# Ra-he-Ta — رهط (rhT)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to take large mouthfuls, glut, remain indoors, assemble. rahtun - family, sons of one man, kindred, one's people, party/gang/group/tribe, consisting of his nearer relations and a number of men less than ten among whom is no woman, or more than ten, to forty; or a word having a plural meaning without any proper singular.
- **Derived forms:** رَهْط (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** رَهْطُكَ — rahṭuka · "for your family"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالُوا يَا شُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ۬ كَث۪يراً مِمَّا تَقُولُ وَاِنَّا لَنَرٰيكَ ف۪ينَا ضَع۪يفاًۚ وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَاكَۘ وَمَٓا اَنْتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَز۪يزٍ

Qaloo ya shuAAaybu manafqahu katheeran mimma taqoolu wa-inna lanarakafeena daAAeefan walawla rahtukalarajamnaka wama anta AAalayna biAAazeez

They said: “O Shuʿayb: we understand not much of what thou sayest; and we consider thee among us as weak. And were it not for thy family, we would have stoned thee; and thou art not to us one respected.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-91.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** أَرَهْطِىٓ — arahṭī · "Is my family"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اَرَهْط۪ٓي اَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَٓاءَكُمْ ظِهْرِياًّۜ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُح۪يطٌ

Qala ya qawmi arahteeaAAazzu AAalaykum mina Allahi wattakhathtumoohuwaraakum thihriyyan inna rabbee bimataAAmaloona muheet

He said: “O my people: is my family more respected for power by you than God? And Him have you put behind your backs. My Lord encompasses what you do.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-92.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** رَهْطٍۢ — rahṭin · "family heads"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَانَ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

Wakana fee almadeenati tisAAatu rahtinyufsidoona fee al-ardi wala yuslihoon

And there were in the city nine men who wrought corruption in the land and did not right.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-48.md_

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