# Sad-Ayn-Ra — صعر (SEr)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to turn (the face), have (the face) distorted. sa'ara (vb. 2) - to make wry face.
- **Derived forms:** تُصَعِّرْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** تُصَعِّرْ — tuṣaʿʿir · "turn"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَرَحاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍۚ

Wala tusaAAAAir khaddaka linnasiwala tamshi fee al-ardi marahan inna Allahala yuhibbu kulla mukhtalin fakhoor

“And turn thou not thy cheek to men, and walk thou not in the earth haughtily; God loves not every conceited boaster.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-18.md_

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