# Be-Vav-Ra — بور (bwr)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** perished, become extinct, destroyed, become bad/corrupted, destructive, in a state of perdition/detriment/deficiency, ineffectual, stagnant/dull, not sought/desired
- **Derived forms:** بَوَار (1) · بُور (2) · يَبُورُ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَوَارِ — l-bawāri · "(of) destruction"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ كُفْراً وَاَحَلُّوا قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ الْبَوَارِۙ

Alam tara ila allatheenabaddaloo niAAmata Allahi kufran waahalloo qawmahumdara albawar

Hast thou not considered those who exchanged the favour of God for denial, and caused their people to alight in the abode of desolation —

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-28.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** بُورًۭا — būran · "ruined"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنْبَغ۪ي لَـنَٓا اَنْ نَتَّخِذَ مِنْ دُونِكَ مِنْ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ وَلٰكِنْ مَتَّعْتَهُمْ وَاٰبَٓاءَهُمْ حَتّٰى نَسُوا الذِّكْرَۚ وَكَانُوا قَوْماً بُوراً

Qaloo subhanaka ma kanayanbaghee lana an nattakhitha min doonika min awliyaawalakin mattaAAtahum waabaahum hattanasoo aththikra wakanoo qawman boora

They will say: “Glory be to Thee! It behoved us not to take, besides Thee, any allies! But Thou didst give them and their fathers enjoyment until they forgot the remembrance and became a people ruined.”

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

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** يَبُورُ — yabūru · "(will) perish"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

مَنْ كَانَ يُر۪يدُ الْعِزَّةَ فَلِلّٰهِ الْعِزَّةُ جَم۪يعاًۜ اِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ وَالْعَمَلُ الصَّالِـحُ يَرْفَعُهُۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَمْكُرُونَ السَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَد۪يدٌۜ وَمَكْرُ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُوَ يَبُورُ

Man kana yureedu alAAizzata falillahialAAizzatu jameeAAan ilayhi yasAAadu alkalimu attayyibuwalAAamalu assalihu yarfaAAuhu wallatheenayamkuroona assayyi-ati lahum AAathabunshadeedun wamakru ola-ika huwa yaboor

Whoso desires power and glory: power and glory belong to God altogether. To Him the good word ascends, and the righteous deed raises it; but those who plot evil deeds: they have a severe punishment; and the scheme of those, it will perish.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-10.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** تَبُورَ — tabūra · "it will perish"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللّٰهِ وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاَنْفَقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ سِراًّ وَعَلَانِيَةً يَرْجُونَ تِجَارَةً لَنْ تَبُورَۙ

Inna allatheena yatloona kitabaAllahi waaqamoo assalatawaanfaqoo mimma razaqnahum sirran waAAalaniyatanyarjoona tijaratan lan taboor

Those who recite the Writ of God and uphold the duty and spend of what We have provided them, secretly and openly, expect a trade that perishes not,

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-29.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** بُورًۭا — būran · "ruined"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

بَلْ ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ لَنْ يَنْقَلِبَ الرَّسُولُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ اِلٰٓى اَهْل۪يهِمْ اَبَداً وَزُيِّنَ ذٰلِكَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَظَنَنْتُمْ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِۚ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْماً بُوراً

Bal thanantum an lan yanqalibaarrasoolu walmu/minoona ila ahleehimabadan wazuyyina thalika fee quloobikum wathanantumthanna assaw-i wakuntum qawman boora

The truth is, you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families; and that was made fair in your hearts, and you thought an evil thought and are a people ruined.

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

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