# Dal-he-Ra — دهر (dhr)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To happen
- **Derived forms:** دَّهْر (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلدَّهْرُ ۚ — l-dahru · "the time"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَقَالُوا مَا هِيَ اِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَٓا اِلَّا الدَّهْرُۚ وَمَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۚ  اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

Waqaloo ma hiya illa hayatunaaddunya namootu wanahya wamayuhlikuna illa addahru wama lahum bithalikamin AAilmin in hum illa yathunnoon

And they say: “There is only our life of this world: we die, and we live, and there destroys us only time.” But they have no knowledge of that; they are only guessing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-24.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلدَّهْرِ — l-dahri · "time"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

هَلْ اَتٰى عَلَى الْاِنْسَانِ ح۪ينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْـٔاً مَذْكُوراً

Hal ata AAala al-insani heenunmina addahri lam yakun shay-an mathkoora

Has there come upon man a period of time he was not a thing remembered?

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

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