# Dal-Ra-Elif — درا (drA)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To repel, revert, drive off; put off, avert, overcome, combat, quarrel, urge, rush suddenly, repel in a quarrel, disagree.
- **Derived forms:** يَدْرَؤُا۟ (4) · ٱدَّٰرَْٰٔ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ — fa-iddāratum · "then you disputed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْساً فَادّٰرَءْتُمْ ف۪يهَاۜ وَاللّٰهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَۚ

Wa-ith qataltum nafsan faddara/tumfeeha wallahu mukhrijun ma kuntumtaktumoon

And when you killed a soul: you disputed about it, but God was to bring forth what you concealed,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-72.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 168

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱدْرَءُوا۟ — fa-id'raū · "Then avert"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

اَلَّذ۪ينَ قَالُوا لِاِخْوَانِهِمْ وَقَعَدُوا لَوْ اَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُواۜ قُلْ فَادْرَؤُ۫ا عَنْ اَنْفُسِكُمُ الْمَوْتَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Allatheena qaloo li-ikhwanihimwaqaAAadoo law ataAAoona ma qutiloo qul fadraooAAan anfusikumu almawta in kuntum sadiqeen

Those who said of their brothers when they stayed back: “Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed.” Say thou: “Then avert from yourselves death, if you be truthful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-168.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَدْرَءُونَ — wayadraūna · "and they repel"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ صَبَرُوا ابْتِغَٓاءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِمْ وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاَنْفَقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ سِراًّ وَعَلَانِيَةً وَيَدْرَؤُ۫نَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عُقْبَى الدَّارِۙ

Wallatheena sabarooibtighaa wajhi rabbihim waaqamoo assalatawaanfaqoo mimma razaqnahum sirran waAAalaniyatanwayadraoona bilhasanati assayyi-ata ola-ikalahum AAuqba addar

And who are patient seeking the face of their Lord, and uphold the duty, and spend of what We have provided them, secretly and openly, and they avert evil with good: those have the good final abode:

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-22.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ — wayadra-u · "But it would prevent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَيَدْرَؤُ۬ا عَنْهَا الْعَذَابَ اَنْ تَشْهَدَ اَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللّٰهِۙ اِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَۙ

Wayadrao AAanha alAAathaba antashhada arbaAAa shahadatin billahiinnahu lamina alkathibeen

And it averts the punishment from her that she bear witness: four witnesses by God that he is of the liars,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-8.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَدْرَءُونَ — wayadraūna · "and they repel"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُؤْتَوْنَ اَجْرَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ بِمَا صَبَرُوا وَيَدْرَؤُ۫نَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ

Ola-ika yu/tawna ajrahum marrataynibima sabaroo wayadraoona bilhasanatiassayyi-ata wamimma razaqnahum yunfiqoon

Those will be given their reward twice over because they were patient. And they avert evil with good, and of what We have provided them they spend;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-54.md_

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