# Kef-Ra-Ra — كرر (krr)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To return to, return successively, run against, repeat, come back, follow by turns, be wound (thread), repeating once or more than once, a rope (made in the form of a hoop) by means of which one ascends a palm tree.
- **Derived forms:** كَرَّة (6)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 167

- **Form in this verse:** كَرَّةًۭ — karratan · "a return"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوا لَوْ اَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّاَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّؤُ۫ا مِنَّاۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُر۪يهِمُ اللّٰهُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ حَسَرَاتٍ عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَمَا هُمْ بِخَارِج۪ينَ مِنَ النَّارِ۟

Waqala allatheena ittabaAAoolaw anna lana karratan fanatabarraa minhum kamatabarraoo minna kathalika yureehimu AllahuaAAmalahum hasaratin AAalayhim wamahum bikharijeena mina annar

And those who followed will say: “Were we to return, we would disown them just as they have disowned us,”[...]. Thus will God show them their deeds as regrets for them; and they will not come out of the Fire.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-167.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَرَّةَ — l-karata · "the return victory"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ الْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاَمْدَدْنَاكُمْ بِاَمْوَالٍ وَبَن۪ينَ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ اَكْثَرَ نَف۪يراً

Thumma radadna lakumu alkarrataAAalayhim waamdadnakum bi-amwalin wabaneenawajaAAalnakum akthara nafeera

Then We returned to you a turn over them, and supplied you with wealth and sons, and made you greater in influence.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-6.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 102

- **Form in this verse:** كَرَّةًۭ — karratan · "a return"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

فَلَوْ اَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Falaw anna lana karratan fanakoonamina almu/mineen

“Would that we might return and be among the believers!”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-102.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** كَرَّةًۭ — karratan · "another chance"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اَوْ تَقُولَ ح۪ينَ تَرَى الْعَذَابَ لَوْ اَنَّ ل۪ي كَرَّةً فَاَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Aw taqoola heena tara alAAathabalaw anna lee karratan faakoona mina almuhsineen

Or it say when it sees the punishment: “Would that I had returned, that I might be of the doers of good.”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-58.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** كَرَّتَيْنِ — karratayni · "twice (again)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, dual · accusative case

ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ اِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئاً وَهُوَ حَس۪يرٌ

Thumma irjiAAi albasara karratayniyanqalib ilayka albasaru khasi-an wahuwa haseer

Then return thou thy vision again and again! Thy sight will return to thee humbled and weary.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-4.md_

### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** كَرَّةٌ — karratun · "(would be) a return"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالُوا تِلْكَ اِذاً كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۢ

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasira

They say: “That, then, would be a losing return!”)

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-12.md_

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