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Arabic root

س-ر-ج

1 word from this root family

B1noun
سِرَاجٌ
sirāj

lamp / torch / illuminating light

Example
وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَاجًا وَقَمَرًا مُنِيرًا
wa-jaʿala fīhā sirājan wa-qamaran munīrā
And placed therein a lamp (the sun) and a luminous moon (25:61)
Grammar

Masculine noun. Plural: سُرُجٌ (suruj). Used for the sun (سِرَاجٌ وَهَّاجٌ, blazing lamp, 78:13). Also describes the Prophet: سِرَاجًا مُنِيرًا (33:46).

Culture

The Quran uses different words for light sources: the sun is a sirāj (lamp), while the moon has reflected nūr (light) — scientifically accurate imagery.