What does « Wound / Injury » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word Wound / Injury (قرح) 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.

قرح

Wound / Injury

Root: ق - ر - ح

Creed (aqida) 2 verses

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of Wound / Injury

Al-Qarḥ and al-qurḥ refer to the wound.

The Almighty says: 'If a wound should touch you, a wound similar has touched the people' (Al-'Imran 140).

Al-qurḥ refers to physical pain.

Al-qarīḥ is the wounded one.

The wound of Uhud is mentioned here.

Wound / Injury in the Quran (2)

Meccan: 0 Medinan: 2

Surah Âl 'Imrân : 140 Medinan

﴿إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمْ شُهَدَآءَ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴾

If a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allah may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allah does not like the wrongdoers -

Surah Âl 'Imrân : 172 Medinan

﴿ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلْقَرْحُ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ﴾

Those [believers] who responded to Allah and the Messenger after injury had struck them. For those who did good among them and feared Allah is a great reward -