# Fe-Ra-Ha — فرح (frH)

> Occurs in 22 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be glad/happy/delighted/cheerful/pleased, rejoice, exult, who exults, lively.
- **Derived forms:** فَرِح (6) · فَرِحَ (16)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْرَحُوا۟ — yafraḥū · "they rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنْ تَمْسَسْكُمْ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْۘ وَاِنْ تُصِبْكُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَفْرَحُوا بِهَاۜ وَاِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـٔاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُح۪يطٌ۟

In tamsaskum hasanatun tasu/humwa-in tusibkum sayyi-atun yafrahoo bihawa-in tasbiroo watattaqoo la yadurrukumkayduhum shay-an inna Allaha bima yaAAmaloona muheet

If good touches you, it vexes them; and if evil befalls you, they exult thereat. But if you are patient and in prudent fear, their plan will not harm you at all; God encompasses what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-120.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 170

- **Form in this verse:** فَرِحِينَ — fariḥīna · "Rejoicing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَرِح۪ينَ بِمَٓا اٰتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۙ وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِالَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْۙ اَلَّا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَۢ

Fariheena bima atahumuAllahu min fadlihi wayastabshiroona billatheenalam yalhaqoo bihim min khalfihim alla khawfunAAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

Exulting in what God has bestowed upon them of His bounty; and rejoicing in those behind them who are yet to join them, that no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve;

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-170.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 188

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْرَحُونَ — yafraḥūna · "rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَٓا اَتَوْا وَيُحِبُّونَ اَنْ يُحْمَدُوا بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُمْ بِمَفَازَةٍ مِنَ الْعَذَابِۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

La tahsabanna allatheenayafrahoona bima ataw wayuhibboona an yuhmadoobima lam yafAAaloo fala tahsabannahum bimafazatinmina alAAathabi walahum AAathabun aleem

Think not those who exult at what they have accomplished, and love to be praised for what they have not done[...]. And think them not in a place of safety from the punishment; and they have a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-188.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** فَرِحُوا۟ — fariḥū · "they rejoiced"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِه۪ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ اَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَٓا اُو۫تُٓوا اَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً فَاِذَا هُمْ مُبْلِسُونَ

Falamma nasoo ma thukkiroobihi fatahna AAalayhim abwaba kulli shay-in hattaitha farihoo bima ootoo akhathnahumbaghtatan fa-itha hum mublisoon

So when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We opened upon them the gates of all things; when they had exulted in what they were given, We took them suddenly; and then were they in despair,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-44.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** فَرِحُونَ — fariḥūna · "(are) rejoicing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

اِنْ تُصِبْكَ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْۚ وَاِنْ تُصِبْكَ مُص۪يبَةٌ يَقُولُوا قَدْ اَخَذْنَٓا اَمْرَنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَيَتَوَلَّوْا وَهُمْ فَرِحُونَ

In tusibka hasanatun tasu/humwa-in tusibka museebatun yaqooloo qad akhathnaamrana min qablu wayatawallaw wahum farihoon

If good befalls thee, it vexes them; but if calamity befalls thee, they say: “We took our command before,” and they turn away, exulting.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-50.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** فَرِحَ — fariḥa · "Rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَرِحَ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ بِمَقْعَدِهِمْ خِلَافَ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَكَرِهُٓوا اَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا بِاَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاَنْفُسِهِمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَقَالُوا لَا تَنْفِرُوا فِي الْحَرِّۜ قُلْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ اَشَدُّ حَراًّۜ لَوْ كَانُوا يَفْقَهُونَ

Fariha almukhallafoona bimaqAAadihimkhilafa rasooli Allahi wakarihoo an yujahidoobi-amwalihim waanfusihim fee sabeeli Allahi waqaloola tanfiroo fee alharri qul naru jahannamaashaddu harran law kanoo yafqahoon

Those who remained behind exulted at their remaining behind the messenger of God, and disliked to strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of God; and they said: “Go not forth in the heat.” Say thou: “The fire of Gehenna is more intense in heat,” would that they understood.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-81.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** وَفَرِحُوا۟ — wafariḥū · "and they rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا كُنْتُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِۚ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِمْ بِر۪يحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا بِهَا جَٓاءَتْهَا ر۪يحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَٓاءَهُمُ الْمَوْجُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ اُح۪يطَ بِهِمْۙ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۚ لَئِنْ اَنْجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هٰذِه۪ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ

Huwa allathee yusayyirukum feealbarri walbahri hatta ithakuntum fee alfulki wajarayna bihim bireehin tayyibatinwafarihoo biha jaat-ha reehunAAasifun wajaahumu almawju min kulli makaninwathannoo annahum oheeta bihimdaAAawoo Allaha mukhliseena lahu addeenala-in anjaytana min hathihi lanakoonanna mina ashshakireen

He it is that lets you travel in the earth and the sea; when you have boarded ships and sailed by them with a good breeze and exulted thereat–– A tempest wind came upon them, and the waves came on them from every side, and they thought they were encompassed therein; they called to God, sincere to Him in doctrine: “If Thou deliver us from this, we will be among the grateful!”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-22.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** فَلْيَفْرَحُوا۟ — falyafraḥū · "let them rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللّٰهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِه۪ فَبِذٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُواۜ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

Qul bifadli Allahi wabirahmatihifabithalika falyafrahoo huwa khayrun mimmayajmaAAoon

Say thou: “At the bounty of God, and at His mercy: —” At that let them exult; it is better than what they amass.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-58.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** لَفَرِحٌۭ — lafariḥun · "(is) exultant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَلَئِنْ اَذَقْنَاهُ نَعْمَٓاءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّٓاءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ السَّيِّـَٔاتُ عَنّ۪يۜ  اِنَّهُ لَفَرِحٌ فَخُورٌۙ

Wala-in athaqnahu naAAmaabaAAda darraa massat-hu layaqoolanna thahabaassayyi-atu AAannee innahu lafarihunfakhoor

And if We let him taste favour after affliction has touched him, he will say: “All evil has left me,” and he is exultant and boastful —

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

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** وَفَرِحُوا۟ — wafariḥū · "And they rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اَللّٰهُ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَقْدِرُۜ وَفَرِحُوا بِالْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۜ وَمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ اِلَّا مَتَاعٌ۟

Allahu yabsutu arrizqaliman yashao wayaqdiru wafarihoo bilhayatiaddunya wama alhayatu addunyafee al-akhirati illa mataAA

God expands provision for whom He wills, and He straitens. And they exult at the life of this world; but the life of this world compared with the Hereafter is only a passing pleasure.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-26.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْرَحُونَ — yafraḥūna · "rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ وَمِنَ الْاَحْزَابِ مَنْ يُنْكِرُ بَعْضَهُۜ  قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اُمِرْتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ اللّٰهَ وَلَٓا اُشْرِكَ بِه۪ۜ اِلَيْهِ اَدْعُوا وَاِلَيْهِ مَاٰبِ

Wallatheena ataynahumualkitaba yafrahoona bima onzila ilaykawamina al-ahzabi man yunkiru baAAdahu qulinnama omirtu an aAAbuda Allaha wala oshrikabihi ilayhi adAAoo wa-ilayhi maab

And those to whom We gave the Writ exult at what is sent down to thee; and among the parties is he who denies some of it. Say thou: “I am only commanded to serve God, and to ascribe not a partnership to Him; to Him do I invite, and to Him is my return.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-36.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** فَرِحُونَ — fariḥūna · "rejoicing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

فَـتَقَطَّـعُٓوا اَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُراًۜ  كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ

FataqattaAAoo amrahum baynahumzuburan kullu hizbin bima ladayhim farihoon

But they divided their command among them into writings, each party exulting at what it has,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-53.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** تَفْرَحُونَ — tafraḥūna · "rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَ سُلَيْمٰنَ قَالَ اَتُمِدُّونَنِ بِمَالٍۘ فَمَٓا اٰتٰينِ‌يَ اللّٰهُ خَيْرٌ مِمَّٓا اٰتٰيكُمْۚ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ

Falamma jaa sulaymana qalaatumiddoonani bimalin fama ataniyaAllahu khayrun mimma atakum bal antumbihadiyyatikum tafrahoon

So when he came to Solomon, he said: “Would you supply me with wealth? But what God has given me is better than what He has given you; the truth is, it is you who exult in your gift.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-36.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** تَفْرَحْ ۖ — tafraḥ · "exult"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

اِنَّ قَارُونَ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسٰى فَبَغٰى عَلَيْهِمْۖ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْكُنُوزِ مَٓا اِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُ لَتَنُٓوأُ بِالْعُصْبَةِ اُو۬لِي الْقُوَّةِۗ اِذْ قَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لَا تَفْرَحْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِح۪ينَ

Inna qaroona kana min qawmimoosa fabagha AAalayhim waataynahumina alkunoozi ma inna mafatihahu latanoo-obilAAusbati olee alquwwati ith qalalahu qawmuhu la tafrah inna Allaha layuhibbu alfariheen

Qārūn was of the people of Moses, but he oppressed them. And We had given him of treasures that whereof the keys weighed down a company of men endowed with strength. When his people said to him: “Exult thou not — God loves not the exultant —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-76.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفَرِحِينَ — l-fariḥīna · "the exultant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِنَّ قَارُونَ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسٰى فَبَغٰى عَلَيْهِمْۖ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْكُنُوزِ مَٓا اِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُ لَتَنُٓوأُ بِالْعُصْبَةِ اُو۬لِي الْقُوَّةِۗ اِذْ قَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لَا تَفْرَحْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِح۪ينَ

Inna qaroona kana min qawmimoosa fabagha AAalayhim waataynahumina alkunoozi ma inna mafatihahu latanoo-obilAAusbati olee alquwwati ith qalalahu qawmuhu la tafrah inna Allaha layuhibbu alfariheen

Qārūn was of the people of Moses, but he oppressed them. And We had given him of treasures that whereof the keys weighed down a company of men endowed with strength. When his people said to him: “Exult thou not — God loves not the exultant —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-76.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْرَحُ — yafraḥu · "will rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

ف۪ي بِضْعِ سِن۪ينَۜ لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ بَعْدُۜ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَۙ

Fee bidAAi sineena lillahial-amru min qablu wamin baAAdu wayawma-ithin yafrahualmu/minoon

In a few years — to God belongs the command before and after — and, that day, the believers will exult

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-4.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** فَرِحُونَ — fariḥūna · "rejoicing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ فَرَّقُوا د۪ينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعاًۜ كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ

Mina allatheena farraqoo deenahum wakanooshiyaAAan kullu hizbin bima ladayhim farihoon

Of those who divide their doctrine and become sects, each party exulting at what it has.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-32.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** فَرِحُوا۟ — fariḥū · "they rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِذَٓا اَذَقْنَا النَّاسَ رَحْمَةً فَرِحُوا بِهَاۜ وَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْ اِذَا هُمْ يَقْنَطُونَ

Watha athaqna annasarahmatan farihoo biha wa-in tusibhumsayyi-atun bima qaddamat aydeehim itha hum yaqnatoon

And when We let men taste mercy, they exult thereat; but if evil befalls them because of what their hands sent ahead, then they despair.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-36.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** تَفْرَحُونَ — tafraḥūna · "rejoice"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ذٰلِكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَۚ

Thalikum bima kuntum tafrahoonafee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqi wabima kuntumtamrahoon

“That is because you exulted in the earth without cause, and because you were filled with haughtiness.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-75.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** فَرِحُوا۟ — fariḥū · "they rejoiced"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَرِحُوا بِمَا عِنْدَهُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ

Falamma jaat-hum rusuluhum bilbayyinatifarihoo bima AAindahum mina alAAilmi wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

When their messengers came to them with clear signs, they exulted at what they had of knowledge; but there surrounded them that whereat they mocked.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-83.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** فَرِحَ — fariḥa · "he rejoices"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاِنْ اَعْرَضُوا فَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَف۪يظاًۜ اِنْ عَلَيْكَ اِلَّا الْبَلَاغُۜ وَاِنَّٓا اِذَٓا اَذَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً فَرِحَ بِهَاۜ وَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْ فَاِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ كَفُورٌ

Fa-in aAAradoo fama arsalnakaAAalayhim hafeethan in AAalayka illaalbalaghu wa-inna itha athaqnaal-insana minna rahmatan fariha bihawa-in tusibhum sayyi-atun bima qaddamat aydeehimfa-inna al-insana kafoor

And if they turn away — We sent thee not as a custodian over them; upon thee is only the notification. And when We let man taste mercy from Us, he exults thereat; but if evil befalls them because of what their hands sent ahead, then is man ungrateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-48.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** تَفْرَحُوا۟ — tafraḥū · "exult"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لِكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا عَلٰى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَٓا اٰتٰيكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍۙ

Likayla ta/saw AAala mafatakum wala tafrahoo bima atakumwallahu la yuhibbu kulla mukhtalinfakhoor

That you grieve not over what eludes you, nor exult at what comes to you; and God loves not every conceited boaster:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-23.md_

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