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ضَرّاء

ḍarrāa

adversity

দুঃখদৈন্য

Root letters: ض ر رAppears 9 times in the Qur'an#904 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
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About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ض ر ر

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ضَرَّآءَ9 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • وَٱلضَّرَّآءِand [the] hardshipwal-ḍarāi · 4 times
  • ضَرَّآءَadversityḍarrāa · 3 times
  • وَٱلضَّرَّآءُand [the] hardshipwal-ḍarāu · 1 times
  • ٱلضَّرَّآءُthe adversityl-ḍarāu · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muḥammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us].

Surah 6:42 — Read full ayah

Who spend [in the cause of Allāh] during ease and hardship and who restrain anger and who pardon the people - and Allāh loves the doers of good;

Surah 3:134 — Read full ayah

And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allāh].

Surah 7:94 — Read full ayah