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Arabic root

س-خ-ر

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B1verb
سَخَّرَ
sakhkhara

he subjected / he made subservient

Example
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ
alam tara anna Allāha sakhkhara lakum mā fī al-arḍ
Do you not see that Allah has subjected to you whatever is on the earth? (22:65)
Grammar

Form II verb (فَعَّلَ, causative). Noun: تَسْخِيرٌ (subjugation/making subservient). Used for God subjecting nature to serve humanity.

Culture

Taskhīr (divine subjugation of nature for humanity) implies stewardship — nature serves us by God's command, obligating us to care for it.