ض ر ع ḍ-r-ʿ
تَضَرَّعَ
taḍarraʿa
to be humble; lowly thorny shrub eaten by people of Hell.
Definition
- 1تَضَرَّعُواtaḍarraʿūto be humble7
- 2ضَرِيعḍarīʿlowly thorny shrub1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 8
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
تَضَرَّعُوا · تَضَرُّعًا
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muhammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us].
6:42draft glosses: 11 of 11
قُلْ مَن يُنَجِّيكُم مِّن ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ تَدْعُونَهُۥ تَضَرُّعًۭا وَخُفْيَةًۭ لَّئِنْ أَنجَىٰنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ
Say, "Who rescues you from the darknesses of the land and sea [when] you call upon Him imploring [aloud] and privately, 'If He should save us from this [crisis], we will surely be among the thankful.' "
6:63draft glosses: 17 of 17
Sense 2
ضَرِيع
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
88:6draft glosses: 6 of 6
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed