What does « Dahr » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word Dahr (دهر) in the Quran, with 2 verses in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.

دهر
Dahr
Root: د - ه - ر
Jurisprudence (fiqh) 2 verses

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of Dahr

Al-dahr: originally, the name for the world's duration from beginning to end.

Allah says: 'Is it not time (al-dahr) that destroys us?' (Al-Jâthiya: 24).

Disbelievers attributed death to time, denying resurrection.

Dahr in the Quran (2)

Meccan: 1 Medinan: 1
Distribution of verses by surah
Al-Jathiya 1
Al-Insan 1
Surah Al-Jathiya : 24 Meccan
﴿وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهْرُ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ﴾
And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.
Surah Al-Insan : 1 Medinan
﴿هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ حِينٌ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْـًٔا مَّذْكُورًا﴾
Has there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned?

Words from the same root as Dahr

بدر
Badr
برد
Brada
بره
Brah
جدر
Jdar
جرد
Jrad
جهد
Jahd
جهر
Jahr
حرد
Ḥard

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