حرث
ḥ-r-th
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root حرث across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root "Hrth" primarily means to gain or acquire wealth, often through diligent labor. It also refers to tilling land for sowing, and metaphorically, to working for one's afterlife.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
ḥ-r-th
Listen:
حَرْثِكُمْ
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Root letters:
ح — ر — ث
Word Family Tree (10 forms)
All word forms derived from the root حرث as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 13×
Verb 1×
Concordance — 14 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root حرث appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (10) · Verb (1)
Noun (10 verses — showing first 5)
The Prophets 21:78
Noun
وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَیۡمَـٰنَ إِذۡ یَحۡكُمَانِ فِی ٱلۡحَرۡثِ إِذۡ نَفَشَتۡ فِیهِ غَنَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكۡمِهِمۡ شَـٰهِدِینَ ٧٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night], and We were witness to their judgement
The Cow 2:205
Noun
وَإِذَا تَوَلَّىٰ سَعَىٰ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِیُفۡسِدَ فِیهَا وَیُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡحَرۡثَ وَٱلنَّسۡلَۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا یُحِبُّ ٱلۡفَسَادَ ٢٠٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And when he goes away, he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and animals. And Allah does not like corruption
The Cow 2:223
Noun
نِسَاۤؤُكُمۡ حَرۡثࣱ لَّكُمۡ فَأۡتُوا۟ حَرۡثَكُمۡ أَنَّىٰ شِئۡتُمۡۖ وَقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعۡلَمُوۤا۟ أَنَّكُم مُّلَـٰقُوهُۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ٢٢٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Your wives are a place of sowing of seed for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth [righteousness] for yourselves. And fear Allah and know that you will meet Him. And give good tidings to the believers
The Cow 2:71
Noun
قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ یَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةࣱ لَّا ذَلُولࣱ تُثِیرُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَلَا تَسۡقِی ٱلۡحَرۡثَ مُسَلَّمَةࣱ لَّا شِیَةَ فِیهَاۚ قَالُوا۟ ٱلۡءَـٰنَ جِئۡتَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ یَفۡعَلُونَ ٧١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.' " They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it
مَثَلُ مَا یُنفِقُونَ فِی هَـٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡیَا كَمَثَلِ رِیحࣲ فِیهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتۡ حَرۡثَ قَوۡمࣲ ظَلَمُوۤا۟ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فَأَهۡلَكَتۡهُۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِنۡ أَنفُسَهُمۡ یَظۡلِمُونَ ١١٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
The example of what they spend in this worldly life is like that of a wind containing frost which strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves and destroys it. And Allah has not wronged them, but they wrong themselves
Derived Forms (10)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| حَرْثَ | ḥartha | Noun | 3× | |
| ٱلْحَرْثِ | lḥarthi | Noun | 2× | |
| ٱلْحَرْثَ | lḥartha | Noun | 2× | |
| حَرْثِكُمْ | ḥarthikum | Noun | 1× | |
| تَحْرُثُونَ | taḥruthuwna | Verb | 1× | |
| حَرْثِهِۦ | ḥarthihi | Noun | 1× | |
| وَحَرْثٌ | waḥarthun | Noun | 1× | |
| وَٱلْحَرْثِ | walḥarthi | Noun | 1× | |
| حَرْثَكُمْ | ḥarthakum | Noun | 1× | |
| حَرْثٌ | ḥarthun | Noun | 1× |