# Fe-Ra-Ayn — فرع (frE)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to ascend, go down, overtop, surpass, branch, top of a tree, sprout, hair, consequence of a principle. Appellation of the ancient kings of Egypt and not the name of a particular king.
- **Derived forms:** فَرْع (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** وَفَرْعُهَا — wafarʿuhā · "and its branches"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

اَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ اَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَٓاءِۙ

Alam tara kayfa daraba Allahumathalan kalimatan tayyibatan kashajaratin tayyibatinasluha thabitun wafarAAuha fee assama/-

Hast thou not considered how God struck a similitude? A good word is like a good tree: its root firm, and its branches in the sky.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-24.md_

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