# he-Ra-Ayn — هرع (hrE)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to walk with quick & trembling gait, run or rush, flow quickly, hurry, hasten.
- **Derived forms:** يُهْرَعُ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** يُهْرَعُونَ — yuh'raʿūna · "rushing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَجَٓاءَهُ قَوْمُهُ يُهْرَعُونَ اِلَيْهِ وَمِنْ قَبْلُ كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّـَٔاتِۜ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ بَنَات۪ي هُنَّ اَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ ف۪ي ضَيْف۪يۜ اَلَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَش۪يدٌ

Wajaahu qawmuhu yuhraAAoona ilayhiwamin qablu kanoo yaAAmaloona assayyi-ati qalaya qawmi haola-i banatee hunna atharulakum fattaqoo Allaha wala tukhzooni fee dayfeealaysa minkum rajulun rasheed

And his people came to him, hastening towards him; and before had they been doing evil deeds. He said: “O my people: these are my daughters; they are purer for you. So be in prudent fear of God, and disgrace me not concerning my guests. Is then there not among you a right-minded man?”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-78.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** يُهْرَعُونَ — yuh'raʿūna · "they hastened"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَهُمْ عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ

Fahum AAala atharihimyuhraAAoon

And in their footsteps are they hastening.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-70.md_

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