# Sad-Kh-Ra — صخر (Sxr)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be rocky (place). Rock - stone
- **Derived forms:** صَخْرَة (2) · صَّخْر (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصَّخْرَةِ — l-ṣakhrati · "the rock"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

قَالَ اَرَاَيْتَ اِذْ اَوَيْنَٓا اِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَاِنّ۪ي نَس۪يتُ الْحُوتَۘ وَمَٓا اَنْسَان۪يهُ اِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ اَنْ اَذْكُرَهُۚ وَاتَّخَذَ سَب۪يلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِۗ عَجَباً

Qala araayta ith awaynaila assakhrati fa-innee naseetu alhootawama ansaneehu illa ashshaytanuan athkurahu wattakhatha sabeelahu fee albahriAAajaba

Said he: “Hast thou considered? When we took shelter at the rock, then I forgot the fish — and there caused me to forget it only the satan, lest I should remember it — and it took its path into the sea, amazingly.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-63.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** صَخْرَةٍ — ṣakhratin · "a rock"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

يَا بُنَيَّ اِنَّـهَٓا اِنْ تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُنْ ف۪ي صَخْرَةٍ اَوْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ اَوْ فِي الْاَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَط۪يفٌ خَب۪يرٌ

Ya bunayya innaha in takumithqala habbatin min khardalin fatakun fee sakhratinaw fee assamawati aw fee al-ardiya/ti biha Allahu inna Allaha lateefunkhabeer

“O my son: though it be the weight of a grain of mustard seed, and it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, God will bring it forth; God is subtle and aware.”

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-16.md_

### 89. Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصَّخْرَ — l-ṣakhra · "the rocks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَثَمُودَ الَّذ۪ينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِۙۖ

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo assakhrabilwad

And Thamūd, who hollowed the rocks in the valley,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-9.md_

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