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اشْتَرَى

nashtarī

we will exchange

গ্রহণ করবো আমরা

Root letters: ش ر يAppears 21 times in the Qur'an#481 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form VIII
Learn it in lesson 49

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form VIIIRoot letters: ش ر ي

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)ٱشْتَرَىٰ10 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)نَشْتَرِى11 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱشْتَرَوُا۟boughtish'tarawū · 4 times
  • يَشْتَرُونَexchangeyashtarūna · 4 times
  • تَشْتَرُوا۟exchangetashtarū · 3 times
  • ٱشْتَرَوْا۟(for) which they have soldish'taraw · 2 times
  • ٱشْتَرَىٰهُbuys itish'tarāhu · 2 times
  • لِيَشْتَرُوا۟to barterliyashtarū · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.

Surah 2:16 — Read full ayah

Those are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are for [i.e., in pursuit of] the Fire!

Surah 2:175 — Read full ayah

Indeed, those who purchase disbelief [in exchange] for faith - never will they harm Allāh at all, and for them is a painful punishment.

Surah 3:177 — Read full ayah