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شاعِر

shāʿirun

(is) a poet

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Root letters: ش ع رAppears 5 times in the Qur'an#1,350 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
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About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ش ع ر

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)شَاعِرٌۭ4 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ1 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • شَاعِرٌۭ(is) a poetshāʿirun · 2 times
  • وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُAnd the poetswal-shuʿarāu · 1 times
  • لِشَاعِرٍۢfor a poetlishāʿirin · 1 times
  • شَاعِرٍۢ ۚ(of) a poetshāʿirin · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ش ع ر — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them;

Surah 26:224 — Read full ayah

And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

Surah 37:36 — Read full ayah

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?

Surah 52:30 — Read full ayah