Skip to content
Quran Maqasid

اشْتَرَى

اشترى in the Quran

Meaning: exchange

اشترى occurs 21 times in 20 verses across 8 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
21
Verses
20
Surahs
8

اشْتَرَى

Verb · 21 times

Meaning: exchange · Also translated as: bought, purchased, to barter, which they have sold

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ×6
  • يَشْتَرُونَ ×4
  • تَشْتَرُوا۟ ×3
  • ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ ×2
  • لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ ×1
  • وَيَشْتَرُونَ ×1
  • وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟ ×1
  • نَشْتَرِى ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الشراء والبيع يتلازمان، فالمشتري دافع الثمن، وآخذ المثمن، والبائع دافع المثمن، وآخذ الثمن. هذا إذا كانت المبايعة والمشاراة بناض وسلعة، فأما إذا كانت بيع سلعة بسلعة صح أن يتصور كل واحد منهما مشتريا وبائعا، ومن هذا الوجه صار لفظ البيع والشراء يستعمل كل واحد منهما في موضع الآخر. وشريت بمعنى بعت أكثر، وابتعت بمعنى اشتريت…

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الشين والراء والحرف المعتل أصول ثلاثة: أحدها يدل على تعارض من الاثنين في أمرين أخذا وإعطاء مماثلة، والآخر نبت، والثالث هيج في الشيء وعلو.

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس
The full entries on the root ش ر ي

Verses with اشترى

Verses 1–20 of 20

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their traffic is profitless, And they have lost true direction,

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:16
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    And believe in what I reveal, Confirming the revelation Which is with you, And be not the first to reject Faith therein, nor sell My Signs For a small price; and fear Me, And Me alone.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:41
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then woe to those who write The Book with their own hands, And then say: "This is from God," To traffic with it For a miserable price!— Woe to them for what their hands Do write, and for the gain They make thereby.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:79
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    These are the people who buy The life of this world at the price Of the Hereafter: their penalty Shall not be lightened Nor shall they be helped.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:86
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Miserable is the price For which they have sold Their souls, in that they Deny (the revelation) Which God has sent down, In insolent envy that God Of His Grace should send it To any of His servants He pleases: Thus have they drawn On themselves Wrath upon Wrath. And humiliating is the punishment Of those who reject Faith.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:90
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    They followed what the evil ones Gave out (falsely) Against the power Of Solomon: the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but The evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such things As came down at Babylon To the angels Hārūt and Mārūt. But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We are only for trial; So do not blaspheme." They learned from them The means to sow discord Between man and wife. But they could not thus Harm anyone except By God's permission. And they learned what harmed them, Not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers Of (magic) would have No share in the happiness Of the Hereafter. And vile Was the price for which They did sell their souls, If they but knew!

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:102
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who conceal God's revelations in the Book, And purchase for them A miserable profit,— They swallow into themselves Naught but Fire; God will not address them On the Day of Resurrection, Nor purify them: Grievous will be Their Penalty.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:174
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    They are the ones Who buy Error In place of Guidance And Torment in place Of Forgiveness. Ah! what boldness (They show) for the Fire!

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:175
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    As for those who sell The faith they owe to God And their own plighted word For a small price, They shall have no portion In the Hereafter: Nor will God (Deign to) speak to them Or look at them On the Day of Judgment, Nor will He cleanse them (Of sin): they shall have A grievous Penalty.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:77
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who purchase Unbelief at the price Of faith, Not the least harm Will they do to God, But they will have A grievous punishment.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:177
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    And remember God took a Covenant From the People of the Book, To make it known And clear to mankind, And not to hide it; But they threw it away Behind their backs, And purchased with it Some miserable gain! And vile was the bargain They made!

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:187
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    And there are, certainly, Among the People of the Book, Those who believe in God, In the revelation to you, And in the revelation to them, Bowing in humility to God: They will not sell The Signs of God For a miserable gain! For them is a reward With their Lord, And God is swift in account.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:199
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those Who were given a portion Of the Book? They traffic In error, and wish that ye Should lose the right path.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:44
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    It was We who revealed The Law (to Moses): therein Was guidance and light.' By its standard have been judged The Jews, by the Prophets Who bowed (as in Islam) To God's Will, by the Rabbis And the Doctors of Law: For to them was entrusted The protection of God's Book, And they were witnesses thereto: Therefore fear not men, But fear Me, and sell not My Signs for a miserable price. If any do fail to judge By (the light of) what God Hath revealed, they are (No better than) Unbelievers.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:44
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! When death approaches Any of you, (take) witnesses Among yourselves when making Bequests,—two just men Of your own (brotherhood) Or others from outside If ye are journeying Through the earth, And the chance of death Befalls you (thus). If ye doubt (their truth), Detain them both After prayer, and let them both Swear by God: "We wish not in this For any worldly gain, Even though the (beneficiary) Be our near relation: We shall hide not The evidence before God: If we do, then behold! The sin be upon us!"

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:106
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Signs of God have they sold For a miserable price, And (many) have they hindered From His Way: evil indeed Are the deeds they have done.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:9
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    God hath purchased of the Believers Their persons and their goods; For theirs (in return) Is the Garden (of Paradise): They fight in His Cause, And slay and are slain: A promise binding on Him In Truth, through the Law, The Gospel, and the Qur-ān: And who is more faithful To his Covenant than God? Then rejoice in the bargain Which ye have concluded: That is the achievement supreme.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:111
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    The man in Egypt Who bought him, said To his wife: "Make his stay (Among us) honourable: Maybe he will bring us Much good, or we shall Adopt him as a son." Thus did We establish Joseph in the land, That We might teach him The interpretation of stories (And events). And God Hath full power and control Over His affairs; but most Among mankind know it not.

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:21
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nor sell the Covenant of God For a miserable price: For with God is (a prize) Far better for you, If ye only knew.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:95
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    But there are, among men, Those who purchase idle tales,' Without knowledge (or meaning), To mislead (men) from the Path Of God and throw ridicule (On the Path): for such There will be a humiliating Penalty.

    Surah Luqman, verse 31:6