س خ ر s-kh-r
سَخِرَ / سَخَّرَ
sakhira / sakh-khara
(lit., to subject to)
Definition
- 1سَخِرَsakhirato subject someone to ridicule, making them a laughing stock; to make fun of, mock15
- 2سَخَّرَsakh-kharato subject something to someone, using it as a tool to benefit them26
- 3سَخَّرَهَاsakh-kharahato subject something against someone, using it as a tool to harm them; to unleash on1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 42
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
سَخِرَ · سَخِرُوا · يَسْخَرُ · يَسْخَرُونَ · تَسْخَرُوا · تَسْخَرُونَ · نَسْخَرُ · يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ · السَّاخِرِينَ · سِخْرِيًّا
سَخِرُوا مِنْهُ قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ
They mocked him. He said, "If you laugh at us now, we will 'soon' laugh at you just like you laugh 'at us'."
11:38draft glosses: 11 of 11
وَإِذَا رَأَوْا آيَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ
And whenever they see a sign, they make fun of it.
37:14draft glosses: 4 of 4
﴿ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ ﴾
... and I was one of those who mocked 'the truth'.
39:56
فَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا
... but you were 'busy' making fun of them.
23:110draft glosses: 2 of 2
Sense 2
سَخَّرَ · سَخَّرْنَا · سَخَّرْنَاهَا · الْمُسَخَّرِ · مُسَخَّرَات · مُسَخَّرَاتٌ · سُخْرِيًّا
وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ
And He has subjected for you the sun and the moon.
14:33draft glosses: 4 of 4
وَٱلسَّحَابِ ٱلْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
... and the clouds subjected between the heavens and the earth.
2:164draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَالنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَاتٌ بِأَمْرِهِ
And the stars have been subjected by His command.
16:12draft glosses: 3 of 3
لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًۭا سُخْرِيًّۭا
... so that some may employ others in service.
43:32draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 3
سَخَّرَهَا
﴿ سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ ﴾
He unleashed this 'bitter wind' on them for seven nights.
69:6
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