# Ayn-Ra-Cim — عرج (Erj)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Erj

- **Meaning:** To ascend/mount. To limp, be lame.
- **Derived forms:** أَعْرَج (2) · مَعَارِج (2) · يَعْرُجُ (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْرُجُونَ — yaʿrujūna · "(to) ascend"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَاباً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَظَلُّوا ف۪يهِ يَعْرُجُونَۙ

Walaw fatahna AAalayhim babanmina assama-i fathalloo feehiyaAArujoon

And had We opened above them a gate of the sky and they continued ascending therein

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-14.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَجِ — l-aʿraji · "the lame"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

لَيْسَ عَلَى الْاَعْمٰى حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْاَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْمَر۪يضِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَنْ تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اٰبَٓائِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اِخْوَانِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اَخَوَاتِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اَعْمَامِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ عَمَّاتِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اَخْوَالِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ خَالَاتِكُمْ اَوْ مَا مَلَكْتُمْ مَفَاتِحَهُٓ اَوْ صَد۪يقِكُمْۜ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ اَنْ تَأْكُلُوا جَم۪يعاً اَوْ اَشْتَاتاًۜ فَاِذَا دَخَلْتُمْ بُيُوتاً فَسَلِّمُوا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِكُمْ تَحِيَّةً مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ مُبَارَكَةً طَيِّبَةًۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ۟

Laysa AAala al-aAAma harajunwala AAala al-aAAraji harajun walaAAala almareedi harajun wala AAalaanfusikum an ta/kuloo min buyootikum aw buyooti aba-ikumaw buyooti ommahatikum aw buyooti ikhwanikum awbuyooti akhawatikum aw buyooti aAAmamikum awbuyooti AAammatikum aw buyooti akhwalikum awbuyooti khalatikum aw ma malaktum mafatihahuaw sadeeqikum laysa AAalaykum junahun an ta/kuloojameeAAan aw ashtatan fa-itha dakhaltum buyootanfasallimoo AAala anfusikum tahiyyatan min AAindiAllahi mubarakatan tayyibatan kathalikayubayyinu Allahu lakumu al-ayati laAAallakumtaAAqiloon

No blame is there upon the blind, nor any blame upon the lame, nor any blame upon the sick, nor upon yourselves, that you eat of your houses, or the houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or the houses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses of your paternal uncles, or the houses of your paternal aunts, or the houses of your maternal uncles, or the houses of your maternal aunts, or that whereof you hold the keys, or of your friend; you do no wrong to eat together or separately. But when you enter houses, greet one another with a greeting from God, blessed and good. Thus God makes plain to you the proofs, that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-61.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْرُجُ — yaʿruju · "it will ascend"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يُدَبِّرُ الْاَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ اِلَيْهِ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُٓ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

Yudabbiru al-amra mina assama-iila al-ardi thumma yaAAruju ilayhi fee yawmin kanamiqdaruhu alfa sanatin mimma taAAuddoon

He directs the matter from the heaven to the earth; then it rises to Him in a day the measure whereof is a thousand years of what you count.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-5.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْرُجُ — yaʿruju · "ascends"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ ف۪يهَاۜ وَهُوَ الرَّح۪يمُ الْغَفُورُ

YaAAlamu ma yaliju fee al-ardiwama yakhruju minha wama yanzilu mina assama-iwama yaAAruju feeha wahuwa arraheemualghafoor

He knows what penetrates the earth and what comes forth from it, and what descends from the sky and what ascends into it; and He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-2.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** وَمَعَارِجَ — wamaʿārija · "and stairways"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَلَوْلَٓا اَنْ يَكُونَ النَّاسُ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً لَجَعَلْنَا لِمَنْ يَكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفاً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَۙ

Walawla an yakoona annasuommatan wahidatan lajaAAalna liman yakfuru birrahmanilibuyootihim suqufan min fiddatin wamaAAarijaAAalayha yathharoon

And were it not that mankind would be one community, We would have appointed for him who denies the Almighty — for their houses — roofs of silver, and stairs whereon to ascend,

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-33.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَجِ — l-aʿraji · "the lame"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

لَيْسَ عَلَى الْاَعْمٰى حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْاَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْمَر۪يضِ حَرَجٌۜ وَمَنْ يُطِـعِ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۚ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّ يُعَذِّبْهُ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً۟

Laysa AAala al-aAAma harajunwala AAala al-aAAraji harajun walaAAala almareedi harajun waman yutiAAiAllaha warasoolahu yudkhilhu jannatin tajree min tahtihaal-anharu waman yatawalla yuAAaththibhu AAathabanaleema

There is no blame upon the blind, nor is there blame upon the lame, nor is there blame upon the sick. And whoso obeys God and His messenger, him will He make enter gardens beneath which rivers flow; but whoso turns away, him will He punish with a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-17.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْرُجُ — yaʿruju · "ascends"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ ف۪ي سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِۜ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ ف۪يهَاۜ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ اَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Huwa allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda fee sittati ayyamin thumma istawaAAala alAAarshi yaAAlamu ma yaliju fee al-ardiwama yakhruju minha wama yanzilu mina assama-iwama yaAAruju feeha wahuwa maAAakum ayna makuntum wallahu bima taAAmaloona baseer

He it is that created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established Himself upon the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth, and what comes forth from it, and what descends from the heaven, and what ascends into it. And He is with you wherever you may be; and God sees what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-4.md_

### 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَعَارِجِ — l-maʿāriji · "(of) the ways of ascent"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

مِنَ اللّٰهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِۜ

Mina Allahi thee almaAAarij

From God, Owner of the Means of Ascent: —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-3.md_

### 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْرُجُ — taʿruju · "Ascend"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

تَعْرُجُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ اِلَيْهِ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْس۪ينَ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍۚ

TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana

The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-4.md_

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