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Arabic root

س-ر-ع

Sin-Ra-Ayn

2 words from this root family

About this root

Sin-Ra-Ayn (س-ر-ع) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: sarīʿ (fast / quick), surʿa (speed).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 23 times in 23 verses, across 14 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:202.

Themes: Adjectives, Travel, Transportation

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
سَريع
sarīʿ
fast / quickadjective, A1Adjectives - Appearance & Beauty
سُرْعة
surʿa
speednoun, A2Travel Plans & Booking

In the Quran

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

For them there is in store a goodly portion out of that which they have earned. Allah is swift at reckoning.

Quran 2:202
يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency, and vie one with another in good works. These are of the righteous.

Quran 3:114
ثُمَّ رُدُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَوْلَىٰهُمُ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَهُوَ أَسْرَعُ ٱلْحَـٰسِبِينَ

Then are they restored unto Allah, their Lord, the Just. Surely His is the judgment. And He is the most swift of reckoners.

Quran 6:62

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

A1adjective
سَريع
sarīʿ

fast / quick

Example
القِطارُ سَريع
al-qiṭāru sarīʿ
The train is fast
Grammar

Feminine form: sarīʿa (سَريعة). Opposite of baṭīʾ (بَطيء).

A2noun
سُرْعة
surʿa

speed

Example
لا تَقُد بِسُرْعة عالِية.
lā taqud bisurʿa ʿāliya.
Don't drive at high speed.

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