# Sad-Vav-Ra — صور (Swr)

> Occurs in 19 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to shape, form, fashion, mark, picture, adorn, prepare, make
- **Derived forms:** صُرْ (1) · صُّور (10) · صُورَة (3) · صَوَّرَ (4) · مُصَوِّر (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 260

- **Form in this verse:** فَصُرْهُنَّ — faṣur'hunna · "and incline them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ رَبِّ اَرِن۪ي كَيْفَ تُحْـيِ الْمَوْتٰىۜ قَالَ اَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْۜ قَالَ بَلٰى وَلٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْب۪يۜ قَالَ فَخُذْ اَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ اِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلٰى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ يَأْت۪ينَكَ سَعْياًۜ وَاعْلَمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ۟

Wa-ith qala ibraheemurabbi arinee kayfa tuhyee almawta qala awalam tu/min qala bala walakin liyatma-innaqalbee qala fakhuth arbaAAatan mina attayrifasurhunna ilayka thumma ijAAal AAala kulli jabalinminhunna juz-an thumma odAAuhunna ya/teenaka saAAyan waAAlamanna Allaha AAazeezun hakeem

And when Abraham said: “My Lord, show Thou me how Thou wilt give life to the dead,” He said: “Dost thou not believe?” Said he: “Verily, but that my heart should be at rest.” He said: “Take thou four birds, and cause thou them to incline to thee; then place thou a part of them upon each hill; then call thou to them — they will come to thee in haste. And know thou that God is exalted in might and wise.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-260.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** يُصَوِّرُكُمْ — yuṣawwirukum · "shapes you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْاَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَٓاءُۜ   لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Huwa allathee yusawwirukum feeal-arhami kayfa yashao la ilaha illahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem

He it is who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god save He, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-6.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّورِ ۚ — l-ṣūri · "the trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّۜ وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُۜ قَوْلُهُ الْحَقُّۜ وَلَهُ الْمُلْكُ يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِۜ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِۜ وَهُوَ الْحَك۪يمُ الْخَب۪يرُ

Wahuwa allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda bilhaqqi wayawma yaqoolukun fayakoonu qawluhu alhaqqu walahu almulku yawmayunfakhu fee assoori AAalimu alghaybi washshahadatiwahuwa alhakeemu alkhabeer

And He it is that created the heavens and the earth in truth. And the day He says: “Be thou,” then it is. His word is the truth. And to Him belongs the dominion the day the Trumpet is blown — the Knower of the Unseen and the Seen — and He is the Wise, the Aware.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-73.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** صَوَّرْنَـٰكُمْ — ṣawwarnākum · "We fashioned you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِاٰدَمَۗ فَسَجَدُٓوا اِلَّٓا اِبْل۪يسَۜ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِد۪ينَ

Walaqad khalaqnakum thumma sawwarnakumthumma qulna lilmala-ikati osjudoo li-adamafasajadoo illa ibleesa lam yakun mina assajideen

And We created you; then We formed you; then said We to the angels: “Submit to Adam,” and they submitted. Not so Iblīs; he was not of those who submit.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-11.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 99

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّورِ — l-ṣūri · "the trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ ف۪ي بَعْضٍ وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَاهُمْ جَمْعاًۙ

Watarakna baAAdahum yawma-ithinyamooju fee baAAdin wanufikha fee assoorifajamaAAnahum jamAAa

And We will leave them, that day, to surge one upon another; and the Trumpet will be blown, and We will gather them together

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-99.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 102

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّورِ ۚ — l-ṣūri · "the Trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ وَنَحْشُرُ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقاًۚ

Yawma yunfakhu fee assooriwanahshuru almujrimeena yawma-ithin zurqa

The day the Trumpet is blown. And We will assemble the lawbreakers, that day, white-eyed,

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-102.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّورِ — l-ṣūri · "the trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاِذَا نُفِـخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَلَٓا اَنْسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَٓاءَلُونَ

Fa-itha nufikha fee assoorifala ansaba baynahum yawma-ithin walayatasaaloon

And when the Trumpet is blown, then no ties of kinship are between them that day nor will they ask one of another.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-101.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّورِ — l-ṣūri · "the trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَيَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَفَزِ  عَ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا مَنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ وَكُلٌّ اَتَوْهُ دَاخِر۪ينَ

Wayawma yunfakhu fee assoorifafaziAAa man fee assamawati waman feeal-ardi illa man shaa Allahu wakullunatawhu dakhireen

And the day the Trumpet is blown, then terrified will be whoso is in the heavens and the earth save who God wills, and all will come to Him abased.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-87.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّورِ — l-ṣūri · "the trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَنُفِـخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَاِذَا هُمْ مِنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ اِلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَنْسِلُونَ

Wanufikha fee assoori fa-ithahum mina al-ajdathi ila rabbihim yansiloon

And the Trumpet will be blown; and then from the graves will they hasten forth to their Lord.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-51.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّورِ — l-ṣūri · "the trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَنُفِـخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا مَنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۚ ثُمَّ نُفِـخَ ف۪يهِ اُخْرٰى فَاِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنْظُرُونَ

Wanufikha fee assoori fasaAAiqaman fee assamawati waman fee al-ardiilla man shaa Allahu thumma nufikha feehiokhra fa-itha hum qiyamun yanthuroon

And the Trumpet will be blown, and whoso is in the heavens and whoso is in the earth will fall down thunderstruck save whom God wills. Then will it be blown again; and then will they be standing, looking on.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-68.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** وَصَوَّرَكُمْ — waṣawwarakum · "and He formed you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ قَرَاراً وَالسَّمَٓاءَ بِنَٓاءً وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَاَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْۚ فَـتَبَارَكَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Allahu allathee jaAAala lakumual-arda qararan wassamaa binaanwasawwarakum faahsana suwarakum warazaqakummina attayyibati thalikumu Allahurabbukum fatabaraka Allahu rabbu alAAalameen

God it is who made for you the earth a fixed lodging, and the sky a structure, and formed you and made good your forms, and provided you with good things. That is God, your Lord; so blessed be God, the Lord of All Creation!

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-64.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** صُوَرَكُمْ — ṣuwarakum · "your forms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ قَرَاراً وَالسَّمَٓاءَ بِنَٓاءً وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَاَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْۚ فَـتَبَارَكَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Allahu allathee jaAAala lakumual-arda qararan wassamaa binaanwasawwarakum faahsana suwarakum warazaqakummina attayyibati thalikumu Allahurabbukum fatabaraka Allahu rabbu alAAalameen

God it is who made for you the earth a fixed lodging, and the sky a structure, and formed you and made good your forms, and provided you with good things. That is God, your Lord; so blessed be God, the Lord of All Creation!

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-64.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّورِ ۚ — l-ṣūri · "the trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَنُفِـخَ فِي الصُّورِۜ ذٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْوَع۪يدِ

Wanufikha fee assoori thalikayawmu alwaAAeed

And the Trumpet will be blown; that is the Day of Warning!

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-20.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ — l-muṣawiru · "the Fashioner"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · pattern of tef'il · active · masculine · nominative case

هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْاَسْمَٓاءُ الْحُسْنٰىۜ يُسَبِّـحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۚ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Huwa Allahu alkhaliqu albari-oalmusawwiru lahu al-asmao alhusnayusabbihu lahu ma fee assamawatiwal-ardi wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem

He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form; to Him belong the best names. To Him gives glory what is in the heavens and the earth; and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-24.md_

### 64. Surah At-Taghabun, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** وَصَوَّرَكُمْ — waṣawwarakum · "and He formed you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَاَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْۚ وَاِلَيْهِ الْمَص۪يرُ

Khalaqa assamawati wal-ardabilhaqqi wasawwarakum faahsana suwarakumwa-ilayhi almaseer

He created the heavens and the earth in truth, and He formed you and made good your forms; and to Him is the journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-taghabun/verse-3.md_

### 64. Surah At-Taghabun, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** صُوَرَكُمْ ۖ — ṣuwarakum · "your forms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَاَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْۚ وَاِلَيْهِ الْمَص۪يرُ

Khalaqa assamawati wal-ardabilhaqqi wasawwarakum faahsana suwarakumwa-ilayhi almaseer

He created the heavens and the earth in truth, and He formed you and made good your forms; and to Him is the journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-taghabun/verse-3.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّورِ — l-ṣūri · "the trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌۙ

Fa-itha nufikha fee assoorinafkhatun wahida

Then when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-13.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّورِ — l-ṣūri · "the trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ اَفْوَاجاًۙ

Yawma yunfakhu fee assoorifata/toona afwaja

The day the Trumpet is blown, and you come in crowds,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-18.md_

### 82. Surah Al-Infitar, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** صُورَةٍۢ — ṣūratin · "form"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

ف۪ٓي اَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَا شَٓاءَ رَكَّبَكَۜ

Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaarakkabak

In what form He willed assembling thee?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-infitar/verse-8.md_

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