شجر
sh-j-r
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root شجر across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root شجر (shjr) primarily refers to trees, shrubs, or plants with a trunk/stem. It can also metaphorically denote a person's lineage or origin.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
sh-j-r
Listen:
شَجَرَتَهَآ
56:72
Root letters:
ش — ج — ر
Word Family Tree (18 forms)
All word forms derived from the root شجر as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 26×
Verb 1×
Concordance — 27 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root شجر appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (25) · Verb (1)
Noun (25 verses — showing first 5)
Abraham 14:24
Noun
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَیۡفَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلࣰا كَلِمَةࣰ طَیِّبَةࣰ كَشَجَرَةࣲ طَیِّبَةٍ أَصۡلُهَا ثَابِتࣱ وَفَرۡعُهَا فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ٢٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky
Abraham 14:26
Noun
وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِیثَةࣲ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِیثَةٍ ٱجۡتُثَّتۡ مِن فَوۡقِ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَا لَهَا مِن قَرَارࣲ ٢٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And the example of a bad word is like a bad tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, not having any stability
The Bee 16:10
Noun
هُوَ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰۖ لَّكُم مِّنۡهُ شَرَابࣱ وَمِنۡهُ شَجَرࣱ فِیهِ تُسِیمُونَ ١٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals]
The Bee 16:68
Noun
وَأَوۡحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحۡلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِی مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتࣰا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا یَعۡرِشُونَ ٦٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct
وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِۚ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلرُّءۡیَا ٱلَّتِیۤ أَرَیۡنَـٰكَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلۡمَلۡعُونَةَ فِی ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمۡ فَمَا یَزِیدُهُمۡ إِلَّا طُغۡیَـٰنࣰا كَبِیرࣰا ٦٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And [remember, O Muhammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people." And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur'an. And We threaten them, but it increases them not except in great transgression
Derived Forms (18)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ٱلشَّجَرَةِ | lshajarahi | Noun | 4× | |
| ٱلشَّجَرَةَ | lshajaraha | Noun | 3× | |
| وَٱلشَّجَرُ | walshajaru | Noun | 2× | |
| ٱلشَّجَرِ | lshajari | Noun | 2× | |
| شَجَرَةٍ | shajarahin | Noun | 2× | |
| كَشَجَرَةٍ | kashajarahin | Noun | 2× | |
| شَجَرَتَهَآ | shajaratahaā | Noun | 1× | |
| شَجَرٍ | shajarin | Noun | 1× | |
| شَجَرَتَ | shajarata | Noun | 1× | |
| شَجَرَةً | shajarahan | Noun | 1× |