# Sin-Ra-Ye — سري (sry)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To walk at night, to travel at night, to move at night, to go secretly, to leak, to spread, to flow, to pass
- **Derived forms:** أَسْرَىٰ (6) · سَرِيّ (1) · يَسْرِ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَسْرِ — fa-asri · "So travel"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

قَالُوا يَا لُوطُ اِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَنْ يَصِلُٓوا اِلَيْكَ فَاَسْرِ بِاَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ الَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ اَحَدٌ اِلَّا امْرَاَتَكَۜ اِنَّهُ مُص۪يبُهَا مَٓا اَصَابَهُمْۜ اِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ الصُّبْحُۜ اَلَيْسَ الصُّبْحُ بِقَر۪يبٍ

Qaloo ya lootu innarusulu rabbika lan yasiloo ilayka faasri bi-ahlika biqitAAinmina allayli wala yaltafit minkum ahadun illaimraataka innahu museebuha ma asabahuminna mawAAidahumu assubhu alaysa assubhubiqareeb

Said they: “O Lot: we are messengers of thy Lord; they will not reach thee. And travel thou with thy household during a portion of the night; and let not any one of you turn around save thy wife — there will befall her what befalls them. Their appointment is the morning; is then the morning not near?”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-81.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَسْرِ — fa-asri · "So travel"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَاَسْرِ بِاَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ الَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِـعْ اَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ اَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

Faasri bi-ahlika biqitAAin minaallayli wattabiAA adbarahum wala yaltafitminkum ahadun wamdoo haythutu/maroon

“So travel thou with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs; and let not any one of you turn round, but go on to where you are commanded.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-65.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** أَسْرَىٰ — asrā · "took"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

سُبْحَانَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَسْرٰى بِعَبْدِه۪ لَيْلاً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ اِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْاَقْصَا الَّذ۪ي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ اٰيَاتِنَاۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْبَص۪يرُ

Subhana allathee asrabiAAabdihi laylan mina almasjidi alharami ilaalmasjidi al-aqsa allathee barakna hawlahulinuriyahu min ayatina innahu huwa assameeAAualbaseer

Glory be to Him who conveyed His servant by night from the inviolable place of worship to the furthest place of worship, which We blessed round about him, that We might show him some of Our proofs! He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-1.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** سَرِيًّۭا — sariyyan · "a stream"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَنَادٰيهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَٓا اَلَّا تَحْزَن۪ي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِياًّ

Fanadaha min tahtihaalla tahzanee qad jaAAala rabbuki tahtakisariyya

Then he called to her, from below her: “Grieve thou not; thy Lord has placed beneath thee a stream.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-24.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** أَسْرِ — asri · "Travel by night"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَلَقَدْ اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنْ اَسْرِ بِعِبَاد۪ي فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَر۪يقاً فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَساًۚ لَا تَخَافُ دَرَكاً وَلَا تَخْشٰى

Walaqad awhayna ilamoosa an asri biAAibadee fadriblahum tareeqan fee albahri yabasan la takhafudarakan wala takhsha

And We instructed Moses: “Travel thou by night with My servants; and strike thou for them a dry path in the sea, neither fearing overtaking nor being afraid.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-77.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** أَسْرِ — asri · "Travel by night"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنْ اَسْرِ بِعِبَاد۪ٓي اِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ

Waawhayna ila moosaan asri biAAibadee innakum muttabaAAoon

And We instructed Moses: “Travel thou by night with My servants; you will be followed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-52.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَسْرِ — fa-asri · "Then "Set out"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَاَسْرِ بِعِبَاد۪ي لَيْلاً اِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَۙ

Faasri biAAibadee laylan innakummuttabaAAoon

“Then travel thou with My servants by night: — you will be followed.

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-23.md_

### 89. Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْرِ — yasri · "it passes"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَسْرِۚ

Wallayli itha yasr

And the night when he departs!

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

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