Discover the meaning of the term Kura (كرة) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readIt is a body enclosed by one surface, at its center a point, all lines issuing from it to it equal.
A body enclosed by a curved surface wherein may be set a point whose all straight lines issuing to it are equal: that point its center.
A solid form produced by erecting the semicircle’s diameter and rotating the semicircle till returning where started by motion (26/a). Said: a body enclosed by one surface.
A body enclosed by one surface, at its center a point, all lines issuing to it equal; return and coming at the force’s limit, said al-Hourali.
With fatha: the time and the whole in war; among muwallads, a hundred thousand. Al-koura: what is turned of a thing, every round body (root in waw); and I karaytou the earth and river: digging them.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةًۭ فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا۟ مِنَّا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَمَا هُم بِخَـٰرِجِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ « Those who followed will say, "If only we had another turn [at worldly life] so we could disassociate ourselves from them as they have disassociated themselves from us." Thus will Allah show them their deeds as regrets upon them. And they are never to emerge from the Fire. » [Surah البقرة : 167]
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًا « Then We gave back to you a return victory over them. And We reinforced you with wealth and sons and made you more numerous in manpower » [Surah الإسراء : 6]
فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِمْ أَن سَبِّحُوا۟ بُكْرَةًۭ وَعَشِيًّۭا « So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allah] in the morning and afternoon. » [Surah مريم : 11]
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا إِلَّا سَلَـٰمًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِيهَا بُكْرَةًۭ وَعَشِيًّۭا « They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon. » [Surah مريم : 62]
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةًۭ وَأَصِيلًۭا « And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon." » [Surah الفرقان : 5]
فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةًۭ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ « Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers... " » [Surah الشعراء : 102]
This term appears in 12 verses of the Quran.