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ كُفَّارًا حَسَدًا مِّنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِهِم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَٱعْفُوا۟ وَٱصْفَحُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Many of the people of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers after your belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth hath become manifest unto them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them) until Allah give command. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.

Quran 2:109
۞ وَمَآ أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌۢ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

I do not exculpate myself. Lo! the (human) soul enjoineth unto evil, save that whereon my Lord hath mercy. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.

Quran 12:53

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1noun
أَمْرٌ
amr

command / matter / affair

Example
إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
innamā amruhū idhā arāda shayʾan an yaqūla lahū kun fayakūn
His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it: Be, and it is (36:82)
Grammar

Masculine noun. Plural: أُمُورٌ (umūr). Can mean 'command' (divine order), 'matter' (affair), or 'situation.' Context determines meaning.

Culture

The divine command 'kun fayakūn' (Be, and it is) expresses God's absolute creative power, a cornerstone of Islamic theology.

A2noun
مُؤْتَمَر
muʾtamar

conference

Example
حَضَرْتُ المُؤْتَمَر الدَوْليّ.
ḥaḍartu al-muʾtamar ad-dawliyy.
I attended the international conference.

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