س ر ي s-r-y
يَسْرِي
yasrī
(lit., to travel or move in a subtle way) to move/travel at night; a moving stream.
Definition
- 1يَسْرِيyasrīto move/travel at night7
- 2سَرِيًّاsariyyāa moving stream1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 8
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
يَسْرِي · أَسْرَى · أَسْرِ
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And [by] the night when it passes,
89:4draft glosses: 3 of 3
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ لَيْلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْأَقْصَا ٱلَّذِى بَٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ
Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
17:1draft glosses: 25 of 25
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
[Allah said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.
44:23draft glosses: 5 of 5
Sense 2
سَرِيًّا
فَنَادَىٰهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ أَلَّا تَحْزَنِى قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّۭا
But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.
19:24draft glosses: 10 of 10
Notes
ⓘsee Earth
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed