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Quran Maqasid

أَعْرَضَ

أعرض in the Quran

Meaning: turn away

أعرض occurs 32 times in 30 verses across 20 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
32
Verses
30
Surahs
20

أَعْرَضَ

Verb · 32 times

Meaning: turn away · Also translated as: he turns away, turns away, So turn, refrain

Forms in the Quran

  • أَعْرِضْ ×8
  • فَأَعْرِضْ ×7
  • وَأَعْرِضْ ×4
  • فَأَعْرِضُوا۟ ×3
  • أَعْرَضُوا۟ ×3
  • تُعْرِضُوا۟ ×1
  • تُعْرِضْ ×1
  • لِتُعْرِضُوا۟ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

العرض: خلاف الطول، وأصله أن يقال في الأجسام، ثم يستعمل في غيرها كما قال:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿وجنة عرضها السماوات والأرض﴾ [آل عمران: 133] العرض مقابل الطول، وإذا كان عرضها كذلك فما ظنك بطولها؟ وهو من باب التنبيه بالأدنى على الأعلى. ومثله في المعنى: ﴿بطائنها من استبرق﴾ [الرحمن: 54] فما ظنك بالظهارة؟ فإن العادة قاضية بأن الظهارة أنفس من البطانة. وأنشد للأعشى: [من الطويل]

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ع ر ض

Verses with أعرض

Verses 21–30 of 30

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    So turn away from them, And wait: they too Are waiting.

    Surah As-Sajdah, verse 32:30
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    But they turned away (From God), and We sent Against them the flood (Released) from the Dams, And We converted their two Garden (rows) into "gardens" Producing bitter fruit, And tamarisks, and some few (Stunted) Lote-trees.

    Surah Saba, verse 34:16
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Giving Good News And Admonition: yet most Of them turn away And so they hear not.

    Surah Fussilat, verse 41:4
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    But if they turn away, Say thou: "I have warned You of a stunning Punishment (As of thunder and lightning) Like that which (overtook) The ‘Ād and the Thamūd!"

    Surah Fussilat, verse 41:13
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    When We bestow favours On man, he turns away, And gets himself remote On his side (instead of' Coming to Us); and when Evil seizes him, (he comes) Full of prolonged prayer!

    Surah Fussilat, verse 41:51
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    If then they turn away, We have not sent thee As a guard over them. Thy duty is but to convey (The Message). And truly, When We give man A taste of a Mercy From ourselves, he doth Exult thereat, but When some ill happens To him, on account Of the deeds which His hands have sent forth, Truly then is man ungrateful!

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:48
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Therefore shun those who Turn away from Our Message And desire nothing but The life of this world.

    Surah An-Najm, verse 53:29
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    But if they see A Sign, they turn away, And say, "This is (But) transient magic."

    Surah Al-Qamar, verse 54:2
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    When the Prophet disclosed A matter in confidence To one of his consorts, And she then divulged it (To another), and God made it Known to him, he confirmed Part thereof and repudiated A part. Then when he Told her thereof, she said, "Who told thee this?" He said, "He told me Who knows and is well-acquainted (With all things)"

    Surah At-Tahrim, verse 66:3
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    "That We might try them By that (means). But if any turns away From the remembrance Of his Lord, He will Cause him to undergo A severe Penalty.

    Surah Al-Jinn, verse 72:17