# Ha-Ra-Sad — حرص (HrS)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To desire ardently/eagerly/strongly/greedily, covet, hanker after a thing, desire a thing excessively or inordinately or culpably, strive or labour, exert oneself, take extraordinary pains to obtain/attain/acquire a thing, excessively solicitous or careful and fearful, excessively pitiful or compassionate to a person, apply oneself constantly or perseveringly to a thing. To rent or cleave a thing, strip off/scrape off/rub off/abrade/remove a superficial part or peel or rind, make holes in a thing by beating it.
- **Derived forms:** أَحْرَص (1) · حَرَصْ (3) · حَرِيص (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** أَحْرَصَ — aḥraṣa · "(the) most greedy"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ اَحْرَصَ النَّاسِ عَلٰى حَيٰوةٍۚ وَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُوا يَوَدُّ اَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍۚ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِه۪ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ اَنْ يُعَمَّرَۜ وَاللّٰهُ بَص۪يرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ۟

Walatajidannahum ahrasa annasiAAala hayatin wamina allatheenaashrakoo yawaddu ahaduhum law yuAAammaru alfa sanatin wamahuwa bimuzahzihihi mina alAAathabi anyuAAammara wallahu baseerun bimayaAAmaloon

And thou wilt find them the greediest of men for life. And of those who ascribe a partnership: one of them wishes to be granted life of a thousand years, but it will not remove him from the punishment were he to be granted life; and God sees what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-96.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 129

- **Form in this verse:** حَرَصْتُمْ ۖ — ḥaraṣtum · "you desired"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَنْ تَسْتَط۪يعُٓوا اَنْ تَعْدِلُوا بَيْنَ النِّسَٓاءِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتُمْ فَلَا تَم۪يلُوا كُلَّ الْمَيْلِ فَتَذَرُوهَا كَالْمُعَلَّقَةِۜ وَاِنْ تُصْلِحُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماً

Walan tastateeAAoo an taAAdiloobayna annisa-i walaw harastum falatameeloo kulla almayli fatatharooha kalmuAAallaqatiwa-in tuslihoo watattaqoo fa-inna Allaha kanaghafooran raheema

And you will not be able to deal equally between wives, though you be desirous; but turn not entirely away leaving one as if suspended. And if you do right and are in prudent fear, God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-129.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 128

- **Form in this verse:** حَرِيصٌ — ḥarīṣun · "(he is) concerned"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

لَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ عَز۪يزٌۘ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَر۪يصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ رَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Laqad jaakum rasoolun min anfusikumAAazeezun AAalayhi ma AAanittum hareesunAAalaykum bilmu/mineena raoofun raheem

There has come to you a messenger from among yourselves; grievous to him is what grieves you; one concerned for you; to the believers kind and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-128.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** حَرَصْتَ — ḥaraṣta · "you desire"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَٓا اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Wama aktharu annasiwalaw harasta bimu/mineen

And most men — though thou be desirous — are not believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-103.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** تَحْرِصْ — taḥriṣ · "you desire"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنْ تَحْرِصْ عَلٰى هُدٰيهُمْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْد۪ي مَنْ يُضِلُّ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِر۪ينَ

In tahris AAala hudahumfa-inna Allaha la yahdee man yudillu wamalahum min nasireen

Though thou desire their guidance, God will not guide him whom He leaves to stray; and they have no helpers.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-37.md_

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