# Ha-Ra-Ye — حري (Hry)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To aim, seek, select, choose, intend or propose (a thing), to be adapted/disposed/apt/suited/suitable/fit/competent/proper for a thing, worthy of a thing, to seek or repair to the vicinage/quarter/tract/region of a people, aim at a thing, make a thing one's own possession, endeavour to reach or obtain a thing, to seek what is most suitable or deserving to be done.
- **Derived forms:** تَحَرَّ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** تَحَرَّوْا۟ — taḥarraw · "have sought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاَنَّا مِنَّا الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا الْقَاسِطُونَۜ  فَمَنْ اَسْلَمَ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ تَحَرَّوْا رَشَداً

Waanna minna almuslimoonawaminna alqasitoona faman aslama faola-ikataharraw rashada

“And that: ‘Among us are those submitting, and among us are the unjust.And whoso has submitted, those have sought rectitude.

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

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