# Be-Ha-Ra — بحر (bHr)

> Occurs in 42 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Sea, lake, large body of water, abundant, wide, plenty, generous like the sea, scholar
- **Derived forms:** بَحْر (41) · بَحِيرَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَ — l-baḥra · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ الْبَحْرَ فَاَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ وَاَغْرَقْـنَٓا اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَاَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ

Wa-ith faraqna bikumu albahrafaanjaynakum waaghraqna ala firAAawnawaantum tanthuroon

And when We divided for you the sea, and delivered you, and drowned the house of Pharaoh — and you were looking on.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-50.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 164

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ ف۪ي خَلْقِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْفُلْكِ الَّت۪ي تَجْر۪ي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَٓابَّةٍۖ وَتَصْر۪يفِ الرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّحَابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Inna fee khalqi assamawatiwal-ardi wakhtilafi allayli wannahariwalfulki allatee tajree fee albahri bimayanfaAAu annasa wama anzala Allahumina assama-i min ma-in faahyabihi al-arda baAAda mawtiha wabaththa feehamin kulli dabbatin watasreefi arriyahiwassahabi almusakhkhari bayna assama-iwal-ardi laayatin liqawminyaAAqiloon

In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, and the ship which runs in the sea with what benefits men, and what God sent down of water from the sky then gave life thereby to the earth after its death, and spread therein every creature, and in the circulation of the winds and the clouds made subject between the heaven and the earth are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-164.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "(of) the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعاً لَكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِۚ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُماًۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Ohilla lakum saydu albahriwataAAamuhu mataAAan lakum walissayyaratiwahurrima AAalaykum saydu albarri ma dumtum hurumanwattaqoo Allaha allathee ilayhi tuhsharoon

Made lawful for you is the game of the sea and the food thereof, as a provision for you and for those who travel; but forbidden to you is the game of the land so long as you are forbidden; and be in prudent fear of God to whom you will be gathered.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-96.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** بَحِيرَةٍۢ — baḥīratin · "a Bahirah"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

مَا جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ بَح۪يرَةٍ وَلَا سَٓائِبَةٍ وَلَا وَص۪يلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍۙ وَلٰكِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَۜ وَاَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Ma jaAAala Allahu min baheeratinwala sa-ibatin wala waseelatin walahamin walakinna allatheena kafarooyaftaroona AAala Allahi alkathibawaaktharuhum la yaAAqiloon

God appointed not any baḥīrah or sā’ibah or waṣīlah or ḥām — but those who ignore warning invent lies about God; and most of them do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-103.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۚ — wal-baḥri · "and in the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَعِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِـحُ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَٓا اِلَّا هُوَۜ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِۜ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ اِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتِ الْاَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ اِلَّا ف۪ي كِتَابٍ مُب۪ينٍ

WaAAindahu mafatihu alghaybi layaAAlamuha illa huwa wayaAAlamu ma feealbarri walbahri wama tasqutu minwaraqatin illa yaAAlamuha wala habbatinfee thulumati al-ardi wala ratbinwala yabisin illa fee kitabin mubeen

And with Him are the keys of the Unseen; and none knows them but He. And He knows what is in the land and the sea; and not a leaf falls but He knows it; nor is there a grain in the darknesses of the earth, and nothing moist or dry, but is in a clear writ.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-59.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَحْرِ — wal-baḥri · "and the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

قُلْ مَنْ يُنَجّ۪يكُمْ مِنْ ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ تَدْعُونَهُ تَضَرُّعاً وَخُفْيَةًۚ  لَئِنْ اَنْجٰينَا مِنْ هٰذِه۪ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ

Qul man yunajjeekum min thulumatialbarri walbahri tadAAoonahu tadarruAAanwakhufyatan la-in anjana min hathihilanakoonanna mina ashshakireen

Say thou: “Who delivers you from the darknesses of the land and the sea? You call to Him humbly and in secret: ‘If He delivers us from this, we will be among the grateful.’”

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

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۗ — wal-baḥri · "and the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ النُّجُومَ لِتَهْتَدُوا بِهَا ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِۜ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala lakumu annujoomalitahtadoo biha fee thulumati albarriwalbahri qad fassalna al-ayatiliqawmin yaAAlamoon

And He it is that made for you the stars, that you might be guided thereby in the darknesses of the land and the sea; We have set out and detailed the proofs for people who know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-97.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 138

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَ — l-baḥra · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ الْبَحْرَ فَاَتَوْا عَلٰى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلٰٓى اَصْنَامٍ لَهُمْۚ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَـنَٓا اِلٰهاً كَمَا لَهُمْ اٰلِهَةٌۜ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

Wajawazna bibanee isra-eelaalbahra faataw AAala qawmin yaAAkufoona AAalaasnamin lahum qaloo ya moosaijAAal lana ilahan kama lahum alihatunqala innakum qawmun tajhaloon

And We passed the children of Israel through the sea; and they came upon a people devoted to idols which they had. They said: “O Moses: make thou for us a god, just as they have gods.” He said: “You are a people in ignorance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-138.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 163

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "(by) the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِۢ اِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ اِذْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ ح۪يتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَۙ لَا تَأْت۪يهِمْۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Was-alhum AAani alqaryati allatee kanathadirata albahri ith yaAAdoona fee assabtiith ta/teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihimshurraAAan wayawma la yasbitoona la ta/teehim kathalikanabloohum bima kanoo yafsuqoon

And ask thou them about the town that was by the sea, when they transgressed the Sabbath, when their fish came to them openly on the day of their Sabbath. But on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not to them. Thus did We try them, because they were perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-163.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۖ — wal-baḥri · "and the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا كُنْتُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِۚ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِمْ بِر۪يحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا بِهَا جَٓاءَتْهَا ر۪يحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَٓاءَهُمُ الْمَوْجُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ اُح۪يطَ بِهِمْۙ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۚ لَئِنْ اَنْجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هٰذِه۪ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ

Huwa allathee yusayyirukum feealbarri walbahri hatta ithakuntum fee alfulki wajarayna bihim bireehin tayyibatinwafarihoo biha jaat-ha reehunAAasifun wajaahumu almawju min kulli makaninwathannoo annahum oheeta bihimdaAAawoo Allaha mukhliseena lahu addeenala-in anjaytana min hathihi lanakoonanna mina ashshakireen

He it is that lets you travel in the earth and the sea; when you have boarded ships and sailed by them with a good breeze and exulted thereat–– A tempest wind came upon them, and the waves came on them from every side, and they thought they were encompassed therein; they called to God, sincere to Him in doctrine: “If Thou deliver us from this, we will be among the grateful!”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-22.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَ — l-baḥra · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ الْبَحْرَ فَاَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُ بَغْياً وَعَدْواًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُۙ قَالَ اٰمَنْتُ اَنَّهُ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا الَّـذ۪ٓي اٰمَنَتْ بِه۪ بَنُٓوا اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ وَاَنَا۬ مِنَ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ

Wajawazna bibanee isra-eelaalbahra faatbaAAahum firAAawnu wajunooduhu baghyanwaAAadwan hatta itha adrakahu algharaqu qalaamantu annahu la ilaha illa allatheeamanat bihi banoo isra-eela waana minaalmuslimeen

And We brought the children of Israel across the sea; and Pharaoh followed them with his forces in sectarian zealotry and enmity. When the drowning had overtaken him, he said: “I believe there is no god save He in whom the children of Israel believe; and I am of those submitting.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-90.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَاَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَاَخْرَجَ بِه۪ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ رِزْقاً لَكُمْۚ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْفُلْكَ لِتَجْرِيَ فِي الْبَحْرِ بِاَمْرِه۪ۚ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْاَنْهَارَۚ

Allahu allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda waanzala mina assama-i maanfaakhraja bihi mina aththamarati rizqan lakumwasakhkhara lakumu alfulka litajriya fee albahri bi-amrihiwasakhkhara lakumu al-anhar

God is He who created the heavens and the earth, and sent down from the sky water wherewith He brought forth some fruits as a provision for you; and He made subject for you the ship to run upon the sea by His command; and He made subject for you the rivers;

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-32.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَ — l-baḥra · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي سَخَّرَ الْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ لَحْماً طَرِياًّ وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَاۚ وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ ف۪يهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Wahuwa allathee sakhkhara albahralita/kuloo minhu lahman tariyyan watastakhrijoominhu hilyatan talbasoonaha watara alfulkamawakhira feehi walitabtaghoo min fadlihiwalaAAallakum tashkuroon

And He it is that made subject the sea, that you might eat therefrom fresh flesh, and bring forth therefrom ornaments which you wear — and thou seest the ships ploughing therein — and that you might seek of His bounty, and that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-14.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

رَبُّكُمُ الَّذ۪ي يُزْج۪ي لَكُمُ الْفُلْكَ فِي الْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَح۪يماً

Rabbukumu allathee yuzjee lakumualfulka fee albahri litabtaghoo min fadlihi innahukana bikum raheema

Your Lord is who drives for you the ships upon the sea, that you might seek of His bounty; He is merciful towards you.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-66.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَنْ تَدْعُونَ اِلَّٓا اِيَّاهُۚ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰيكُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ اَعْرَضْتُمْۜ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ كَفُوراً

Wa-itha massakumu addurrufee albahri dalla man tadAAoona illa iyyahufalamma najjakum ila albarri aAAradtumwakana al-insanu kafoora

But when affliction touches you upon the sea, strayed have those to whom you call save He. Then when He delivers you to the land, you turn away; and man is ungrateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-67.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَحْرِ — wal-baḥri · "and the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَن۪ٓي اٰدَمَ وَحَمَلْنَاهُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلٰى كَث۪يرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْض۪يلاً۟

Walaqad karramna banee adamawahamalnahum fee albarri walbahriwarazaqnahum mina attayyibati wafaddalnahumAAala katheerin mimman khalaqna tafdeela

We have honoured the children of Adam, and carried them on land and sea, and provided them with good things, and preferred them greatly above many of those We created.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-70.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ — l-baḥrayni · "(of) the two seas"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · genitive case

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِفَتٰيهُ لَٓا اَبْرَحُ حَتّٰٓى اَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ اَوْ اَمْضِيَ حُقُباً

Wa-ith qala moosa lifatahula abrahu hatta ablugha majmaAAa albahrayniaw amdiya huquba

And when Moses said to his servant: “I will not cease until I reach the confluence of the two seas, though I continue for an age,”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-60.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَب۪يلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَباً

Falamma balagha majmaAAabaynihima nasiya hootahuma fattakhathasabeelahu fee albahri saraba

Then when they reached their meeting between them, they forgot their fish; and it took its path into the sea, tunnelling.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-61.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · 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_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَمَّا السَّف۪ينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاك۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَاَرَدْتُ اَنْ اَع۪يبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَٓاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَف۪ينَةٍ غَصْباً

Amma assafeenatu fakanatlimasakeena yaAAmaloona fee albahri faaradtu anaAAeebaha wakana waraahum malikun ya/khuthukulla safeenatin ghasba

“As for the boat: it belonged to poor people working on the sea, and I desired to damage it, for there was behind them a king taking every boat by force.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-79.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 109

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرُ — l-baḥru · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَاداً لِكَلِمَاتِ رَبّ۪ي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبّ۪ي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِه۪ مَدَداً

Qul law kana albahru midadanlikalimati rabbee lanafida albahru qabla an tanfadakalimatu rabbee walaw ji/na bimithlihi madada

Say thou: “Were the sea ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, though We brought the like thereof as replenishment.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-109.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 109

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرُ — l-baḥru · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَاداً لِكَلِمَاتِ رَبّ۪ي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبّ۪ي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِه۪ مَدَداً

Qul law kana albahru midadanlikalimati rabbee lanafida albahru qabla an tanfadakalimatu rabbee walaw ji/na bimithlihi madada

Say thou: “Were the sea ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, though We brought the like thereof as replenishment.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-109.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَقَدْ اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنْ اَسْرِ بِعِبَاد۪ي فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَر۪يقاً فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَساًۚ لَا تَخَافُ دَرَكاً وَلَا تَخْشٰى

Walaqad awhayna ilamoosa an asri biAAibadee fadriblahum tareeqan fee albahri yabasan la takhafudarakan wala takhsha

And We instructed Moses: “Travel thou by night with My servants; and strike thou for them a dry path in the sea, neither fearing overtaking nor being afraid.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-77.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَالْفُلْكَ تَجْر۪ي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ وَيُمْسِكُ السَّمَٓاءَ اَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِه۪ۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Alam tara anna Allaha sakhkhara lakumma fee al-ardi walfulka tajree fee albahribi-amrihi wayumsiku assamaa an taqaAAa AAalaal-ardi illa bi-ithnihi inna Allahabinnasi laraoofun raheem

Dost thou not see that God made subject for you what is in the earth, and the ships run upon the sea by His command? And He holds back the sky lest it fall upon the earth save by His leave; God is to mankind kind and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-65.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** بَحْرٍۢ — baḥrin · "a sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

اَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ ف۪ي بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ يَغْشٰيهُ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ سَحَابٌۜ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍۜ اِذَٓا اَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرٰيهَاۜ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللّٰهُ لَهُ نُوراً فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ نُورٍ۟

Aw kathulumatin fee bahrinlujjiyyin yaghshahu mawjun min fawqihi mawjun min fawqihisahabun thulumatun baAAduhafawqa baAAdin itha akhraja yadahu lam yakad yarahawaman lam yajAAali Allahu lahu nooran fama lahu minnoor

Or like darkness in a fathomless sea: there covers it a wave, above which is a wave, above which are clouds: — darknesses one above another! — when he holds out his hand, he scarcely sees it. And he for whom God has made no light, there is for him no light.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-40.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ — l-baḥrayni · "the two seas"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · nominative case

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهٰذَا مِلْحٌ اُجَاجٌۚ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخاً وَحِجْراً مَحْجُوراً

Wahuwa allathee maraja albahraynihatha AAathbun furatun wahatha milhunojajun wajaAAala baynahuma barzakhan wahijranmahjoora

And He it is that loosed the two seas: the one fresh and sweet, and the other salty and bitter, and made between them a barrier, and a complete partition.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-53.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ — l-baḥra · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَۜ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظ۪يمِۚ

Faawhayna ila moosaani idrib biAAasaka albahra fanfalaqafakana kullu firqin kattawdi alAAatheem

Then We instructed Moses: “Strike thou the sea with thy staff”; and it parted, and each part was like a great towering mountain.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-63.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ — l-baḥrayni · "the two seas"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · nominative case

اَمَّنْ جَعَلَ الْاَرْضَ قَرَاراً وَجَعَلَ خِلَالَـهَٓا اَنْهَاراً وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزاًۜ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَعَ اللّٰهِۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۜ

Amman jaAAala al-arda qararanwajaAAala khilalaha anharan wajaAAala laharawasiya wajaAAala bayna albahrayni hajizana-ilahun maAAa Allahi bal aktharuhum layaAAlamoon

If: He who made the earth a fixed lodging, and made rivers in its midst, and made firm mountains therein, and made a barrier between the two seas: is there any god with God? The truth is, most of them know not.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-61.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَحْرِ — wal-baḥri · "and the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَمَّنْ يَهْد۪يكُمْ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَنْ يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْراً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِه۪ۜ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَعَ اللّٰهِۜ تَعَالَى اللّٰهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَۜ

Amman yahdeekum fee thulumatialbarri walbahri waman yursilu arriyahabushran bayna yaday rahmatihi a-ilahun maAAa AllahitaAAala Allahu AAamma yushrikoon

If: He who guides you in the darknesses of the land and the sea, and who sends the winds as glad tidings at the time of His mercy: is there any god with God? Exalted be God above that to which they ascribe a partnership!

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-63.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَحْرِ — wal-baḥri · "and the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ اَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذ۪يقَهُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذ۪ي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Thahara alfasadu feealbarri walbahri bima kasabat aydee annasiliyutheeqahum baAAda allathee AAamiloolaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

Corruption has appeared on land and sea for what the hands of men have earned, that He might let them taste some of what they have done, that they might return.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-41.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَحْرُ — wal-baḥru · "and the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَلَوْ اَنَّ مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ اَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ سَبْعَةُ اَبْحُرٍ مَا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Walaw annama fee al-ardi minshajaratin aqlamun walbahru yamudduhu minbaAAdihi sabAAatu abhurin ma nafidat kalimatuAllahi inna Allaha AAazeezun hakeem

And had all that is in the earth of trees been but pens, and the sea replenished thereafter with seven seas, the words of God would not be exhausted; God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-27.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** أَبْحُرٍۢ — abḥurin · "seas"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَوْ اَنَّ مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ اَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ سَبْعَةُ اَبْحُرٍ مَا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Walaw annama fee al-ardi minshajaratin aqlamun walbahru yamudduhu minbaAAdihi sabAAatu abhurin ma nafidat kalimatuAllahi inna Allaha AAazeezun hakeem

And had all that is in the earth of trees been but pens, and the sea replenished thereafter with seven seas, the words of God would not be exhausted; God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-27.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ الْفُلْكَ تَجْر۪ي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِنِعْمَتِ اللّٰهِ لِيُرِيَكُمْ مِنْ اٰيَاتِه۪ۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

Alam tara anna alfulka tajree fee albahribiniAAmati Allahi liyuriyakum min ayatihiinna fee thalika laayatin likulli sabbarinshakoor

Dost thou not see that the ships run in the sea by the favour of God, that He might show you some of His proofs? In that are proofs for everyone patient and grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-31.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَانِ — l-baḥrāni · "the two seas"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · nominative case

وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْبَحْرَانِۗ هٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَٓائِـغٌ شَرَابُهُ وَهٰذَا مِلْحٌ اُجَاجٌۜ وَمِنْ كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْماً طَرِياًّ وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَاۚ وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ ف۪يهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Wama yastawee albahranihatha AAathbun furatun sa-ighun sharabuhuwahatha milhun ojajun wamin kullinta/kuloona lahman tariyyan watastakhrijoona hilyatantalbasoonaha watara alfulka feehi mawakhiralitabtaghoo min fadlihi walaAAallakum tashkuroon

And not alike are the two seas: one is fresh and sweet, delicious to drink, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat succulent flesh, and extract ornaments which you wear. And thou seest the ships ploughing therein, that you might seek of His bounty and that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-12.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَمِنْ اٰيَاتِهِ الْجَوَارِ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْاَعْلَامِۜ

Wamin ayatihi aljawarifee albahri kal-aAAlam

And among His proofs are the ships in the sea like banners;

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-32.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَ — l-baḥra · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْواًۜ اِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُغْرَقُونَ

Watruki albahra rahwaninnahum jundun mughraqoon

“And leave thou the sea tranquil: — they are a force to be drowned.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-24.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَ — l-baḥra · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْبَحْرَ لِتَجْرِيَ الْفُلْكُ ف۪يهِ بِاَمْرِه۪ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَۚ

Allahu allathee sakhkharalakumu albahra litajriya alfulku feehi bi-amrihiwalitabtaghoo min fadlihi walaAAallakum tashkuroon

God it is who made subject for you the sea, that the ships might run therein by His command, and that you might seek of His bounty; and that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-12.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَحْرِ — wal-baḥri · "By the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَالْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُورِۙ

Walbahri almasjoor

By the sea filled!

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-6.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ — l-baḥrayni · "the two seas"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · accusative case

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِۙ

Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyan

Loosed the two seas, meeting together,

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-19.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَاٰتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْاَعْلَامِۚ

Walahu aljawari almunshaatufee albahri kal-aAAlam

And His are the ships raised in the sea like banners.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-24.md_

### 81. Surah At-Takwir, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبِحَارُ — l-biḥāru · "the seas"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَاِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْۙۖ

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

And when the seas are made to overflow,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-takwir/verse-6.md_

### 82. Surah Al-Infitar, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبِحَارُ — l-biḥāru · "the seas"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَاِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْۙ

Wa-itha albiharu fujjirat

And when the seas are made to gush forth,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-infitar/verse-3.md_

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