Rizwan Zubair

Root ح ر ی ḥ-r-y

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ح ر یḥ-r-y

(ض) حَرٰى يَحْرِيْ حَرْيًاḥarā yaḥrī ḥaryan: to decrease, to diminish.

Form V (tafaʿʿul) تَحَرّٰى يَتَحَرّٰى تَحَرِّيًاtaḥarrā yataḥarrā taḥarriyan: to aim at something and seek it, especially the seeking of rectitude and the straight path — hence the term "تحرّيtḥrry". This root occurs only once in the Quran, and that in this verb form: ﴿فَمَنْ اَسْلَمَ فَاُولٰٓئِكَ تَحَرَّوْا رَشَدًا﴾ (Al-Jinn 72:14)

اَحْرٰىaḥrā: more worthy, more fitting.

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