# Be-Ra-Ha — برح (brH)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Go away, depart, withdraw, to give up or leave/cease/quit, angry, annoy/distress/difficulty/adversity, hurt/fatigue.
- **Derived forms:** أَبْرَحَ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** أَبْرَحَ — abraḥa · "will I leave"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْـَٔسُوا مِنْهُ خَلَصُوا نَجِياًّۜ قَالَ كَب۪يرُهُمْ اَلَمْ تَعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اَبَاكُمْ قَدْ اَخَذَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَوْثِقاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَمِنْ قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطْتُمْ ف۪ي يُوسُفَۚ فَلَنْ اَبْرَحَ الْاَرْضَ حَتّٰى يَأْذَنَ ل۪ٓي اَب۪ٓي اَوْ يَحْكُمَ اللّٰهُ ل۪يۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْحَاكِم۪ينَ

Falamma istay-asoo minhu khalasoonajiyyan qala kabeeruhum alam taAAlamoo anna abakumqad akhatha AAalaykum mawthiqan mina Allahi waminqablu ma farrattum fee yoosufa falan abrahaal-arda hatta ya/thana lee abee aw yahkumaAllahu lee wahuwa khayru alhakimeen

And when they had despaired of him, they separated themselves for private conference. The eldest of them said: “Know you not that your father took a solemn oath from you before God — and you failed concerning Joseph before? And I will not leave the land until my father gives me leave, or God judges in my favour; and He is the best of judges.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-80.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** أَبْرَحُ — abraḥu · "I will cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

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_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** نَّبْرَحَ — nabraḥa · "we will cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

قَالُوا لَنْ نَبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِف۪ينَ حَتّٰى يَرْجِعَ اِلَيْنَا مُوسٰى

Qaloo lan nabraha AAalayhi AAakifeenahatta yarjiAAa ilayna moosa

They said: “We will not cease to be devoted to it until Moses returns to us.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-91.md_

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