ر أ ى r-'-a
رَأَى
raʾā
to see
Definition
- 1رَأَى / أَرَاهُraʾā / arāhuto see (in real life), or to show someone309
- 2بَادِيَ الرَّأْيbādiyar-raʾyat first sight with no insight (by the looks of things without thinking)1
- 3رَأَيْتُraʾaytuto see in a dream12
- 4يُرَاءُونyurāʾūnto show off, only to be seen by people5
- 5رِئْيًاriʾyadisplay, splendour for all to see1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 328
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
رَأَى · رَأَوْا · رَأَيْتَ · تَرَ · يَرَوْا · تَرَى · أَرَاهُ · أَرَيْنَا · أُرِي · يُرِيكُمْ · تَرَانِي
رَءَا كَوْكَبًۭا
… he saw a star.
6:76draft glosses: 2 of 2
وَأَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا الْعَذَابَ
And they will hide ˹their˺ regret when they see the torment.
10:54draft glosses: 5 of 5
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ
Have you not seen that Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth?
14:19draft glosses: 8 of 8
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍۢ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا
And even if they were to see every sign, they still would not believe in them.
7:146draft glosses: 7 of 7
وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةًۭ
And you see the earth lifeless …
22:5draft glosses: 3 of 3
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Then Mūsā showed him the great sign.
79:20draft glosses: 3 of 3
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَآ أُرِيكُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَرَىٰ
Pharaoh said ˹to his people˺, “I only show you what I see.”
40:29draft glosses: 7 of 7
وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ
And He shows you His signs.
2:73draft glosses: 2 of 2
قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِىٓ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِى
˹Mūsā˺ said, “My Lord! Reveal Yourself to me so I may see You.” ˹Allah˺ said, “You cannot see Me!”
7:143draft glosses: 8 of 8
يَرَوْنَهُم مِّثْلَيْهِمْ رَأْىَ ٱلْعَيْنِ
They saw them with their own eyes twice their number.
3:13draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 2
بَادِيَ الرَّأْي
بَادِىَ ٱلرَّأْىِ
… by the looks of it ˹without thinking˺.
11:27draft glosses: 2 of 2
Sense 3
رَأَيْتُ · أَرَى · أَرَانِي · الرُّؤْيَا
إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًۭا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَٰجِدِينَ
Indeed I dreamed of eleven stars, and the sun, and the moon—I saw them prostrating to me!
12:4draft glosses: 10 of 10
وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَٰتٍۢ سِمَانٍۢ
The King said, “I dreamed of seven fat cows.”
12:43draft glosses: 7 of 7
قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًۭا
One of them said, “I dreamed I was pressing wine.”
12:36draft glosses: 6 of 6
Sense 4
يُرَاءُونَ · رِئَاءَ
يُرَآءُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ
… only showing off to people.
4:142draft glosses: 2 of 2
كَٱلَّذِى يُنفِقُ مَالَهُۥ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ
… like the one who donates his wealth just to show off to people.
2:264draft glosses: 5 of 5
Sense 5
رِئْيًا
هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَٰثًۭا وَرِءْيًۭا
… they were far better in furnishings and splendour!
19:74draft glosses: 4 of 4
DawahAgent2026-06-10 · reviewed