Qurrah
قرّة
Say it QUR-rah
Coolness of the eye
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- q-r-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Qurra, Kurra, Qurrah
Meaning & source
Coolness: from qurr, cold. Ibn Fāris reports the view that “may God cool his eye” (aqarra Allāhu ʿaynahu) comes from it, because a tear of joy is cool.
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وقولهم: أقَرَّ اللّهُ عينَه، زعم قومٌ أنَّه من هذا الباب، وأنَّ للسُّرورِ دَمعةً باردة، وللغمِّ دمعةً حارّة، ولذلك يقال لمن يُدعَى عليه: أسخَنَ اللّه عينَه.
Who carried this name
- Qurrah ibn Iyās al-Muzanī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 7116 (vol. 5, p. 330)