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ص-خ-ر

Sad-Kha-Ra

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Sad-Kha-Ra (ص-خ-ر) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: ṣakhra (rock).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 3 times in 3 verses, across 3 of the 114 suras. The first is in 18:63. The form صَخْرَة (rock) accounts for 2 of them.

Themes: Nature Weather

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
صَخْرَة
ṣakhra
rocknoun, B12×Natural Elements

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

In the Quran

قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا

He said: Didst thou see, when we took refuge on the rock, and I forgot the fish - and none but Satan caused me to forget to mention it - it took its way into the waters by a marvel.

Quran 18:63
يَـٰبُنَىَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُن فِى صَخْرَةٍ أَوْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ أَوْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ

O my dear son! Lo! though it be but the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.

Quran 31:16
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

Quran 89:9

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
صَخْرَة
ṣakhra

rock

Example
جَلَسَ عَلى صَخرَةٍ كَبيرَة.
jalasa ʿalā ṣakhratin kabīra.
He sat on a large rock.

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