Sin-Waw-Ra
1 word from this root family
Sin-Waw-Ra (س-و-ر) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: sūrah (chapter (of the Quran)).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 17 times in 16 verses, across 13 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:23. The form سُورَةٌ (chapter (of the Quran)) accounts for 10 of them.
Themes: Quranic
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
سُورَةٌ sūrah | chapter (of the Quran) | noun, A1 | 10× | Particles and Key Phrases |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا۟ بِسُورَةٍ مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ وَٱدْعُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَAnd if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your witness beside Allah if ye are truthful.
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًاAs for such, theirs will be Gardens of Eden, wherein rivers flow beneath them; therein they will be given armlets of gold and will wear green robes of finest silk and gold embroidery, reclining upon throne therein. Blest the reward, and fair the resting-place!
۞ وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَAnd hath the story of the litigants come unto thee? How they climbed the wall into the royal chamber;
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).
Feminine noun. Plural: سُوَرٌ (suwar). The Quran has 114 surahs. Etymology debated: from سُور (wall/enclosure) or from the Syriac.
Each surah is a self-contained unit with its own theme. The longest is al-Baqarah (286 verses); the shortest is al-Kawthar (3 verses).