Arabic root

ذ-ر-ر

Dhal-Ra-Ra

2 words from this root family

About this root

Dhal-Ra-Ra (ذ-ر-ر) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: dhurriyyah (offspring / descendants / progeny), dharra (atom).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 38 times in 36 verses, across 21 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:124. The form ذُرِّيَّةٌ (offspring / descendants / progeny) accounts for 32 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Science Medicine

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
ذُرِّيَّةٌ dhurriyyah	offspring / descendants / progeny	noun, A2	32×	Life, Death, and the Hereafter
ذَرَّة dharra	atom	noun, B2	6×	Cells & Biology

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

In the Quran

۞ وَإِذِ ٱبْتَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ رَبُّهُۥ بِكَلِمَـٰتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّى جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا ۖ قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

And (remember) when his Lord tried Abraham with (His) commands, and he fulfilled them, He said: Lo! I have appointed thee a leader for mankind. (Abraham) said: And of my offspring (will there be leaders)? He said: My covenant includeth not wrong-doers.

Quran 2:124

رَبَّنَا وَٱجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Our Lord! And make us submissive unto Thee and of our seed a nation submissive unto Thee, and show us our ways of worship, and relent toward us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Relenting, the Merciful.

Quran 2:128

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ ۖ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَـٰعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

Lo! Allah wrongeth not even of the weight of an ant; and if there is a good deed, He will double it and will give (the doer) from His presence an immense reward.

Quran 4:40

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

A2noun

ذُرِّيَّةٌ

dhurriyyah

offspring / descendants / progeny

Example

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ

rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wa-dhurriyyātinā qurrata aʿyun

Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and offspring comfort to our eyes (25:74)

Root: ذ-ر-ر Quranic

Grammar

Feminine noun. Plural: ذُرِّيَّاتٌ (dhurriyyāt). Used for children, descendants, and future generations. One of the most beautiful duʿāʾ in the Quran.

Culture

This supplication for righteous family is among the most beloved duʿāʾ - asking God for spouses and children who bring joy and are a source of comfort.

B2noun

ذَرَّة

dharra