The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Quran Dictionary

أ ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي

The triliteral root hamza sīn rā (أ س ر) occurs six times in the Quran, in three derived forms:

once as the form I verb tasiru (تَأْسِرُ)
once as the noun asr (أَسْر)
four times as the noun asīr (أَسِير)

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Verb (form I) - to take captive

(33:26:15) watasirūna

and you took captive

وَقَذَفَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ فَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَأْسِرُونَ

Noun - form

(76:28:4) asrahum

their forms

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَاهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ

Noun - captive, prisoner of war

(2:85:17) usārā	(as) captives	وَإِنْ يَأْتُوكُمْ أُسَارَىٰ تُفَادُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ
(8:67:7) asrā	prisoners of war	مَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ أَسْرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يُثْخِنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ
(8:70:8) l-asrā	the captives	يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِمَنْ فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ مِنَ الْأَسْرَىٰ
(76:8:7) wa-asīran	and (the) captive	وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا

Quran Dictionary - أ س ر

Verb (form I) - to take captive

Noun - form

Noun - captive, prisoner of war

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