# Dal-Kh-Ra — دخر (dxr)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be small, mean, lowly, of no value or account, abject, humbled
- **Derived forms:** دَٰخِرُون (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** دَٰخِرُونَ — dākhirūna · "(are) humble"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ يَتَفَيَّؤُ۬ا ظِلَالُهُ عَنِ الْيَم۪ينِ وَالشَّمَٓائِلِ سُجَّداً لِلّٰهِ وَهُمْ دَاخِرُونَ

Awa lam yaraw ila ma khalaqaAllahu min shay-in yatafayyao thilaluhuAAani alyameeni washshama-ili sujjadan lillahiwahum dakhiroon

Have they not seen what things God has created turning their shadows to the right and the left in submission to God, in all humility?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-48.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** دَٰخِرِينَ — dākhirīna · "humbled"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَيَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَفَزِ  عَ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا مَنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ وَكُلٌّ اَتَوْهُ دَاخِر۪ينَ

Wayawma yunfakhu fee assoorifafaziAAa man fee assamawati waman feeal-ardi illa man shaa Allahu wakullunatawhu dakhireen

And the day the Trumpet is blown, then terrified will be whoso is in the heavens and the earth save who God wills, and all will come to Him abased.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-87.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** دَٰخِرُونَ — dākhirūna · "(will be) humiliated"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَاَنْتُمْ دَاخِرُونَۚ

Qul naAAam waantum dakhiroon

Say thou: “Yea, and you will be abased.”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-18.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** دَاخِرِينَ — dākhirīna · "(in) humiliation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُون۪ٓي اَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَت۪ي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِر۪ينَ۟

Waqala rabbukumu odAAoonee astajiblakum inna allatheena yastakbiroona AAan AAibadateesayadkhuloona jahannama dakhireen

And your Lord said: “Call to Me — I will respond to you!” Those who wax too proud for My service: they will enter Gehenna abased.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-60.md_

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