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Arabic root

ا-ث-ر

Alif-Tha-Ra

3 words from this root family

About this root

Alif-Tha-Ra (ا-ث-ر) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: taʾthīr (influence / effect / impact), taʾaththara (to be affected / to be influenced (Form V)), aththara (to affect / to influence (Form II)).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 21 times in 21 verses, across 16 of the 114 suras. The first is in 5:46.

Themes: Abstract Concepts, Advanced Verbs

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
تَأثِير
taʾthīr
influence / effect / impactnoun, B1Values & Beliefs
تَأَثَّرَ
taʾaththara
to be affected / to be influenced (Form V)verb, B1Verbs of Change
أَثَّرَ
aththara
to affect / to influence (Form II)verb, B1Verbs of Change

In the Quran

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ ءَاثَرَكَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِن كُنَّا لَخَـٰطِـِٔينَ

They said: By Allah, verily Allah hath preferred thee above us, and we were indeed sinful.

Quran 12:91
فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا

Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou (Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps.

Quran 18:6
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ۖ ٱئْتُونِى بِكِتَـٰبٍ مِّن قَبْلِ هَـٰذَآ أَوْ أَثَـٰرَةٍ مِّنْ عِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Have ye thought on all that ye invoke beside Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth. Or have they any portion in the heavens? Bring me a scripture before this (Scripture), or some vestige of knowledge (in support of what ye say), if ye are truthful.

Quran 46:4

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

B1noun
تَأثِير
taʾthīr

influence / effect / impact

Example
لِلإعلامِ تَأثيرٌ كَبيرٌ عَلى المُجتَمَع.
li-l-iʾlāmi taʾthīrun kabīrun ʿalā l-mujtamaʿ.
Media has a big impact on society.
B1verb
تَأَثَّرَ
taʾaththara

to be affected / to be influenced (Form V)

Example
تَأَثَّرَ الاقتِصادُ بِالأَزمَة.
taʾaththara l-iqtiṣādu bi-l-azma.
The economy was affected by the crisis.
B1verb
أَثَّرَ
aththara

to affect / to influence (Form II)

Example
أَثَّرَ الطَّقسُ على المَحاصيل.
aththara ṭ-ṭaqsu ʿalā l-maḥāṣīl.
The weather affected the crops.

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