# Be-Ra-Cim — برج (brj)

> Occurs in 7 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Tower, mansion, citadel, bastion, pavilion, protrusion, tall building, watchtower, high place, zodiac sign, constellation
- **Derived forms:** بُرُوج (4) · تَبَرَّجْ (1) · تَبَرُّج (1) · مُتَبَرِّجَٰت (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** بُرُوجٍۢ — burūjin · "towers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

اَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا يُدْرِكْكُمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي بُرُوجٍ مُشَيَّدَةٍۜ وَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ حَسَنَةٌ يَقُولُوا هٰذِه۪ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۚ وَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَقُولُوا هٰذِه۪ مِنْ عِنْدِكَۜ قُلْ كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۜ فَمَالِ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ الْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَد۪يثاً

Aynama takoonoo yudrikkumu almawtuwalaw kuntum fee buroojin mushayyadatin wa-in tusibhum hasanatunyaqooloo hathihi min AAindi Allahi wa-in tusibhumsayyi-atun yaqooloo hathihi min AAindika qul kullun minAAindi Allahi famali haola-i alqawmila yakadoona yafqahoona hadeetha

Wherever you be, death will overtake you, though you be in castles built high. And if good befalls them, they say: “This is from God”; and if evil befalls them, they say: “This is from thee.” Say thou: “All is from God.” Then what ails these people that they scarcely understand a statement?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-78.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** بُرُوجًۭا — burūjan · "constellations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَٓاءِ بُرُوجاً وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِر۪ينَۙ

Walaqad jaAAalna fee assama-iburoojan wazayyannaha linnathireen

And We have set in the sky constellations, and made them fair for the beholders,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-16.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** مُتَبَرِّجَـٰتٍۭ — mutabarrijātin · "displaying"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tefa'ul · active · feminine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ الّٰت۪ي لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحاً فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ اَنْ يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَاتٍ بِز۪ينَةٍۜ وَاَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَهُنَّۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

WalqawaAAidu mina annisa-iallatee la yarjoona nikahan falaysaAAalayhinna junahun an yadaAAna thiyabahunnaghayra mutabarrijatin bizeenatin waan yastaAAfifna khayrunlahunna wallahu sameeAAun AAaleem

And those past child-bearing among the women who have no hope of marriage: they do no wrong that they lay aside their garments, without displaying adornment; but that they refrain is best for them. And God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-60.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** بُرُوجًۭا — burūjan · "constellations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

تَبَارَكَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ فِي السَّمَٓاءِ بُرُوجاً وَجَعَلَ ف۪يهَا سِرَاجاً وَقَمَراً مُن۪يراً

Tabaraka allathee jaAAala feeassama-i buroojan wajaAAala feeha sirajanwaqamaran muneera

Blessed be He who has made in the sky constellations, and made therein a torch, and an illuminating moon.

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

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** تَبَرَّجْنَ — tabarrajna · "display yourselves"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, feminine, plural · present tense

وَقَرْنَ ف۪ي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْاُو۫لٰى وَاَقِمْنَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰت۪ينَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَطِعْنَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُۜ اِنَّمَا يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ اَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْه۪يراًۚ

Waqarna fee buyootikunna walatabarrajna tabarruja aljahiliyyati al-oola waaqimnaassalata waateena azzakatawaatiAAna Allaha warasoolahu innama yureeduAllahu liyuthhiba AAankumu arrijsa ahlaalbayti wayutahhirakum tatheera

And stay within your houses; and display not yourselves with the display of the former time of ignorance; and uphold the duty and render the purity, and obey God and His messenger. God but intends to remove abomination from you — people of the house — and to purify you completely.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-33.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** تَبَرُّجَ — tabarruja · "(as was the) display"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tefa'ul · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case

وَقَرْنَ ف۪ي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْاُو۫لٰى وَاَقِمْنَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰت۪ينَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَطِعْنَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُۜ اِنَّمَا يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ اَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْه۪يراًۚ

Waqarna fee buyootikunna walatabarrajna tabarruja aljahiliyyati al-oola waaqimnaassalata waateena azzakatawaatiAAna Allaha warasoolahu innama yureeduAllahu liyuthhiba AAankumu arrijsa ahlaalbayti wayutahhirakum tatheera

And stay within your houses; and display not yourselves with the display of the former time of ignorance; and uphold the duty and render the purity, and obey God and His messenger. God but intends to remove abomination from you — people of the house — and to purify you completely.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-33.md_

### 85. Surah Al-Buruj, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبُرُوجِ — l-burūji · "the constellations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَالسَّمَٓاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِۙ

Wassama-i thatialburooj

By the sky full of constellations!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-buruj/verse-1.md_

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