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سَحَر

[in the] before dawn

রাতের শেষপ্রান্তে

Root letters: س ح رAppears 3 times in the Qur'an#1,870 most frequentNoun (ism)
Learn it in lesson 187

About this word

Noun (ism)Root letters: س ح ر

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)بِسَحَرٍۢ1 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)بِٱلْأَسْحَارِ2 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • بِٱلْأَسْحَارِ[in the] before dawnbil-asḥāri · 1 times
  • وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِAnd in the hours before dawnwabil-asḥāri · 1 times
  • بِسَحَرٍۢby dawnbisaḥarin · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root س ح ر — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

Surah 51:18 — Read full ayah

The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allāh], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.

Surah 3:17 — Read full ayah

Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.

Surah 54:34 — Read full ayah