د ر أ d-r-ʾ
يَدْرَؤُ
yadraʾu
(lit., to push away); to avert, push away.
Definition
- 1يَدْرَؤُyadraʾuto avert, repel, push away5
Total uses in the Qur’an: 5
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
يَدْرَؤُ · يَدْرَءُونَ · ادْرَءُوا · تَدَارَأْتُمْ
وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ عَنْهَا ٱلْعَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ
... and for the punishment to be averted from her, she must swear four times by Allah.
24:8draft glosses: 11 of 11
وَٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ سِرًّۭا وَعَلَانِيَةًۭ وَيَدْرَءُونَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ
And they repel evil with good.
13:22draft glosses: 19 of 19
ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ وَقَعَدُوا۟ لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا۟ قُلْ فَٱدْرَءُوا۟ عَنْ أَنفُسِكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Say, “Push death away from yourselves then.”
3:168draft glosses: 16 of 16
وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًۭا فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ فِيهَا وَٱللَّهُ مُخْرِجٌۭ مَّا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ
This is when someone was killed and you threw the guilt at each other.
2:72draft glosses: 10 of 10
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed