# Kaf-Ta-Ra — قطر (qTr)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To drop, drip (liquid). Taqattara - to fall on the side. Taqatara - to walk side by side. Aqtar (pl. of qutrun) - sides, regions. Qitran - molten copper, liquid pitch.
- **Derived forms:** أَقْطَار (2) · قِطْر (2) · قَطِرَان (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** قَطِرَانٍۢ — qaṭirānin · "tar"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

سَرَاب۪يلُهُمْ مِنْ قَطِرَانٍ وَتَغْشٰى وُجُوهَهُمُ النَّارُۙ

Sarabeeluhum min qatraninwataghsha wujoohahumu annar

Their garments of pitch, and the Fire covering their faces,

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-50.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** قِطْرًۭا — qiṭ'ran · "molten copper"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اٰتُون۪ي زُبَرَ الْحَد۪يدِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا سَاوٰى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انْفُخُواۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَاراًۙ قَالَ اٰتُون۪ٓي اُفْرِ غْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْراًۜ

Atoonee zubara alhadeedi hattaitha sawa bayna asadafayni qalaonfukhoo hatta itha jaAAalahu naran qalaatoonee ofrigh AAalayhi qitra

“Give me sheets of iron.” When he had made level between the two openings, he said: “Blow.” When he had made it a fire, he said: “Bring me to pour thereon molten brass.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-96.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** أَقْطَارِهَا — aqṭārihā · "all its sides"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ اَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا الْفِتْنَةَ لَاٰتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا بِهَٓا اِلَّا يَس۪يراً

Walaw dukhilat AAalayhim min aqtarihathumma su-iloo alfitnata laatawha wamatalabbathoo biha illa yaseera

And had entry been made against them from its regions, then they had been asked for the means of denial, they would have given it, and would have tarried therein only a little.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-14.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقِطْرِ ۖ — l-qiṭ'ri · "(of) molten copper"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلِسُلَيْمٰنَ الرّ۪يحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌۚ وَاَسَلْنَا لَهُ عَيْنَ الْقِطْرِۜ وَمِنَ الْجِنِّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّه۪ۜ وَمَنْ يَزِغْ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ اَمْرِنَا نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّع۪يرِ

Walisulaymana arreehaghuduwwuha shahrun warawahuha shahrunwaasalna lahu AAayna alqitri wamina aljinni manyaAAmalu bayna yadayhi bi-ithni rabbihi waman yazighminhum AAan amrina nuthiqhu min AAathabi assaAAeer

And to Solomon the wind: its morning course a month, and its evening course a month. And We made flow for him a spring of molten brass. And among the domini worked some before him, by the leave of his Lord; and who deviated among them from Our command — We will let him taste of the punishment of the Inferno.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-12.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** أَقْطَارِ — aqṭāri · "(the) regions"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ اِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ اَنْ تَنْفُذُوا مِنْ اَقْطَارِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ فَانْفُذُواۜ  لَا تَنْفُذُونَ اِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍۚ

Ya maAAshara aljinni wal-insiini istataAAtum an tanfuthoo min aqtari assamawatiwal-ardi fanfuthoo la tanfuthoonailla bisultan

O congregation of domini and servi: if you are able to penetrate the regions of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate! You will not penetrate save by authority:

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-33.md_

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