# Fe-Te-Ra — فتر (ftr)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To flag, abate, diminish, feel weak, desist, become weak after vigour, be quiet. Fatratun - cessation, interval of time.
- **Derived forms:** فَتْرَة (1) · يُفَتَّرُ (1) · يَفْتُرُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** فَتْرَةٍۢ — fatratin · "(after) an interval (of cessation)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلٰى فَتْرَةٍ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ اَنْ تَقُولُوا مَا جَٓاءَنَا مِنْ بَش۪يرٍ وَلَا نَذ۪يرٍۘ فَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ بَش۪يرٌ وَنَذ۪يرٌۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ۟

Ya ahla alkitabi qad jaakumrasooluna yubayyinu lakum AAala fatratin mina arrusulian taqooloo ma jaana min basheerin walanatheerin faqad jaakum basheerun wanatheerunwallahu AAala kulli shay-in qadeer

O doctors of the Law: Our messenger has come to you making clear to you, upon an interval between the messengers lest you say: “There came not to us any bearer of glad tidings or warner.” But there has come to you a bearer of glad tidings and warner; and God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-19.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتُرُونَ — yafturūna · "they slacken"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يُسَبِّحُونَ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ

Yusabbihoona allayla wannaharala yafturoon

They give glory night and day, and they flag not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-20.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** يُفَتَّرُ — yufattaru · "will it subside"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ ف۪يهِ مُبْلِسُونَۚ

La yufattaru AAanhum wahum feehimublisoon

It will not be abated for them, and they are therein in despair;

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-75.md_

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