ف خ ر f-kh-r
ف خ ر
f-kh-r
(lit., pottery that makes noise but is empty from inside - hence, to glorify oneself)
Definition
- 1تَفَاخُرtafā-khurboasting, self-glorification5
- 2فَخَّارfakh-khārpottery1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 6
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
تَفَاخُر · فَخُور · فَخُورًا · فَخُورٍ
وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ بَيْنَكُمْ
... and boasting with one another.
57:20draft glosses: 2 of 2
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍۢ فَخُورٍۢ
Surely Allah does not like whoever is arrogant, boastful.
31:18draft glosses: 7 of 7
Sense 2
الْفَخَّار
خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ
He created humankind from 'sounding' clay like pottery.
55:14draft glosses: 5 of 5
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed