# Fe-Vav-Ra — فور (fwr)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to boil, boil over, gush forth, run, do in haste, rush, come in a headlong manner, be raised, be in a fit of passion, be in a hurry, come instantly, come immediately, fall of a sudden, make a sudden rush
- **Derived forms:** فَارَ (3) · فَوْر (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 125

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْرِهِمْ — fawrihim · "suddenly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

بَلٰٓىۙ اِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا وَيَأْتُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْرِهِمْ هٰذَا يُمْدِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِخَمْسَةِ اٰلَافٍ مِنَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ مُسَوِّم۪ينَ

Bala in tasbiroo watattaqoowaya/tookum min fawrihim hatha yumdidkum rabbukumbikhamsati alafin mina almala-ikatimusawwimeen

“Verily, if you are patient and in prudent fear, and they rush upon you of a sudden, your Lord will supply you with five thousand angels having marks,”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-125.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** وَفَارَ — wafāra · "and overflowed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُۙ قُلْنَا احْمِلْ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَاَهْلَكَ اِلَّا مَنْ سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ اٰمَنَۜ وَمَٓا اٰمَنَ مَعَهُٓ اِلَّا قَل۪يلٌ

Hatta itha jaaamruna wafara attannooru qulna ihmilfeeha min kullin zawjayni ithnayni waahlaka illaman sabaqa AAalayhi alqawlu waman amana wama amanamaAAahu illa qaleel

When Our command had come to pass, and the oven boiled over, We said: “Load thou therein of every pair, two; and thy household — save him against whom the word has gone forth — and him who believes.” And there believed with him only a few.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-40.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وَفَارَ — wafāra · "and gushes forth"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْهِ اَنِ اصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِاَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُۙ فَاسْلُكْ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَاَهْلَكَ اِلَّا مَنْ سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ مِنْهُمْۚ وَلَا تُخَاطِبْن۪ي فِي الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۚ اِنَّهُمْ مُغْرَقُونَ

Faawhayna ilayhi ani isnaAAialfulka bi-aAAyunina wawahyina fa-ithajaa amruna wafara attannooru faslukfeeha min kullin zawjayni ithnayni waahlaka illaman sabaqa AAalayhi alqawlu minhum wala tukhatibneefee allatheena thalamoo innahum mughraqoon

And We instructed him: “Make thou the ship under Our eyes and Our instruction; then when Our command comes and the oven boils over, load thou therein of each kind two, and thy household save him against whom the word has gone forth among them. And address thou Me not on behalf of those who do wrong; they will be drowned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-27.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** تَفُورُ — tafūru · "boils up"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

اِذَٓا اُلْقُوا ف۪يهَا سَمِعُوا لَهَا شَه۪يقاً وَهِيَ تَفُورُۙ

Itha olqoo feeha samiAAoo lahashaheeqan wahiya tafoor

When they are cast therein, they hear its inhaling as it boils up,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-7.md_

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