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عُمُر

عمر in the Quran

Meaning: the life

عمر occurs 12 times in 11 verses across 10 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
12
Verses
11
Surahs
10

عُمُر

Noun · 7 times

Meaning: the life · Also translated as: a lifetime, the age, age, your life

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْعُمُرِ ×4
  • عُمُرًا ×1
  • عُمُرِكَ ×1
  • عُمُرِهِۦٓ ×1

عَمَرُ

Verb · 4 times

Meaning: they maintain · Also translated as: will maintain, and built it, they have built it

Forms in the Quran

  • يَعْمُرُوا۟ ×1
  • يَعْمُرُ ×1
  • وَعَمَرُوهَآ ×1
  • عَمَرُوهَا ×1

عَمْر

Noun · 1 time

Meaning: By your life

Forms in the Quran

  • لَعَمْرُكَ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

العمارة: نقيض الخراب: يقال: عمر أرضه:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿لعمرك إنهم لفي سكرتهم﴾ [الحج:72] العمر: الحياة، والمعني أنه تعالى أقسم بحياة نبيه لعزته عليه. والعمر والعمر -فتحا وضما- واحد غير أنه متى اتصل بلام الابتداء مقسما به وجب فتح عينه، وإلا جاز الأمران. وقال الهروي: فإذا استعمل في القسم فالفتح لا غير. ولا بد أن يكون مع اللام. ويقال: عمرك بنصب الجلالة وعمرك. على…

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

Verses with عمر

Verses 1–11 of 11

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is not for such As join gods with God, To visit or maintain The mosques of God While they witness Against their own souls To infidelity. The works Of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell.

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

    The mosques of God Shall be visited and maintained By such as believe in God And the Last Day, establish Regular prayers, and practise Regular charity, and fear None (at all) except God. It is they who are expected To be on true guidance!

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

    Say: "If God had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it To you, nor would He Have made it known to you. A whole life-time before this Have I tarried amongst you: Will ye not then understand?

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:16
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), In their wild intoxication, They wander in distraction, To and fro.

    Surah Al-Hijr, verse 15:72
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is God Who creates you And takes your souls at death; And of you there are Some who are sent back To a feeble age, so that They know nothing after Having known (much): For God is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:70
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nay, We gave the good things Of this life to these men And their fathers until The period grew long for them; See they not that We Gradually reduce the land (In their control) from Its outlying borders? Is it Then they who will win?

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:44
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    O mankind! if ye have A doubt about the Resurrection, (Consider) that We created you Out of dust, then out of Sperm, then out of a leech-like Clot, then out of a morsel Of flesh, partly formed And partly unformed, in order That We may manifest (Our power) to you; And We cause whom We will To rest in the wombs For an appointed term, Then do We bring you out As babes, then (foster you) That ye may reach your age Of full strength; and some Of you are called to die, And some are sent back To the feeblest old age, So that they know nothing After having known (much), And (further), thou seest The earth barren and lifeless, But when We pour down Rain on it, it is stirred (To life), it swells, And it puts forth every kind Of beautiful growth (in pairs).

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:5
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    (Pharaoh) said: "Did we not Cherish thee as a child Among us, and didst thou not Stay in our midst Many years of thy life?

    Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 26:18
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    But We raised up (new) Generations, and long were the ages That passed over them; But thou wast not a dweller Among the people of Madyan, Rehearsing Our Signs to them; But it is We Who send Apostles (with inspiration).

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:45
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do they not travel Through the earth, and see What was the End Of those before them? They were superior to them In strength: they tilled The soil and populated it In greater numbers than these Have done: there came to them Their apostles with Clear (Signs), (Which they rejected, to their Own destruction): it was not God who wronged them, but They wronged their own souls.

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:9
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    And God did create You from dust; Then from a sperm-drop; Then He made you In pairs. And no female Conceives, or lays down (Her load), but with His Knowledge. Nor is a man Long-lived granted length Of days, nor is a part Cut off from his life, But is in a Decree (Ordained). All this Is easy to God.

    Surah Fatir, verse 35:11