# Be-Ra-Ra — برر (brr)

> Occurs in 32 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To do good, to bestow favor, to be right, to be faithful, to be true, to take an oath, to be proven right, to fulfill, to keep one's word
- **Derived forms:** بَرّ (22) · بِرّ (8) · تَبَرُّ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبِرِّ — bil-biri · "[the] righteousness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنْسَوْنَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Ata/muroona annasa bilbirriwatansawna anfusakum waantum tatloona alkitaba afalataAAqiloon

Enjoin you virtue upon mankind, and forget yourselves when you recite the Writ? Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-44.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 177

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبِرَّ — l-bira · "[the] righteousness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ اَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيّ۪نَۚ وَاٰتَى الْمَالَ عَلٰى حُبِّه۪ ذَوِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينَ وَابْنَ السَّب۪يلِ وَالسَّٓائِل۪ينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِۚ وَاَقَامَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَى الزَّكٰوةَۚ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ اِذَا عَاهَدُواۚ وَالصَّابِر۪ينَ فِي الْبَأْسَٓاءِ وَالضَّرَّٓاءِ وَح۪ينَ الْبَأْسِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ صَدَقُواۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ

Laysa albirra an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibalaalmashriqi walmaghribi walakinna albirra man amanabillahi walyawmi al-akhiri walmala-ikatiwalkitabi wannabiyyeena waataalmala AAala hubbihi thawee alqurbawalyatama walmasakeena wabnaalssabeeli wassa-ileena wafee arriqabiwaaqama assalata waataazzakata walmoofoona biAAahdihim ithaAAahadoo wassabireena fee alba/sa-iwaddarra-i waheena alba/si ola-ikaallatheena sadaqoo waola-ika humualmuttaqoon

It is not virtue that you turn your faces towards the East and the West. But virtue is: one who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Writ, and the prophets, and gives wealth in spite of love of it to relatives, and the fatherless, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and to manumit slaves; and who upholds the duty, and renders the purity; and those who keep their covenant when they make a covenant; and the patient in affliction and adversity, and during conflict: those are they who are sincere; and it is they who are those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-177.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 177

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبِرَّ — l-bira · "the righteous[ness]"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ اَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيّ۪نَۚ وَاٰتَى الْمَالَ عَلٰى حُبِّه۪ ذَوِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينَ وَابْنَ السَّب۪يلِ وَالسَّٓائِل۪ينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِۚ وَاَقَامَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَى الزَّكٰوةَۚ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ اِذَا عَاهَدُواۚ وَالصَّابِر۪ينَ فِي الْبَأْسَٓاءِ وَالضَّرَّٓاءِ وَح۪ينَ الْبَأْسِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ صَدَقُواۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ

Laysa albirra an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibalaalmashriqi walmaghribi walakinna albirra man amanabillahi walyawmi al-akhiri walmala-ikatiwalkitabi wannabiyyeena waataalmala AAala hubbihi thawee alqurbawalyatama walmasakeena wabnaalssabeeli wassa-ileena wafee arriqabiwaaqama assalata waataazzakata walmoofoona biAAahdihim ithaAAahadoo wassabireena fee alba/sa-iwaddarra-i waheena alba/si ola-ikaallatheena sadaqoo waola-ika humualmuttaqoon

It is not virtue that you turn your faces towards the East and the West. But virtue is: one who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Writ, and the prophets, and gives wealth in spite of love of it to relatives, and the fatherless, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and to manumit slaves; and who upholds the duty, and renders the purity; and those who keep their covenant when they make a covenant; and the patient in affliction and adversity, and during conflict: those are they who are sincere; and it is they who are those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-177.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 189

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبِرُّ — l-biru · "[the] righteousness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْاَهِلَّةِۜ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاق۪يتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّۜ وَلَيْسَ الْبِرُّ بِاَنْ تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا وَلٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ اتَّقٰىۚ وَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ اَبْوَابِهَاۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Yas-aloonaka AAani al-ahillati qul hiya mawaqeetulinnasi walhajji walaysa albirrubi-an ta/too albuyoota min thuhooriha walakinnaalbirra mani ittaqa wa/too albuyoota min abwabihawattaqoo Allaha laAAallakum tuflihoon

They ask thee about the phases of the moon. Say thou: “They are measurements of time for the people and the pilgrimage.” And it is not virtue that you approach houses by the backs thereof — but virtue is[...] one who is in prudent fear — but approach houses by the doors thereof; and be in prudent fear of God, that you might be successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-189.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 189

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبِرَّ — l-bira · "[the] righteous"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْاَهِلَّةِۜ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاق۪يتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّۜ وَلَيْسَ الْبِرُّ بِاَنْ تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا وَلٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ اتَّقٰىۚ وَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ اَبْوَابِهَاۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Yas-aloonaka AAani al-ahillati qul hiya mawaqeetulinnasi walhajji walaysa albirrubi-an ta/too albuyoota min thuhooriha walakinnaalbirra mani ittaqa wa/too albuyoota min abwabihawattaqoo Allaha laAAallakum tuflihoon

They ask thee about the phases of the moon. Say thou: “They are measurements of time for the people and the pilgrimage.” And it is not virtue that you approach houses by the backs thereof — but virtue is[...] one who is in prudent fear — but approach houses by the doors thereof; and be in prudent fear of God, that you might be successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-189.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 224

- **Form in this verse:** تَبَرُّوا۟ — tabarrū · "you do good"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا اللّٰهَ عُرْضَةً لِاَيْمَانِكُمْ اَنْ تَبَرُّوا وَتَتَّقُوا وَتُصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ النَّاسِۜ  وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Wala tajAAaloo Allaha AAurdatanli-aymanikum an tabarroo watattaqoo watuslihoobayna annasi wallahu sameeAAunAAaleem

And make not God a cover for your oaths, to keep you from virtue and prudent fear and making right between men. And God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-224.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبِرَّ — l-bira · "[the] righteousness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتّٰى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِه۪ عَل۪يمٌ

Lan tanaloo albirra hattatunfiqoo mimma tuhibboona wama tunfiqoo minshay-in fa-inna Allaha bihi AAaleem

You attain not to virtue until you spend of what you love; and what you spend of anything, God knows it.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-92.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 193

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَبْرَارِ — l-abrāri · "the righteous"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

رَبَّنَٓا اِنَّـنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِياً يُنَاد۪ي لِلْا۪يمَانِ اَنْ اٰمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاٰمَنَّاۗ رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّـَٔاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّـنَا مَعَ الْاَبْرَارِۚ

Rabbana innana samiAAnamunadiyan yunadee lil-eemani an aminoobirabbikum faamanna rabbana faghfirlana thunoobana wakaffir AAannasayyi-atina watawaffana maAAa al-abrar

“Our Lord: we have heard a caller calling to faith: ‘Believe in your Lord!’ And we have believed. Our Lord: forgive Thou us our transgressions, and remove Thou from us our evil deeds; and take Thou us with the virtuous.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-193.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 198

- **Form in this verse:** لِّلْأَبْرَارِ — lil'abrāri · "for the righteous"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

لٰكِنِ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَا نُزُلاً مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ لِلْاَبْرَارِ

Lakini allatheena ittaqawrabbahum lahum jannatun tajree min tahtihaal-anharu khalideena feeha nuzulan minAAindi Allahi wama AAinda Allahi khayrunlil-abrar

But those who are in prudent fear of their Lord: they will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, they abiding eternally therein, as a welcome from God; and what is with God is better for the virtuous.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-198.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبِرِّ — l-biri · "[the] righteousness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تُحِلُّوا شَعَٓائِرَ اللّٰهِ وَلَا الشَّهْرَ الْحَرَامَ وَلَا الْهَدْيَ وَلَا الْقَلَٓائِدَ وَلَٓا آٰمّ۪ينَ الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَ يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرِضْوَاناًۜ وَاِذَا حَلَلْتُمْ فَاصْطَادُواۜ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَاٰنُ قَوْمٍ اَنْ صَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ اَنْ تَعْتَدُواۢ وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوٰىۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْاِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tuhilloo shaAAa-ira Allahi walaashshahra alharama wala alhadya walaalqala-ida wala ammeena albayta alharamayabtaghoona fadlan min rabbihim waridwananwa-itha halaltum fastadoo walayajrimannakum shanaanu qawmin an saddookum AAanialmasjidi alharami an taAAtadoo wataAAawanooAAala albirri wattaqwa wala taAAawanooAAala al-ithmi walAAudwani wattaqooAllaha inna Allaha shadeedu alAAiqab

O you who heed warning: violate not the tokens of God, nor the inviolable month, nor the offering, nor the necklaces, nor the visitors to the inviolable house seeking the favour of their Lord and approval. And when you are permitted, then you may hunt. And let not hatred of a people who turned you away from the inviolable place of worship move you to commit injustice. And assist one another to virtue and prudent fear; and assist not one another in sin and enmity. And be in prudent fear of God; God is severe in retribution.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-2.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "(of) the land"
  - **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_

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "the land"
  - **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:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "(of) the land"
  - **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:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "(of) the land"
  - **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_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "the land"
  - **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_

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "the land"
  - **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 68

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "(of) the land"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَفَاَمِنْتُمْ اَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ اَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِباً ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ وَك۪يلاًۙ

Afaamintum an yakhsifa bikum janibaalbarri aw yursila AAalaykum hasiban thumma latajidoo lakum wakeela

Do you feel secure that He will not cause a portion of the land to swallow you, or send against you a storm of stones? Then would you not find for you a guardian.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-68.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "the land"
  - **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_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَرًّۢا — wabarran · "And dutiful"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَبَراًّ بِوَالِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ جَبَّاراً عَصِياًّ

Wabarran biwalidayhi walam yakun jabbaranAAasiyya

And dutiful to his parents; and he was not arrogant or defiant.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-14.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَرًّۢا — wabarran · "And dutiful"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَبَراًّ بِوَالِدَت۪يۘ وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْن۪ي جَبَّاراً شَقِياًّ

Wabarran biwalidatee walam yajAAalneejabbaran shaqiyya

“And dutiful to my mother; and He has not made me arrogant or wretched.

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

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "(of) the land"
  - **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_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "the land"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاِذَا رَكِبُوا فِي الْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۚ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰيهُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ اِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَۙ

Fa-itha rakiboo fee alfulki daAAawooAllaha mukhliseena lahu addeena falammanajjahum ila albarri itha hum yushrikoon

Then when they embark on the ship, they call to God, sincere to Him in doctrine; but when He delivers them to the land, then they ascribe a partnership,

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

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "the land"
  - **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 32

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرِّ — l-bari · "the land"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاِذَا غَشِيَهُمْ مَوْجٌ كَالظُّلَلِ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۚ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰيهُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ فَمِنْهُمْ مُقْتَصِدٌۜوَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اِلَّا كُلُّ خَتَّارٍ كَفُورٍ

Wa-itha ghashiyahum mawjun kaththulalidaAAawoo Allaha mukhliseena lahu addeenafalamma najjahum ila albarri faminhum muqtasidunwama yajhadu bi-ayatina illakullu khattarin kafoor

And when a wave covers them like canopies they call to God, sincere to Him in doctrine; then when He delivers them to the land, some among them are lukewarm. And none rejects Our proofs but everyone treacherous and ungrateful.

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

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرُّ — l-baru · "(is) the Most Kind"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

اِنَّا كُنَّا مِنْ قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّح۪يمُ۟

Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohuinnahu huwa albarru arraheem

“We called upon Him before; He is the Virtuous, the Merciful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-28.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبِرِّ — bil-biri · "for righteousness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا تَنَاجَيْتُمْ فَلَا تَتَنَاجَوْا بِالْاِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَمَعْصِيَتِ الرَّسُولِ وَتَنَاجَوْا بِالْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوٰىۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha tanajaytum fala tatanajaw bil-ithmiwalAAudwani wamaAAsiyati arrasooliwatanajaw bilbirri wattaqwa wattaqooAllaha allathee ilayhi tuhsharoon

O you who heed warning: when you converse confidentially, converse not confidentially in sin and enmity, and disobedience to the Messenger, but converse confidentially in virtue and prudent fear. And be in prudent fear of God to whom you will be gathered.

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

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** تَبَرُّوهُمْ — tabarrūhum · "you deal kindly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَا يَنْهٰيكُمُ اللّٰهُ عَنِ الَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدّ۪ينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ اَنْ تَـبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُٓوا اِلَيْهِمْۜ  اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِط۪ينَ

La yanhakumu AllahuAAani allatheena lam yuqatilookum fee addeeniwalam yukhrijookum min diyarikum an tabarroohum watuqsitooilayhim inna Allaha yuhibbu almuqsiteen

God forbids you not — with those who have neither fought you in doctrine, nor turned you out of your homes — that you should be virtuous with them and equitable towards them; God loves the equitable.

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

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَبْرَارَ — l-abrāra · "the righteous"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِنَّ الْاَبْرَارَ يَشْرَبُونَ مِنْ كَأْسٍ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُوراًۚ

Inna al-abrara yashraboona min ka/sinkana mizajuha kafoora

The virtuous will drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of camphor,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-5.md_

### 80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** بَرَرَةٍۢ — bararatin · "dutiful"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · feminine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍۜ

Kiramin barara

Noble and virtuous.

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

### 82. Surah Al-Infitar, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَبْرَارَ — l-abrāra · "the righteous"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِنَّ الْاَبْرَارَ لَف۪ي نَع۪يمٍۚ

Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeem

The virtuous will be in bliss,

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

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَبْرَارِ — l-abrāri · "(of) the righteous"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

كَلَّٓا اِنَّ كِتَابَ الْاَبْرَارِ لَف۪ي عِلِّيّ۪ينَۜ

Kalla inna kitaba al-abrarilafee AAilliyyeen

No, indeed! The writ of the virtuous is in ʿIlliyyūn.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-18.md_

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَبْرَارَ — l-abrāra · "the righteous"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِنَّ الْاَبْرَارَ لَف۪ي نَع۪يمٍۙ

Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeem

The virtuous will be in bliss,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-22.md_

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