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شَهْر

ashhurin

months

মাস

Root letters: ش ه رAppears 21 times in the Qur'an#485 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 49

About this word

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

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)شَهْرُ12 times
  • Dual (muthannā)شَهْرَيْنِ2 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أَشْهُرٍۢ7 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • أَشْهُرٍۢmonthsashhurin · 3 times
  • ٱلشَّهْرَthe monthl-shahra · 2 times
  • شَهْرَيْنِ(for) two monthsshahrayni · 2 times
  • شَهْرُMonthshahru · 1 times
  • ٱلشَّهْرُThe monthal-shahru · 1 times
  • بِٱلشَّهْرِ(is) for the monthbil-shahri · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

Surah 97:3 — Read full ayah

For those who swear not to have sexual relations with their wives is a waiting time of four months, but if they return [to normal relations] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

Surah 2:226 — Read full ayah

So travel freely, [O disbelievers], throughout the land [during] four months but know that you cannot cause failure to Allāh and that Allāh will disgrace the disbelievers.

Surah 9:2 — Read full ayah