Arabic root

ب-ر-ه-ن

Ba-Ra-Heh-Nun

1 word from this root family

About this root

Ba-Ra-Heh-Nun (ب-ر-ه-ن) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: burhān (clear proof / evidence / definitive argument).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 8 times in 8 verses, across 7 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:111. The form بُرْهَانٌ (clear proof / evidence / definitive argument) accounts for all of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
بُرْهَانٌ burhān	clear proof / evidence / definitive argument	noun, B2	8×	Advanced Quranic & Islamic Terminology

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

In the Quran

وَقَالُوا۟ لَن يَدْخُلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَن كَانَ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَـٰرَىٰ ۗ تِلْكَ أَمَانِيُّهُمْ ۗ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

And they say: None entereth paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian. These are their own desires. Say: Bring your proof (of what ye state) if ye are truthful.

Quran 2:111

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَكُم بُرْهَـٰنٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ نُورًا مُّبِينًا

O mankind! Now hath a proof from your Lord come unto you, and We have sent down unto you a clear light;

Quran 4:174

وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَـٰنَ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

She verily desired him, and he would have desired her if it had not been that he saw the argument of his Lord. Thus it was, that We might ward off from him evil and lewdness. Lo! he was of Our chosen slaves.

Quran 12:24

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

B2noun

بُرْهَانٌ

burhān

clear proof / evidence / definitive argument

Example

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بُرْهَانٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ

yā ayyuhā an-nāsu qad jāʾakum burhānun min rabbikum

O mankind, there has come to you a conclusive proof from your Lord (4:174)

Root: ب-ر-ه-ن Quranic

Grammar

Masculine noun. Quadriliteral root. Plural: بَرَاهِينُ (barāhīn). Refers to the strongest kind of proof - irrefutable evidence. The Quran itself is called a burhān.

Culture

The Quran demands burhān (proof) - 'bring your proof if you are truthful' (2:111). Islam encourages evidence-based conviction, not blind faith.