# Za-he-Ra — زهر (zhr)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** shone/glistened, become white/beautiful/bright, to give light, a fire/lamp, flower, flowered/blossomed, mindful of it, rejoice/energetic in it, a want.
- **Derived forms:** زَهْرَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 131

- **Form in this verse:** زَهْرَةَ — zahrata · "(the) splendor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ اِلٰى مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِه۪ٓ اَزْوَاجاً مِنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ ف۪يهِۜ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَاَبْقٰى

Wala tamuddanna AAaynayka ilama mattaAAna bihi azwajan minhum zahrata alhayatiaddunya linaftinahum feehi warizqu rabbika khayrunwaabqa

And extend thou not thine eyes towards what We have granted some among them to enjoy — the flower of the life of this world — that We might subject them to means of denial therein; and the provision of thy Lord is better and more enduring.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-131.md_

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