# Cim-he-Ra — جهر (jhr)

> Occurs in 16 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To become plain/open/apparent/public/loud/discovered, to become great/bulky, pleasingness/goodliness, to clear out nearly/entirely, to strive to overcome/surpass
- **Derived forms:** جِهَار (1) · جَهَرَ (5) · جَهْر (7) · جَهْرَة (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** جَهْرَةًۭ — jahratan · "manifestly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسٰى لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتّٰى نَرَى اللّٰهَ جَهْرَةً فَاَخَذَتْكُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَاَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ

Wa-ith qultum ya moosalan nu/mina laka hatta nara Allahajahratan faakhathatkumu assaAAiqatu waantumtanthuroon

And when you said: “O Moses: we will not believe thee until we see God openly”; and the thunderbolt took you — and you were looking on.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-55.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 148

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَهْرَ — l-jahra · "the public mention"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

لَا يُحِبُّ اللّٰهُ الْجَهْرَ بِالسُّٓوءِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ اِلَّا مَنْ ظُلِمَۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ سَم۪يعاً عَل۪يماً

La yuhibbu Allahualjahra bissoo-i mina alqawli illa man thulimawakana Allahu sameeAAan AAaleema

God likes not the public mention of evil save by one wronged; and God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-148.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 153

- **Form in this verse:** جَهْرَةًۭ — jahratan · "manifestly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

يَسْـَٔلُكَ اَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ اَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَاباً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَقَدْ سَاَلُوا مُوسٰٓى اَكْبَرَ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ فَقَالُٓوا اَرِنَا اللّٰهَ جَهْرَةً فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْۚ ثُمَّ اتَّخَذُوا الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَنْ ذٰلِكَۚ وَاٰتَيْنَا مُوسٰى سُلْطَاناً مُب۪يناً

Yas-aluka ahlu alkitabi an tunazzilaAAalayhim kitaban mina assama-i faqadsaaloo moosa akbara min thalika faqaloo arinaAllaha jahratan faakhathat-humu assaAAiqatubithulmihim thumma ittakhathoo alAAijla minbaAAdi ma jaat-humu albayyinatu faAAafawnaAAan thalika waatayna moosa sultananmubeena

The doctors of the Law ask thee to bring down upon them a Writ from the sky; and they asked of Moses greater than that; they said: “Show thou us God openly”; so the thunderbolt seized them for their injustice. Then took they up the calf after clear signs had come to them, and We pardoned that; and We gave Moses a clear authority.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-153.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** وَجَهْرَكُمْ — wajahrakum · "and what you make public"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَهُوَ اللّٰهُ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَفِي الْاَرْضِۜ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّكُمْ وَجَهْرَكُمْ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُونَ

Wahuwa Allahu fee assamawatiwafee al-ardi yaAAlamu sirrakum wajahrakum wayaAAlamu mataksiboon

And He is God in the heavens and in the earth; He knows your inward and your outward; and He knows what you earn.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-3.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** جَهْرَةً — jahratan · "openly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

قُلْ اَرَاَيْتَكُمْ اِنْ اَتٰيكُمْ عَذَابُ اللّٰهِ بَغْتَةً اَوْ جَهْرَةً هَلْ يُهْلَكُ اِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Qul araaytakum in atakum AAathabuAllahi baghtatan aw jahratan hal yuhlaku illaalqawmu aththalimoon

Say thou: “Have you considered: if the punishment of God come to you unexpectedly or with warning, will there be destroyed save the wrongdoing people?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-47.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 205

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَهْرِ — l-jahri · "the loudness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ ف۪ي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعاً وَخ۪يفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْاٰصَالِ وَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِل۪ينَ

Wathkur rabbaka fee nafsikatadarruAAan wakheefatan wadoona aljahri mina alqawli bilghuduwwiwal-asali wala takun mina alghafileen

And remember thou thy Lord within thy soul in humility and fear; and without publicity of speech, morning and evening; and be thou not among the heedless.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-205.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** جَهَرَ — jahara · "publicizes"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

سَوَٓاءٌ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ اَسَرَّ الْقَوْلَ وَمَنْ جَهَرَ بِه۪ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍ بِالَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌ بِالنَّهَارِ

Sawaon minkum man asarra alqawlawaman jahara bihi waman huwa mustakhfin billayli wasaribunbinnahar

It is the same who among you conceals his speech, and who makes it public; and who hides by night, and goes forth by day;

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-10.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** وَجَهْرًا ۖ — wajahran · "and publicly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً عَبْداً مَمْلُوكاً لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ وَمَنْ رَزَقْنَاهُ مِنَّا رِزْقاً حَسَناً فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ سِراًّ وَجَهْراًۜ هَلْ يَسْتَوُ۫نَۜ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Daraba Allahu mathalan AAabdanmamlookan la yaqdiru AAala shay-in waman razaqnahuminna rizqan hasanan fahuwa yunfiqu minhu sirranwajahran hal yastawoona alhamdu lillahi balaktharuhum la yaAAlamoon

God strikes a similitude: — a slave owned, not having power over anything, and him whom We provided with goodly provision from Us and he spends thereof secretly and openly. Are they equal? Praise belongs to God! But most of them know not.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-75.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** تَجْهَرْ — tajhar · "be loud"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قُلِ ادْعُوا اللّٰهَ اَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمٰنَۜ  اَياًّ مَا تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ الْاَسْمَٓاءُ الْحُسْنٰىۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ سَب۪يلاً

Quli odAAoo Allaha awi odAAoo arrahmanaayyan ma tadAAoo falahu al-asmao alhusnawala tajhar bisalatika wala tukhafitbiha wabtaghi bayna thalika sabeela

Say thou: “Call to God, or call to the Almighty; by whichever you call, to Him belong the most beautiful names.” And be thou not loud in thy duty, nor quiet therein, but follow thou a path in-between,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-110.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** تَجْهَرْ — tajhar · "you speak aloud"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِنْ تَجْهَرْ بِالْقَوْلِ فَاِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَاَخْفٰى

Wa-in tajhar bilqawli fa-innahuyaAAlamu assirra waakhfa

And if thou be public in speech, then He knows the secret and what is more hidden.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-7.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَهْرَ — l-jahra · "the declared"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ

Innahu yaAAlamu aljahra mina alqawliwayaAAlamu ma taktumoon

“He knows what is public of speech, and He knows what you conceal.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-110.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** تَجْهَرُوا۟ — tajharū · "be loud"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُٓوا اَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا لَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ اَنْ تَحْبَطَ اَعْمَالُكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tarfaAAoo aswatakum fawqa sawti annabiyyiwala tajharoo lahu bilqawli kajahri baAAdikumlibaAAdin an tahbata aAAmalukumwaantum la tashAAuroon

O you who heed warning: raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor be loud in speech to him, as you are loud one to another lest your works be made vain while you perceive not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-2.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** كَجَهْرِ — kajahri · "like (the) loudness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُٓوا اَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا لَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ اَنْ تَحْبَطَ اَعْمَالُكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tarfaAAoo aswatakum fawqa sawti annabiyyiwala tajharoo lahu bilqawli kajahri baAAdikumlibaAAdin an tahbata aAAmalukumwaantum la tashAAuroon

O you who heed warning: raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor be loud in speech to him, as you are loud one to another lest your works be made vain while you perceive not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-2.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** ٱجْهَرُوا۟ — ij'harū · "proclaim"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَاَسِرُّوا قَوْلَكُمْ اَوِ اجْهَرُوا بِه۪ۜ  اِنَّهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Waasirroo qawlakum awi ijharoo bihi innahuAAaleemun bithati assudoor

Be you secret in your speech or proclaim it, He knows that which is in the breasts.

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

### 71. Surah Nuh, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** جِهَارًۭا — jihāran · "publicly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ اِنّ۪ي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَاراًۙ

Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jihara

“Then I called to them openly;

_https://quran.so/surah-nuh/verse-8.md_

### 87. Surah Al-A'la, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَهْرَ — l-jahra · "the manifest"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اِلَّا مَا شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ  اِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفٰىۜ

Illa ma shaa Allahuinnahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

Save that God should will; He knows the apparent and the hidden.

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

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