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Arabic root

ا-س-ر

Alif-Sin-Ra

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About this root

Alif-Sin-Ra (ا-س-ر) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: usratun (family).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 6 times in 6 verses, across 4 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:85.

Themes: Nouns, Family

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
أُسْرَةٌ
usratun
familynoun, A1Nature, People & The World Around Us

In the Quran

مَا كَانَ لِنَبِىٍّ أَن يَكُونَ لَهُۥٓ أَسْرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يُثْخِنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ تُرِيدُونَ عَرَضَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

It is not for any prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the land. Ye desire the lure of this world and Allah desireth (for you) the Hereafter, and Allah is Mighty, Wise.

Quran 8:67
وَأَنزَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَـٰهَرُوهُم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِن صَيَاصِيهِمْ وَقَذَفَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعْبَ فَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَأْسِرُونَ فَرِيقًا

And He brought those of the People of the Scripture who supported them down from their strongholds, and cast panic into their hearts. Some ye slew, and ye made captive some.

Quran 33:26
نَّحْنُ خَلَقْنَـٰهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَآ أَسْرَهُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَآ أَمْثَـٰلَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا

We, even We, created them, and strengthened their frame. And when We will, We can replace them, bringing others like them in their stead.

Quran 76:28

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
أُسْرَةٌ
usratun

family

Example
أُسْرَتِي كَبِيرَةٌ.
usratī kabīratun.
My family is big.
Grammar

Plural: usar (أُسَرٌ). Also 'ʿāʾila' (عَائِلَة) is commonly used for family.

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