# Fe-Ra-Ta — فرط (frT)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To precede, neglect, remiss, omit, excess, forsake, act hastily or unjustly, fall short, exceed bounds, be extravagant/excessive, injustice, outstrip others. mufratun - to be sent in advance and abandoned and left.
- **Derived forms:** فَرَّط (5) · فُرُط (1) · مُّفْرَطُون (1) · يَفْرُطَ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** فَرَّطْنَا — farraṭnā · "we neglected"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِلِقَٓاءِ اللّٰهِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَتْهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً قَالُوا يَا حَسْرَتَنَا عَلٰى مَا فَرَّطْنَا ف۪يهَاۙ وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ اَوْزَارَهُمْ عَلٰى ظُهُورِهِمْۜ  اَلَا سَٓاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ

Qad khasira allatheena kaththaboobiliqa-i Allahi hatta itha jaat-humuassaAAatu baghtatan qaloo ya hasratanaAAala ma farratna feeha wahumyahmiloona awzarahum AAala thuhoorihimala saa ma yaziroon

They have lost who deny the meeting with God; when the Hour has come upon them unexpectedly, they will say: “O our regret over what we neglected concerning it!” And they will bear their burdens upon their backs; in truth, evil is what they will bear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-31.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** فَرَّطْنَا — farraṭnā · "We have neglected"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَمَا مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا طَٓائِرٍ يَط۪يرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ اِلَّٓا اُمَمٌ اَمْثَالُكُمْۜ مَا فَرَّطْنَا فِي الْكِتَابِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يُحْشَرُونَ

Wama min dabbatin fee al-ardiwala ta-irin yateeru bijanahayhi illaomamun amthalukum ma farratna feealkitabi min shay-in thumma ila rabbihim yuhsharoon

And there is no creature in the earth, nor bird flying on its wings save they are communities the likes of you — We have not neglected anything in the Writ — then to their Lord will they be gathered.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-38.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** يُفَرِّطُونَ — yufarriṭūna · "fail"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَهُوَ الْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِه۪ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَفَظَةًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَ اَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ

Wahuwa alqahiru fawqa AAibadihiwayursilu AAalaykum hafathatan hattaitha jaa ahadakumu almawtu tawaffat-hurusuluna wahum la yufarritoon

And He is the Conqueror over His servants; and He sends guardians over you. When death has come to one of you, Our messengers take him, and they fail not;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-61.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** فَرَّطتُمْ — farraṭtum · "you failed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْـَٔسُوا مِنْهُ خَلَصُوا نَجِياًّۜ قَالَ كَب۪يرُهُمْ اَلَمْ تَعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اَبَاكُمْ قَدْ اَخَذَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَوْثِقاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَمِنْ قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطْتُمْ ف۪ي يُوسُفَۚ فَلَنْ اَبْرَحَ الْاَرْضَ حَتّٰى يَأْذَنَ ل۪ٓي اَب۪ٓي اَوْ يَحْكُمَ اللّٰهُ ل۪يۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْحَاكِم۪ينَ

Falamma istay-asoo minhu khalasoonajiyyan qala kabeeruhum alam taAAlamoo anna abakumqad akhatha AAalaykum mawthiqan mina Allahi waminqablu ma farrattum fee yoosufa falan abrahaal-arda hatta ya/thana lee abee aw yahkumaAllahu lee wahuwa khayru alhakimeen

And when they had despaired of him, they separated themselves for private conference. The eldest of them said: “Know you not that your father took a solemn oath from you before God — and you failed concerning Joseph before? And I will not leave the land until my father gives me leave, or God judges in my favour; and He is the best of judges.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-80.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** مُّفْرَطُونَ — muf'raṭūna · "(will) be abandoned"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلّٰهِ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ وَتَصِفُ اَلْسِنَتُهُمُ الْكَذِبَ اَنَّ لَهُمُ الْحُسْنٰىۜ لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّ لَهُمُ النَّارَ وَاَنَّهُمْ مُفْرَطُونَ

WayajAAaloona lillahi mayakrahoona watasifu alsinatuhumu alkathiba annalahumu alhusna la jarama anna lahumu annarawaannahum mufratoon

And they assign to God what they dislike; and their tongues describe the lie that they will have the best. Without doubt, they will have the Fire, and they will be rushed in.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-62.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** فُرُطًۭا — furuṭan · "(in) excess"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدٰوةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُر۪يدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْۚ تُر۪يدُ ز۪ينَةَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا تُطِـعْ مَنْ اَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰيهُ وَكَانَ اَمْرُهُ فُرُطاً

Wasbir nafsaka maAAa allatheenayadAAoona rabbahum bilghadati walAAashiyyiyureedoona wajhahu wala taAAdu AAaynaka AAanhumtureedu zeenata alhayati addunya walatutiAA man aghfalna qalbahu AAan thikrinawattabaAAa hawahu wakana amruhu furuta

And make thou thy soul patient, with those who call to their Lord, morning and evening, seeking His face. And let not thine eyes pass beyond them, desiring the adornment of the life of this world; and obey thou not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and follows his vain desire and whose affair is neglect.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-28.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْرُطَ — yafruṭa · "he will hasten"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالَا رَبَّـنَٓا اِنَّـنَا نَخَافُ اَنْ يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَٓا اَوْ اَنْ يَطْغٰى

Qala rabbana innananakhafu an yafruta AAalayna aw an yatgha

They said: “Our Lord: we fear lest he hasten against us, or that he will transgress.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-45.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** فَرَّطتُ — farraṭtu · "I neglected"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, singular · past tense

اَنْ تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتٰى عَلٰى مَا فَرَّطْتُ ف۪ي جَنْبِ اللّٰهِ وَاِنْ كُنْتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِر۪ينَۙ

An taqoola nafsun ya hasrataAAala ma farrattu fee janbi Allahiwa-in kuntu lamina assakhireen

Lest a soul say: “Oh, my regret over what I neglected in what was due to God, and was of those who deride!”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-56.md_

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