# Kef-Vav-Ra — كور (kwr)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To wind, twist/fold/wrap, he wound round a turban, divested of light, blinded, shall pass away and come to naught.
- **Derived forms:** كُوِّرَتْ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** يُكَوِّرُ — yukawwiru · "He wraps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّۚ يُكَوِّرُ الَّيْلَ عَلَى النَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ النَّهَارَ عَلَى الَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۜ  كُلٌّ يَجْر۪ي لِاَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ اَلَا هُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْغَفَّارُ

Khalaqa assamawati wal-ardabilhaqqi yukawwiru allayla AAala annahariwayukawwiru annahara AAala allayliwasakhkhara ashshamsa walqamara kullun yajreeli-ajalin musamman ala huwa alAAazeezu alghaffar

He created the heavens and the earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day, and He wraps the day over the night; and He made subject the sun and the moon, each running for a stated term. Is He not the Exalted in Might, the Forgiver?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-5.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُكَوِّرُ — wayukawwiru · "and wraps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّۚ يُكَوِّرُ الَّيْلَ عَلَى النَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ النَّهَارَ عَلَى الَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۜ  كُلٌّ يَجْر۪ي لِاَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ اَلَا هُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْغَفَّارُ

Khalaqa assamawati wal-ardabilhaqqi yukawwiru allayla AAala annahariwayukawwiru annahara AAala allayliwasakhkhara ashshamsa walqamara kullun yajreeli-ajalin musamman ala huwa alAAazeezu alghaffar

He created the heavens and the earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day, and He wraps the day over the night; and He made subject the sun and the moon, each running for a stated term. Is He not the Exalted in Might, the Forgiver?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-5.md_

### 81. Surah At-Takwir, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** كُوِّرَتْ — kuwwirat · "is wrapped up"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُـوِّرَتْۙۖ

Itha ashshamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-takwir/verse-1.md_

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