# Kh-Dad-Ra — خضر (xDr)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To render or do the forbidden, blessed with means of subsistence, to die in youth, take up a load or burden, green, to become green in color (9th verb form), to be cut or cut off (like as dying young or fruit that is picked before it is ripe), fresh or pleasant, having much verdure
- **Derived forms:** أَخْضَر (1) · خَضِر (1) · خُضْر (5) · مُخْضَرَّة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 99

- **Form in this verse:** خَضِرًۭا — khaḍiran · "green plant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَهُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءًۚ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِه۪ نَبَاتَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَاَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهُ خَضِراً نُخْرِجُ مِنْهُ حَباًّ مُتَرَاكِباًۚ وَمِنَ النَّخْلِ مِنْ طَلْعِهَا قِنْوَانٌ دَانِيَةٌ وَجَنَّاتٍ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالرُّمَّانَ مُشْتَبِهاً وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَابِهٍۜ اُنْظُـرُٓوا اِلٰى ثَمَرِه۪ٓ اِذَٓا اَثْمَرَ وَيَنْعِه۪ۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Wahuwa allathee anzala mina assama-imaan faakhrajna bihi nabata kulli shay-infaakhrajna minhu khadiran nukhriju minhu habbanmutarakiban wamina annakhli min talAAihaqinwanun daniyatun wajannatin min aAAnabinwazzaytoona warrummana mushtabihanwaghayra mutashabihin onthuroo ilathamarihi itha athmara wayanAAihi inna fee thalikumlaayatin liqawmin yu/minoon

And He it is that sends down from the sky water; and We bring forth thereby the growth of all things; and We bring forth from it greenery, bringing forth from it grain heaped up; and from the date-palm, from its spathes, bunches of dates within reach; and gardens of grapevines and olives and pomegranates, similar yet different. Look upon the fruit thereof when it bears fruit and it ripens: in that are proofs for people who believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-99.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** خُضْرٍۢ — khuḍ'rin · "green"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰى سَبْعَ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَاُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍۜ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ اَفْتُون۪ي ف۪ي رُءْيَايَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ

Waqala almaliku innee arasabAAa baqaratin simanin ya/kuluhunna sabAAun AAijafunwasabAAa sunbulatin khudrin waokhara yabisatinya ayyuha almalao aftoonee fee ru/yaya inkuntum lirru/ya taAAburoon

And the King said: “I dreamed of seven fat cows, which seven lean were eating; and seven green ears of corn and others withered. O eminent ones: advise me concerning my dream, if you can interpret visions.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-43.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** خُضْرٍۢ — khuḍ'rin · "green"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

يُوسُفُ اَيُّهَا الصِّدّ۪يقُ اَفْتِنَا ف۪ي سَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَاُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍۙ لَعَلّ۪ٓي اَرْجِعُ اِلَى النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Yoosufu ayyuha assiddeequaftina fee sabAAi baqaratin simaninya/kuluhunna sabAAun AAijafun wasabAAi sunbulatinkhudrin waokhara yabisatin laAAallee arjiAAuila annasi laAAallahum yaAAlamoon

“Joseph, O man of truth: advise thou us concerning the seven fat cows which seven lean were eating, and the seven green ears of corn and others withered, that I might return to the people, that they might know.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-46.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** خُضْرًۭا — khuḍ'ran · "green"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمُ الْاَنْهَارُ يُحَلَّوْنَ ف۪يهَا مِنْ اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَاباً خُضْراً مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَّكِـ۪ٔينَ ف۪يهَا عَلَى الْاَرَٓائِكِۜ نِعْمَ الثَّوَابُۜ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقاً۟

Ola-ika lahum jannatu AAadnintajree min tahtihimu al-anharu yuhallawnafeeha min asawira min thahabin waylbasoonathiyaban khudran min sundusin wa-istabraqinmuttaki-eena feeha AAala al-ara-iki niAAma aththawabuwahasunat murtafaqa

Those have gardens of perpetual abode, beneath which rivers flow. They are adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and wear green garments of finest silk and brocade, reclining therein upon couches — excellent the reward, and fair the resting-place.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-31.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** مُخْضَرَّةً ۗ — mukh'ḍarratan · "green"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'ilal · active · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءًۘ فَتُصْبِـحُ الْاَرْضُ مُخْضَرَّةًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَط۪يفٌ خَب۪يرٌۚ

Alam tara anna Allaha anzala mina assama-imaan fatusbihu al-ardu mukhdarrataninna Allaha lateefun khabeer

Dost thou not see that God sends down from the sky water, and the earth becomes green? God is subtle and aware.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-63.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَخْضَرِ — l-akhḍari · "[the] green"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case

اَلَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ الْاَخْضَرِ نَاراً فَاِذَٓا اَنْتُمْ مِنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ

Allathee jaAAala lakum mina ashshajarial-akhdari naran fa-itha antum minhutooqidoon

“Who made for you from the green tree fire, and then therefrom you kindle.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-80.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** خُضْرٍۢ — khuḍ'rin · "green"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

مُتَّكِـ۪ٔينَ عَلٰى رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍۚ

Muttaki-eena AAala rafrafin khudrinwaAAabqariyyin hisan

Reclining on green cushions and finest carpets!

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-76.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** خُضْرٌۭ — khuḍ'run · "green"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

عَالِيَهُمْ ثِيَابُ سُنْدُسٍ خُضْرٌ وَاِسْتَبْرَقٌۘ وَحُلُّٓوا اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍۚ وَسَقٰيهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ شَرَاباً طَهُوراً

AAaliyahum thiyabu sundusinkhudrun wa-istabraqun wahulloo asawira minfiddatin wasaqahum rabbuhum sharaban tahoora

Upon them garments of fine green silk and brocade, and they adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord giving them to drink a purifying draught:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-21.md_

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