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س-خ-ر

Sin-Kha-Ra

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Sin-Kha-Ra (س-خ-ر) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: sakhkhara (he subjected / he made subservient).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 42 times in 35 verses, across 21 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:164. The form سَخَّرَ (he subjected / he made subservient) accounts for 22 of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
سَخَّرَ
sakhkhara
he subjected / he made subservientverb, B122×Knowledge, Reflection, and Recitation

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

In the Quran

زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۘ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Beautified is the life of the world for those who disbelieve; they make a jest of the believers. But those who keep their duty to Allah will be above them on the Day of Resurrection. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.

Quran 2:212
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى رَفَعَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ۖ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّكُمْ تُوقِنُونَ

Allah it is Who raised up the heavens without visible supports, then mounted the Throne, and compelled the sun and the moon to be of service, each runneth unto an appointed term; He ordereth the course; He detaileth the revelations, that haply ye may be certain of the meeting with your Lord.

Quran 13:2
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍ فِى جَوِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Have they not seen the birds obedient in mid-air? None holdeth them save Allah. Lo! herein, verily, are portents for a people who believe.

Quran 16:79

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

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.

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