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Arabic root

ش-ك-ر

Shin-Kaf-Ra

3 words from this root family

About this root

Shin-Kaf-Ra (ش-ك-ر) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: shukran (thank you), shukr (gratitude / thankfulness), shakara (to thank).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 75 times in 69 verses, across 35 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:52. The form شَكَرَ (to thank) accounts for 46 of them.

Themes: Greetings, Basics, Quranic, Verbs, Communication

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
شُكْرًا
shukran
thank youphrase, A1First Words - Essential Greetings
شُكْرٌ
shukr
gratitude / thankfulnessnoun, A21×Guidance and Knowledge
شَكَرَ
shakara
to thankverb, A146×Action Verbs - Making & Creating

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

In the Quran

ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Then, even after that, We pardoned you in order that ye might give thanks.

Quran 2:52
۞ إِنَّ ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَآئِرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَنْ حَجَّ ٱلْبَيْتَ أَوِ ٱعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا ۚ وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Lo! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the indications of Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who is on pilgrimage to the House (of Allah) or visiteth it, to go around them (as the pagan custom is). And he who doeth good of his own accord, (for him) lo! Allah is Responsive, Aware.

Quran 2:158
يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُۥ مَا يَشَآءُ مِن مَّحَـٰرِيبَ وَتَمَـٰثِيلَ وَجِفَانٍ كَٱلْجَوَابِ وَقُدُورٍ رَّاسِيَـٰتٍ ۚ ٱعْمَلُوٓا۟ ءَالَ دَاوُۥدَ شُكْرًا ۚ وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِىَ ٱلشَّكُورُ

They made for him what he willed: synagogues and statues, basins like wells and boilers built into the ground. Give thanks, O House of David! Few of My bondmen are thankful.

Quran 34:13

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

A1phrase
شُكْرًا
shukran

thank you

Example
شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا عَلَى مُسَاعَدَتِكَ.
shukran jazīlan ʿalā musāʿadatika.
Thank you very much for your help.
Grammar

Add 'jazīlan' (جَزِيلًا) for 'thank you very much'.

A2noun
شُكْرٌ
shukr

gratitude / thankfulness

Example
لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ
laʾin shakartum la-azīdannakum
If you are grateful, I will surely increase you (14:7)
Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar) of شَكَرَ. Related: شَاكِرٌ (grateful), شَكُورٌ (deeply grateful). God is الشَّكُورُ (The Most Appreciative).

Culture

This verse promises that gratitude leads to increase in blessings. Shukr and ṣabr (patience) are considered the two wings of the spiritual life.

A1verb
شَكَرَ
shakara

to thank

Example
شكرتُهُ على مساعدتِهِ
shakartuhu ʿalā musāʿadatihi
I thanked him for his help
Grammar

Form I verb. Past: shakara, Present: yashkuru. Takes 'alā (على) for reason of thanks.

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