# Sad-Ra-Ha — صرح (SrH)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To make manifest, explain, clarify. Sarhun - palace, high tower, lofty structure, castle.
- **Derived forms:** صَرْح (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصَّرْحَ ۖ — l-ṣarḥa · "the palace"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

ق۪يلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِي الصَّرْحَۚ فَلَمَّا رَاَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَيْهَاۜ قَالَ اِنَّهُ صَرْحٌ مُمَرَّدٌ مِنْ قَوَار۪يرَۜ قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْس۪ي وَاَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمٰنَ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ۟

Qeela laha odkhulee assarhafalamma raat-hu hasibat-hu lujjatan wakashafat AAansaqayha qala innahu sarhunmumarradun min qawareera qalat rabbi innee thalamtunafsee waaslamtu maAAa sulaymana lillahi rabbi alAAalameen

(It was said to her: “Enter thou the palace.” But when she saw it, she thought it a body of water and uncovered her legs. He said: “It is a palace made smooth with glass.”) She said, “My Lord: I have wronged my soul, and I submit with Solomon to God, the Lord of All Creation.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-44.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** صَرْحٌۭ — ṣarḥun · "(is) a palace"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

ق۪يلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِي الصَّرْحَۚ فَلَمَّا رَاَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَيْهَاۜ قَالَ اِنَّهُ صَرْحٌ مُمَرَّدٌ مِنْ قَوَار۪يرَۜ قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْس۪ي وَاَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمٰنَ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ۟

Qeela laha odkhulee assarhafalamma raat-hu hasibat-hu lujjatan wakashafat AAansaqayha qala innahu sarhunmumarradun min qawareera qalat rabbi innee thalamtunafsee waaslamtu maAAa sulaymana lillahi rabbi alAAalameen

(It was said to her: “Enter thou the palace.” But when she saw it, she thought it a body of water and uncovered her legs. He said: “It is a palace made smooth with glass.”) She said, “My Lord: I have wronged my soul, and I submit with Solomon to God, the Lord of All Creation.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-44.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** صَرْحًۭا — ṣarḥan · "a lofty tower"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْر۪يۚ فَاَوْقِدْ ل۪ي يَا هَامَانُ عَلَى الطّ۪ينِ فَاجْعَلْ ل۪ي صَرْحاً لَعَلّ۪ٓي اَطَّلِعُ اِلٰٓى اِلٰهِ مُوسٰىۙ وَاِنّ۪ي لَاَظُنُّهُ مِنَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

Waqala firAAawnu ya ayyuhaalmalao ma AAalimtu lakum min ilahin ghayreefaawqid lee ya hamanu AAala atteenifajAAal lee sarhan laAAallee attaliAAuila ilahi moosa wa-innee laathunnuhumina alkathibeen

And Pharaoh said: “O eminent ones: I know not that you have a god other than me. So kindle thou for me, O Hāmān, upon the clay, and make thou for me a tower, that I might look upon the god of Moses; and I think him of the liars.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-38.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** صَرْحًۭا — ṣarḥan · "a tower"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَا هَامَانُ ابْنِ ل۪ي صَرْحاً لَعَلّ۪ٓي اَبْلُغُ الْاَسْبَابَۙ

Waqala firAAawnu ya hamanuibni lee sarhan laAAallee ablughu al-asbab

And Pharaoh said: “O Hāmān: build thou for me a tower, that I might reach the causes,

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-36.md_

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