# Fe-Ra-Ra — فرر (frr)

> Occurs in 11 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To flee, run away/off, escape, fleeing, flight, act of fleeing/running away. Mafarr - refuge, shift, place of refuge.
- **Derived forms:** فِرَار (4) · فَرَّتْ (6) · مَفَرّ (1)

## Verses containing this root

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

- **Form in this verse:** فِرَارًۭا — firāran · "(in) flight"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ اَيْقَاظاً وَهُمْ رُقُودٌۗ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَم۪ينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِۗ وَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَص۪يدِۜ لَوِ اطَّـلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَاراً وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْباً

Watahsabuhum ayqathanwahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathataashshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhibilwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhimlawallayta minhum firaran walamuli/ta minhum ruAAba

And thou thinkest them awake, when they are asleep; and We cause them to turn to the right and the left.) And their dog was stretching out its two paws on the threshold — hadst thou looked upon them, thou wouldst have turned away from them in flight and been filled with terror of them.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-18.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** فَفَرَرْتُ — fafarartu · "So I fled"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · past tense

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ ل۪ي رَبّ۪ي حُكْماً وَجَعَلَن۪ي مِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ

Fafarartu minkum lamma khiftukumfawahaba lee rabbee hukman wajaAAalanee mina almursaleen

“And I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord gave me judgment and made me among the emissaries.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-21.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** فِرَارًۭا — firāran · "to flee"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذْ قَالَتْ طَٓائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ يَٓا اَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمْ فَارْجِعُواۚ وَيَسْتَأْذِنُ فَر۪يقٌ مِنْهُمُ النَّبِيَّ يَقُولُونَ اِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوْرَةٌ وَمَا هِيَ بِعَوْرَةٍۜ اِنْ يُر۪يدُونَ اِلَّا فِرَاراً

Wa-ith qalat ta-ifatunminhum ya ahla yathriba la muqama lakum farjiAAoowayasta/thinu fareequn minhumu annabiyyayaqooloona inna buyootana AAawratun wama hiyabiAAawratin in yureedoona illa firara

And when a number of them said: “O people of Yathrib: there is no position for you, so go back,” and a faction among them sought leave of the Prophet, saying: “Our houses are exposed,” when they were not exposed; they sought only to flee.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-13.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفِرَارُ — l-firāru · "the fleeing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قُلْ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ الْفِرَارُ اِنْ فَرَرْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ اَوِ الْقَتْلِ وَاِذاً لَا تُمَتَّعُونَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً

Qul lan yanfaAAakumu alfiraru infarartum mina almawti awi alqatli wa-ithan latumattaAAoona illa qaleela

Say thou: “Fleeing will not benefit you, if you flee from death or killing; and then would you not be given enjoyment save a little.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-16.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** فَرَرْتُم — farartum · "you flee"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

قُلْ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ الْفِرَارُ اِنْ فَرَرْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ اَوِ الْقَتْلِ وَاِذاً لَا تُمَتَّعُونَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً

Qul lan yanfaAAakumu alfiraru infarartum mina almawti awi alqatli wa-ithan latumattaAAoona illa qaleela

Say thou: “Fleeing will not benefit you, if you flee from death or killing; and then would you not be given enjoyment save a little.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-16.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** فَفِرُّوٓا۟ — fafirrū · "So flee"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

فَفِرُّٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِۜ اِنّ۪ي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذ۪يرٌ مُب۪ينٌۚ

Fafirroo ila Allahi inneelakum minhu natheerun mubeen

“So flee to God! I am to you from Him a clear warner!

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-50.md_

### 62. Surah Al-Jumu'ah, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** تَفِرُّونَ — tafirrūna · "you flee"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ اِنَّ الْمَوْتَ الَّذ۪ي تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَاِنَّهُ مُلَاق۪يكُمْ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ اِلٰى عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ۟

Qul inna almawta allathee tafirroonaminhu fa-innahu mulaqeekum thumma turaddoona ila AAalimialghaybi washshahadati fayunabbi-okum bimakuntum taAAmaloon

Say thou: “The death from which you flee, it will meet you. Then will you be sent back to the Knower of the Unseen and the Seen, and He will tell you what you did.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jumuah/verse-8.md_

### 71. Surah Nuh, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** فِرَارًۭا — firāran · "(in) flight"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَٓاء۪ٓي اِلَّا فِرَاراً

Falam yazidhum duAAa-ee illafirara

“But my calling increased them not save in flight.

_https://quran.so/surah-nuh/verse-6.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** فَرَّتْ — farrat · "Fleeing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍۜ

Farrat min qaswara

Fleeing from a lion?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-51.md_

### 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَفَرُّ — l-mafaru · "(is) the escape"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

يَقُولُ الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ اَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّۚ

Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithinayna almafar

Man will say: — that day — “Whither to flee?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-10.md_

### 80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** يَفِرُّ — yafirru · "will flee"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ اَخ۪يهِۙ

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheeh

The day a man will flee from his brother,

_https://quran.so/surah-abasa/verse-34.md_

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