How many times is Pharaoh (Fir‘awn) mentioned in the Qur’an?

What was counted

Most mentions: Al-A'raf (9), Ghafir (9), Al-Qasas (8), Yunus (6), Ash-Shu'ara (6).

Every mention

• 2:49 · Al-Baqarahفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunAnd [recall] when We saved your forefathers from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
• 2:50 · Al-Baqarahفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunAnd [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.
• 3:11 · Ali 'Imranفِرْعَوْنَ (of) Firaun[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied Our signs, so Allah seized them for their sins. And Allah is severe in penalty.
• 7:103 · Al-A'rafفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunThen We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were unjust toward them. So see how was the end of the corrupters.
• 7:104 · Al-A'rafيَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ O FiraunAnd Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds
• 7:109 · Al-A'rafفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunSaid the eminent among the people of Pharaoh, "Indeed, this is a learned magician
• 7:113 · Al-A'rafفِرْعَوْنَ (to) FiraunAnd the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, "Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant."
• 7:123 · Al-A'rafفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunSaid Pharaoh, "You believed in him before I gave you permission. Indeed, this is a conspiracy which you conspired in the city to expel therefrom its people. But you are going to know.
• 7:127 · Al-A'rafفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunAnd the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said," Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."
• 7:130 · Al-A'rafفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunAnd We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.
• 7:137 · Al-A'rafفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunAnd We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.
• 7:141 · Al-A'rafفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunAnd [recall, O Children of Israel], when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, [who were] afflicting you with the worst torment - killing your sons and keeping your women alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
• 8:52 · Al-Anfalفِرْعَوْنَ ۙ (of) Firaun[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allah, so Allah seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and severe in penalty.
• 8:54 · Al-Anfalفِرْعَوْنَ ۙ (of) Firaun[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh. And all [of them] were wrongdoers.
• 8:54 · Al-Anfalفِرْعَوْنَ ۚ (of) Firaun[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh. And all [of them] were wrongdoers.
• 10:75 · Yunusفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunThen We sent after them Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his establishment with Our signs, but they behaved arrogantly and were a criminal people
• 10:79 · Yunusفِرْعَوْنُ And Firaun saidAnd Pharaoh said, "Bring to me every learned magician."
• 10:83 · Yunusفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunBut no one believed Moses, except [some] youths among his people, for fear of Pharaoh and his establishment that they would persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was haughty within the land, and indeed, he was of the transgressors
• 10:83 · Yunusفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunBut no one believed Moses, except [some] youths among his people, for fear of Pharaoh and his establishment that they would persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was haughty within the land, and indeed, he was of the transgressors
• 10:88 · Yunusفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunAnd Moses said, "Our Lord, indeed You have given Pharaoh and his establishment splendor and wealth in the worldly life, our Lord, that they may lead [men] astray from Your way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment."
• 10:90 · Yunusفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunAnd We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims."
• 11:97 · Hudفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunTo Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.
• 11:97 · Hudفِرْعَوْنَ ۖ (the) command of FiraunTo Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.
• 11:97 · Hudفِرْعَوْنَ (the) command of FiraunTo Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.
• 14:6 · Ibrahimفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunAnd [recall, O Children of Israel], when Moses said to His people, "Remember the favor of Allah upon you when He saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who were afflicting you with the worst torment and were slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
• 17:101 · Al-Israفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunAnd We had certainly given Moses nine evident signs, so ask the Children of Israel [about] when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, "Indeed I think, O Moses, that you are affected by magic."
• 17:102 · Al-Israيَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ O Firaun[Moses] said, "You have already known that none has sent down these [signs] except the Lord of the heavens and the earth as evidence, and indeed I think, O Pharaoh, that you are destroyed."
• 20:24 · Ta-Haفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunGo to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed."
• 20:43 · Ta-Haفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunGo, both of you, to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
• 20:60 · Ta-Haفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunSo Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses].
• 20:78 · Ta-Haفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunSo Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,
• 20:79 · Ta-Haفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunAnd Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].
• 23:46 · Al-Mu'minunفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunTo Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.
• 26:11 · Ash-Shu'araفِرْعَوْنَ ۚ (of) FiraunThe people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allah?"
• 26:16 · Ash-Shu'araفِرْعَوْنَ (to) FiraunGo to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,
• 26:23 · Ash-Shu'araفِرْعَوْنُ Firaun saidSaid Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
• 26:41 · Ash-Shu'araلِفِرْعَوْنَ to FiraunAnd when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"
• 26:44 · Ash-Shu'araفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunSo they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."
• 26:53 · Ash-Shu'araفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunThen Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers
• 27:12 · An-Namlفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunAnd put your hand into the opening of your garment [at the breast]; it will come out white without disease. [These are] among the nine signs [you will take] to Pharaoh and his people. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."
• 28:3 · Al-Qasasوَفِرْعَوْنَ and FiraunWe recite to you from the news of Moses and Pharaoh in truth for a people who believe.
• 28:4 · Al-Qasasفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunIndeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.
• 28:6 · Al-Qasasفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunAnd establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Haman and their soldiers through them that which they had feared.
• 28:8 · Al-Qasasفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunAnd the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Haman and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.
• 28:8 · Al-Qasasفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunAnd the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Haman and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.
• 28:9 · Al-Qasasفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunAnd the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.
• 28:32 · Al-Qasasفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunInsert your hand into the opening of your garment; it will come out white, without disease. And draw in your arm close to you [as prevention] from fear, for those are two proofs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his establishment. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."
• 28:38 · Al-Qasasفِرْعَوْنُ And Firaun saidAnd Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Haman, [a fire] upon the clay and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."
• 29:39 · Al-'Ankabutوَفِرْعَوْنَ and FiraunAnd [We destroyed] Qarun and Pharaoh and Haman. And Moses had already come to them with clear evidences, and they were arrogant in the land, but they were not outrunners [of Our punishment].
• 38:12 · Sadوَفِرْعَوْنُ and FiraunThe people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,
• 40:24 · Ghafirفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunTo Pharaoh, Haman and Qarun; but they said, "[He is] a magician and a liar."
• 40:26 · Ghafirفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunAnd Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption in the land."
• 40:28 · Ghafirفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunAnd a believing man from the family of Pharaoh who concealed his faith said, "Do you kill a man [merely] because he says, 'My Lord is Allah' while he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? And if he should be lying, then upon him is [the consequence of] his lie; but if he should be truthful, there will strike you some of what he promises you. Indeed, Allah does not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar.
• 40:29 · Ghafirفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunO my people, sovereignty is yours today, [your being] dominant in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of Allah if it came to us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of right conduct."
• 40:36 · Ghafirفِرْعَوْنُ FiraunAnd Pharaoh said, "O Haman, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways -
• 40:37 · Ghafirلِفِرْعَوْنَ to FiraunThe ways into the heavens - so that I may look at the deity of Moses; but indeed, I think he is a liar." And thus was made attractive to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was averted from the [right] way. And the plan of Pharaoh was not except in ruin.
• 40:37 · Ghafirفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunThe ways into the heavens - so that I may look at the deity of Moses; but indeed, I think he is a liar." And thus was made attractive to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was averted from the [right] way. And the plan of Pharaoh was not except in ruin.
• 40:45 · Ghafirفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunSo Allah protected him from the evils they plotted, and the people of Pharaoh were enveloped by the worst of punishment -
• 40:46 · Ghafirفِرْعَوْنَ (of) FiraunThe Fire, they are exposed to it morning and evening. And the Day the Hour appears [it will be said], "Make the people of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment."
• 43:46 · Az-Zukhrufفِرْعَوْنَ FiraunAnd certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

Also in 14 more places: 43:51, 44:17, 44:31, 50:13, 51:38, 54:41, 66:11, 66:11, 69:9, 73:15, 73:16, 79:17, 85:18, 89:10

How we count

Each Qur’an word built on the words above counts once, in any form (singular, dual or plural, with or without prefixes such as wa- or al-). Counts published elsewhere often differ because they count different forms or phrases. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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