Quran Vocabulary

أثر

Athr

Athar (trace): what indicates the existence of something. One says 'athar' and 'aththara', plural 'âthâr'. Allah says: 'Then We sent Our messengers in...

21 verses

أثل

Athl

Allah says: 'With bitter fruit, tamarisks (athl), and a few sparse lote-trees' (Saba': 16). Al-athl: a tree with firm roots. A 'muta'aththil' tree is ...

1 verse

أخذ

Akhdh

Al-akhdh (taking): seizing something and possessing it. Allah says: 'Take what We have given you' (Al-Baqara: 63). Akhdh is used for taking something ...

30 verses

ألف

Alf

Al-alf (thousand): a number. Plural 'âlâf'. Allah says: 'Better than a thousand months' (Al-Qadr: 3), 'In a day whose measure is a thousand years' (As...

19 verses

أيك

Ayk

Al-ayka (the thicket): a grove of dense trees, plural 'ayak'. Allah says: 'The dwellers of the thicket (ashâb al-ayka)' (Al-Hijr: 78, Ash-Shu'arâ': 17...

2 verses

إلى

Ilā

Ilâ: a particle that delimits the endpoint of the six directions. 'Alawtu fi al-amr' means: I fell short in the matter. Allah says: 'Then complete the...

30 verses

بدا

Bdā

Badâ al-shay' buduwwan wa badâ'an: the thing appeared clearly. Allah says: 'There appeared to them (badâ lahum) what they had been concealing' (Az-Zum...

21 verses

برج

Brj

Al-burj (tower): tall and visible construction. Plural 'burûj'. Allah says: 'By the sky with constellations (burûj)' (Al-Burûj: 1). The burûj are star...

6 verses

بسق

Bsq

Allah says: 'And tall palm trees (bâsiqât) with fruit arranged in layers' (Qâf: 10). Bâsiqât means: tall, lofty. Al-busûq refers to height and elevati...

1 verse

بغي

Bghy

Al-baghy (transgression): exceeding the limit of right. Baghâ: he transgressed. Allah says: 'Except one who is forced without being a transgressor (bâ...

30 verses

تجر

Tjr

At-tijâra (trade): buying and selling for profit. Tâjir: merchant. Allah says: 'A trade (tijâra) that will never perish' (Fâtir: 29). Trade with Allah...

8 verses

تخذ

Tkhdh

Takhidha: synonym of 'akhadha' (to take). This dialectal form appears in some Quranic readings. It means to take, adopt, choose. The meaning is identi...

30 verses

توراة

Twrāa

Al-Tawrât (the Torah): the tâ' is transformed therein. Its origin comes from 'al-wary'. Its structure according to the Kufans is 'taf'ila', according ...

16 verses

ثخن

Thkhn

One says 'thakhuna al-shay'' (the thing thickened) when it becomes thick and no longer flows. Allah says: 'Until he has thoroughly subdued (yuthkhina)...

2 verses

ثلث

Thlth

Ath-thuluth (third): one part of three. Allah says: 'In two-thirds (thuluthay) of the night' (Al-Muzzammil: 20). Thalâtha: three. Thâlith: third. Tath...

28 verses

ثمد

Thmd

Thamûd: some say it is a foreign name, others that it is Arabic. It is indeclinable because it is a tribe or land name. Those who decline it make it a...

25 verses

جاس

Jās

Allah says: 'They went through (jâsû) the homes' (Al-Isrâ': 5). That is: they traversed them and went back and forth among them. This resembles 'jâzû'...

1 verse

حنجر

Ḥnjr

Allah says: 'Near the throats (al-hanâjir), suppressing' (Ghâfir: 18). And: 'The hearts reached the throats (al-hanâjir)' (Al-Ahzâb: 10). Al-hanâjir: ...

2 verses

حيد

Ḥyd

Allah says: 'That is what you were fleeing (tahîd)' (Qâf: 19). That is: what you avoided and distanced yourself from. Death is what man flees his whol...

1 verse

حين

Ḥyn

Al-hîn: the time of reaching and achieving something. Its meaning is vague and becomes specific through addition. Allah says: 'Until a time (hîn)' (Yû...

30 verses

خذ

Khdh

Allah says: 'Take (khudh) what I have given you and be among the grateful' (Al-A'râf: 144). Akhadha: to take, seize. Allah commanded Moses to take the...

1 verse

خرط

Khrṭ

Allah says: 'We will brand him on the snout (al-khurtûm)' (Al-Qalam: 16). Al-khurtûm: the nose, snout. Being branded on the nose is permanent humiliat...

1 verse

خرق

Khrq

Al-kharq: tearing something so as to corrupt it. Allah says: 'You have made a hole (kharaqtahâ) to drown its passengers' (Al-Kahf: 71). Khidr made a h...

3 verses

خزن

Khzn

Al-khazn: keeping something in a treasury (khizâna), then used for all preservation. Allah says: 'And there is nothing whose treasuries (khazâ'in) are...

13 verses

خفى

Khfā

Khafiya al-shay' khufyatan: the thing became hidden. Allah says: 'Call upon your Lord in secret (khufyatan)' (Al-A'râf: 55). Secret invocation is more...

30 verses

خلد

Khld

Al-khulûd: the thing being free from corruption and remaining in its state. Allah says: 'Dwelling therein eternally (khâlidîn)' (Al-Baqara: 25). Etern...

30 verses

خمط

Khmṭ

Al-khamt: thornless tree. Some say it is the arâk tree. Al-khamta is the drink. Allah says: 'Fruit of bitter lote trees (khamt)' (Saba': 16). The peop...

1 verse

خيط

Khyṭ

Al-khayt (thread): known, plural 'khuyût'. One says 'khittu al-thawb' (I sewed the garment). Allah says: 'Until the white thread becomes distinct from...

2 verses

درس

Drs

Darasa al-dâr: traces of the dwelling remain. Remaining traces implies fading. One also says 'darastu al-'ilm' (I studied knowledge). Allah says: 'And...

6 verses

دمع

Dmʿ

Allah says: 'They turned away, their eyes overflowing with tears (tafîdu min al-dam')' (At-Tawba: 92). Al-dam': tears. Poor believers wept at being un...

2 verses

دهر

Dhr

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...

2 verses

ذرو

Dhrw

Dhirwat al-sanâm wa dhurâhu: the top of the camel's hump. Hence one says something is at its peak. Allah says about wind: 'The scattering winds (dhâri...

2 verses

ربط

Rbṭ

Rabt al-faras: tying the horse to a place to keep it. Hence: 'ribât' (guard post), and 'murâbata' (stationing at frontiers). Allah says: 'We strengthe...

5 verses

رسا

Rsā

One says 'rasâ al-shay' yarsû' (the thing became stable). Arsâhu ghayruhû (another stabilized it). Allah says: 'And the mountains, He anchored them (a...

14 verses

رعى

RʿĀ

Al-ra'y: originally, keeping an animal, either by feeding or guiding it. Al-râ'î: the shepherd. Allah says: 'They were pasturing (yar'awna) their floc...

9 verses

رقم

Rqm

Al-raqm: thick writing. Also said to be the dotting of writing. Allah says: 'A numbered book (marqum)' (Al-Mutaffifîn: 9). The sinners' book is marked...

3 verses

ركس

Rks

Al-raks: turning something on its head, returning its beginning to its end. Allah says: 'And Allah has reversed them (arkasahum) because of what they ...

2 verses

رمى

Rmā

Al-ramy is said of physical objects like arrow and stone, and of words like accusation. Allah says: 'When you threw (ramayta), it was not you who thre...

7 verses

زال

Zāl

Zâla al-shay' yazûlu zawâlan: the thing left the state it was in. Allah says: 'Allah holds the heavens and earth lest they cease (tazûlâ)' (Fâtir: 41)...

2 verses

زرب

Zrb

Al-zarâbî: plural of 'zurb', a type of thick carpet. Allah says: 'And carpets (zarâbiyyu) spread out' (Al-Ghâshiya: 16). Paradise carpets are sumptuou...

1 verse

زين

Zyn

Az-zina al-haqiqiyya: true adornment is what does not disgrace a person in any situation, neither in this world nor in the Hereafter. Nothing is such ...

30 verses

سال

Sāl

Sala ash-shay yasilu: the thing flowed. Asaltuhu ana: I made it flow. The Almighty says: 'We made flow for him a spring of copper' (Saba 12) for Solom...

30 verses

سحل

Sḥl

The Almighty says: 'let the sea cast it onto the bank' (Ta-Ha 39). As-sahil: the seashore where waves push things. The root evokes rubbing and smoothi...

1 verse

سدر

Sdr

As-sidr: a tree of little food value. That is why the Almighty says: 'and thorny sidr trees' (Saba 16) to describe degradation. But also: 'near the Lo...

4 verses

سرح

Srḥ

As-sarh: a tree that bears fruit. Sarrahtu al-ibil: I let the camels graze freely. The Almighty says: 'when you bring them in for the evening and when...

5 verses

سرق

Srq

As-sariqa: taking what one has no right to take in secret. In religious law this became the name for stealing a certain amount from a protected place....

7 verses

سطح

Sṭḥ

As-sath: the top of the house. One says: I made a roof for the house, I flattened it. The instrument for flattening is al-misataha. The Almighty says:...

1 verse

سقط

Sqṭ

As-suqut: throwing something, either from a high place to a low one like falling from a roof, or from a noble place to a vile one like loss of esteem....

8 verses

سنن

Snn

As-sinn: the tooth, known to all, plural asnan. The Almighty says: 'a tooth for a tooth' (Al-Ma'ida 45) in the law of retaliation. As-sunna: the estab...

15 verses

شبه

Shbh

Ash-shibh, ash-shabah and ash-shabih: their reality is resemblance from a meaning perspective. One says: I resembled him. The Almighty says: 'it appea...

9 verses