# Fe-Kh-Ra — فخر (fxr)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** self-glorification/magnification, boast, to disdain/scorn, proud/haughty, long/tall/great, excellent quality, baked pottery/clay, earthen vessel.
- **Derived forms:** تَفَاخُر (1) · فَخَّار (1) · فَخُور (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** فَخُورًا — fakhūran · "(and) [a] boastful"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَاعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِه۪ شَيْـٔاً وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ اِحْسَاناً وَبِذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينِ وَالْجَارِ ذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْجَارِ الْجُنُبِ وَالصَّاحِبِ بِالْجَنْبِ وَابْنِ السَّب۪يلِۙ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَنْ كَانَ مُخْتَالاً فَخُوراًۙ

WaAAbudoo Allaha walatushrikoo bihi shay-an wabilwalidayni ihsananwabithee alqurba walyatama walmasakeeniwaljari thee alqurba waljarialjunubi wassahibi biljanbi wabniassabeeli wama malakat aymanukum inna Allahala yuhibbu man kana mukhtalan fakhoora

And serve God, and ascribe not a partnership with Him to anything; and towards parents good conduct, and towards relatives, and the fatherless, and the poor, and the neighbour who is kin, and the neighbour who is not kin, and the companion at your side, and the wayfarer, and those whom your right hands possess; God loves not whoso is a conceited boaster:

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

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** فَخُورٌ — fakhūrun · "(and) boastful"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · 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_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** فَخُورٍۢ — fakhūrin · "boaster"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَرَحاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍۚ

Wala tusaAAAAir khaddaka linnasiwala tamshi fee al-ardi marahan inna Allahala yuhibbu kulla mukhtalin fakhoor

“And turn thou not thy cheek to men, and walk thou not in the earth haughtily; God loves not every conceited boaster.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-18.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** كَٱلْفَخَّارِ — kal-fakhāri · "like the pottery"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِۙ

Khalaqa al-insana min salsalinkalfakhkhar

He created man of sounding clay like pottery,

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-14.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ — watafākhurun · "and boasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tefa'ul · noun-verb · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اِعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَز۪ينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَوْلَادِۜ  كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ اَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ يَه۪يجُ فَتَرٰيهُ مُصْفَراًّ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَاماًۜ وَفِي الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَد۪يدٌۙ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَانٌۜ وَمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَٓا اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ

IAAlamoo annama alhayatuaddunya laAAibun walahwun wazeenatun watafakhurunbaynakum watakathurun fee al-amwali wal-awladikamathali ghaythin aAAjaba alkuffara nabatuhuthumma yaheeju fatarahu musfarran thumma yakoonu hutamanwafee al-akhirati AAathabun shadeedun wamaghfiratunmina Allahi waridwanun wama alhayatuaddunya illa mataAAu alghuroor

Know that the life of this world is only play and diversion, and adornment, and mutual boasting among you, and competition for increase in wealth and children. As the likeness of a rain, it impresses the atheists with its growth; then it withers and thou seest it turn yellow; then it becomes debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment, and forgiveness from God, and approval. And the life of this world is only the enjoyment of delusion.

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

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

- **Form in this verse:** فَخُورٍ — fakhūrin · "boaster"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

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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