# Sin-Te-Ra — ستر (str)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To cover, to hide, to close, to conceal, to protect, to screen, to mask
- **Derived forms:** تَسْتَتِرُ (1) · سِتْر (1) · مَّسْتُور (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** مَّسْتُورًۭا — mastūran · "hidden"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ حِجَاباً مَسْتُوراًۙ

Wa-itha qara/ta alqur-anajaAAalna baynaka wabayna allatheena layu/minoona bil-akhirati hijabanmastoora

And when thou recitest the Qur’an, We place between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter a hidden partition,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-45.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** سِتْرًۭا — sit'ran · "any shelter"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلٰى قَوْمٍ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِهَا سِتْراًۙ

Hatta itha balagha matliAAaashshamsi wajadaha tatluAAu AAalaqawmin lam najAAal lahum min dooniha sitra

When he had reached the rising of the sun, he found it rising upon a people for whom We had not appointed besides it any cover.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-90.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** تَسْتَتِرُونَ — tastatirūna · "covering yourselves"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ اَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَٓا اَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَث۪يراً مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Wama kuntum tastatiroona an yashhadaAAalaykum samAAukum wala absarukum walajuloodukum walakin thanantum anna Allahala yaAAlamu katheeran mimma taAAmaloon

“And you hid not yourselves, lest your hearing and your sight and your skins bear witness against you; but you thought that God knew not much of what you did.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-22.md_

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