Skip to content
Quran Maqasid

مَرَّة

مرة in the Quran

Meaning: time

مرة occurs 21 times in 20 verses across 13 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
21
Verses
20
Surahs
13

مَرَّة

Noun · 20 times

Meaning: time · Also translated as: twice, once

Forms in the Quran

  • مَرَّةٍ ×13
  • مَّرَّتَيْنِ ×5
  • مَرَّتَانِ ×1
  • مَرَّٰتٍ ×1

مِرَّة

Noun · 1 time

Meaning: Possessor of soundness

Forms in the Quran

  • مِرَّةٍ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

المرور: المضي والاجتياز بالشيء. قال تعالى: وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿سحر مستمر﴾ [القمر: 2] قال الفراء: معناه باطل سيذهب، من قولك: استمر أمر فلان: إذا ثبت واستقر، وقال غيره: قوي محكم، من قولك: أمررت الحبل فهو مرير ممر إذا أحكمت فتله، ومنه قوله تعالى: ﴿ذو مرة فاستوى﴾ [النجم: 6] أي قوة، من الإمرار وقال آخرون: مستمر أي نافذ ماض فيما سخر له، وقوله تعالى: ﴿في يوم نحس مستمر﴾…

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

Verses with مرة

Verses 1–20 of 20

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    A divorce is only Permissible twice: after that, The parties should either hold Together on equitable terms, Or separate with kindness. It is not lawful for you, (Men), to take back Any of your gifts (from your wives) Except when both parties Fear that they would be Unable to keep the limits Ordained by God. If ye (judges) do indeed Fear that they would be Unable to keep the limits Ordained by God, There is no blame on either Of them if she give Something for her freedom. These are the limits Ordained by God; So do not transgress them If any do transgress The limits ordained by God, Such persons wrong (Themselves as well as others).

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:229
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And behold! ye come To Us bare and alone As We created you For the first time: Ye have left behind you All (the favours) which We bestowed on you: We see not with you Your intercessors Whom ye thought to be Partners in your affairs: So now all relations Between you have been Cut off, and your (pet) fancies Have left you in the lurch!

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:94
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    We (too) shall turn To (confusion) their hearts And their eyes, even as they Refused to believe in this In the first instance: We shall leave them In their trespasses, To wander in distraction.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:110
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    They are those with whom Thou didst make a covenant, But they break their covenant Every time, and they have not The fear (of God).

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:56
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Will ye not fight people Who violated their oaths, Plotted to expel the Apostle, And took the aggressive By being the first (to assault) you? Do ye fear them? Nay, It is God Whom ye should More justly fear, if ye believe!

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:13
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Whether thou ask For their forgiveness, Or not, (their sin is unforgivable): If thou ask seventy times For their forgiveness, God Will not forgive them: Because they have rejected God and His Apostle: and God Guideth not those Who are perversely rebellious.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:80
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    If, then, God bring thee back To any of them, and they ask Thy permission to come out (With thee), say: "Never shall ye Come out with me, nor fight An enemy with me: For ye preferred to sit Inactive on the first occasion: Then sit ye (now) With those who lag behind."

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:83
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Certain of the desert Arabs Round about you are Hypocrites, As well as (desert Arabs) among The Medina folk: they are Obstinate in hypocrisy: thou Knowest them not: We know them: Twice shall We punish them: And in addition shall they be Sent to a grievous Penalty.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:101
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    See they not that they Are tried every year Once or twice? Yet they Turn not in repentance, And they take no heed.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:126
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We gave (clear) warning To the Children of Israel In the Book, that twice Would they do mischief On the earth and be elated With mighty arrogance (And twice would they be punished)!

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:4
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    If ye did well, Ye did well for yourselves; If ye did evil, (Ye did it) against yourselves? So when the second Of the warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) To disfigure your faces, And to enter your Temple As they had entered it before, And to visit with destruction All that fell into their power.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:7
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Or created matter Which, in your minds, Is hardest (to be raised up), (Yet shall ye be raised up)!" Then will they say: "Who will cause us To return?" Say: "He Who created you first!" Then will they wag Their heads towards thee, And say, "When will That be?" Say, "May be It will be quite soon!

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:51
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    And they will be marshalled Before thy Lord in ranks, (With the announcement), "Now have ye come to Us (Bare) as We created you First: aye, ye thought We shall not fulfil The appointment made to you To meet (Us)!":

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:48
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And indeed We conferred A favour on thee Another time (before).

    Surah Taha, verse 20:37
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Let those whom your right hands Possess, and the (children) among you Who have not come of age Ask your permission (before They come to your presence), On three occasions: before Morning prayer; the while Ye doff your clothes For the noonday heat; And after the late-night prayer: These are your three times Of undress: outside those times It is not wrong for you Or for them to move about Attending to each other: Thus does God make clear The Signs to you: for God Is full of knowledge and wisdom.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:58
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    Twice will they be given Their reward, for that they Have persevered, that they avert Evil with Good, and that They spend (in charity) out of What We have given them.

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:54
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    But any of you that is Devout in the service of God and His Apostle, And works righteousness,— To her shall We grant Her reward twice: and We Have prepared for her A generous Sustenance.

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:31
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say, "He will give them Life Who created them For the first time! For He is well-versed In every kind of creation!

    Surah Ya-Sin, verse 36:79
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    They will say to their skins: "Why bear ye witness Against us?" They will say: "God hath given us speech,— (He) Who giveth speech To everything: He created You for the first time, And unto Him were ye To return.

    Surah Fussilat, verse 41:21
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Endued with Wisdom: For he appeared (In stately form)

    Surah An-Najm, verse 53:6