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Fa-Ra-Ra
to flee, run away/off, escape, fleeing, flight, act of fleeing/running away.
mafarr
refuge, shift, place of refuge.
farra
vb. (1) perf. act.
26:21
فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْما ً وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
Fafarartu Minkum Lammā Khiftukum Fawahaba Lī Rabbī Ĥukmāan Wa Ja`alanī Mina Al-Mursalīna
"So I ran away from you all, for I feared you. So my Lord granted me judgment, and made me of the messengers."
33:16
قُلْ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ الْفِرَارُ إِنْ فَرَرْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ أَوِ الْقَتْلِ وَإِذا ً لاَ تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلاَّ قَلِيلا ً
Qul Lan Yanfa`akumu Al-Firāru 'In Farartum Mina Al-Mawti 'Awi Al-Qatli Wa 'Idhāan Lā Tumatta`ūna 'Illā Qalīlāan
Say: It will not benefit you to flee away from death or from being killed, for you will only have the enjoyment for a short while.
74:51
فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَة ٍ
Farrat Min Qaswarahin
Running from the lion.
impf. act.
62:8
قُلْ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ الَّذِي تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّه ُُ مُلاَقِيكُمْ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَى عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Qul 'Inna Al-Mawta Al-Ladhī Tafirrūna Minhu Fa'innahu Mulāqīkum Thumma Turaddūna 'Ilá `Ālimi Al-Ghaybi Wa Ash-Shahādati Fayunabbi'ukum Bimā Kuntum Ta`malūna
Say: The death that you are fleeing from, it will come to find you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of all secrets and declarations, then He will inform you of everything you had done.
80:34
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
Yawma Yafirru Al-Mar'u Min 'Akhīhi
The Day when a person will run from his brother.
impv.
51:50
فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِير ٌ مُبِين ٌ
Fafirrū 'Ilá Allāhi 'Innī Lakum Minhu Nadhīrun Mubīnun
So turn towards God. I am to you from Him a clear warner.
n.vb.
18:18
وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظا ً وَهُمْ رُقُود ٌ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِط ٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَصِيدِ لَوِ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارا ً وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبا ً
Wa Taĥsabuhum 'Ayqāžāan Wa Hum Ruqūdun Wa Nuqallibuhum Dhāta Al-Yamīni Wa Dhāta Ash-Shimāli Wa Kalbuhum Bāsiţun Dhirā`ayhi Bil-Waşīdi Lawi Aţţala`ta `Alayhim Lawallayta Minhum Firārāan Wa Lamuli'ta Minhum Ru`bāan
And you would think they are awake while they are asleep. And We turn them on the right-side and on the left-side, and their dog has his arms outstretched at the threshold. If you looked upon them you would have run away from them and you would have been filled with terror from them!
33:13
وَإِذْ قَالَتْ طَائِفَة ٌ مِنْهُمْ يَاأَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لاَ مُقَامَ لَكُمْ فَارْجِعُوا وَيَسْتَأْذِنُ فَرِيق ٌ مِنْهُمُ النَّبِيَّ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوْرَة ٌ وَمَا هِيَ بِعَوْرَة ٍ إِنْ يُرِيدُونَ إِلاَّ فِرَارا ً
Wa 'Idh Qālat Ţā'ifatun Minhum Yā 'Ahla Yathriba Lā Muqāma Lakum Fārji`ū Wa Yasta'dhinu Farīqun Minhumu An-Nabīya Yaqūlūna 'Inna Buyūtanā `Awratun Wa Mā Hiya Bi`awratin 'In Yurīdūna 'Illā Firārāan
And a group of them said: O people of Yathrib, there is no station for you, so come back. And a small party of them sought permission from the prophet, saying: Our homes are exposed, while they were not exposed. They just wanted to flee.
33:16
قُلْ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ الْفِرَارُ إِنْ فَرَرْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ أَوِ الْقَتْلِ وَإِذا ً لاَ تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلاَّ قَلِيلا ً
Qul Lan Yanfa`akumu Al-Firāru 'In Farartum Mina Al-Mawti 'Awi Al-Qatli Wa 'Idhāan Lā Tumatta`ūna 'Illā Qalīlāan
Say: It will not benefit you to flee away from death or from being killed, for you will only have the enjoyment for a short while.
71:6
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلاَّ فِرَارا ً
Falam Yazid/hum Du`ā'ī 'Illā Firārāan
"But my calling only drove them away!"
mafarr
n.m.
75:10
يَقُولُ الإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
Yaqūlu Al-'Insānu Yawma'idhin 'Ayna Al-Mafarru
Man will say on that Day: Where can I escape!
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