How many times is Iblis mentioned in the Qur’an?

What was counted

Most mentions: Al-Hijr (2), Sad (2), Al-Baqarah (1), Al-A'raf (1), Al-Isra (1).

Every mention

• 2:34 · Al-Baqarahإِبْلِيسَ IblisAnd [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.
• 7:11 · Al-A'rafإِبْلِيسَ IblisAnd We have certainly created you, [O Mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of those who prostrated.
• 15:31 · Al-Hijrإِبْلِيسَ IblisExcept Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated.
• 15:32 · Al-Hijrيَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ O Iblis[Allah] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"
• 17:61 · Al-Israإِبْلِيسَ IblisAnd [mention] when We said to the angles, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He said, "Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?"
• 18:50 · Al-Kahfإِبْلِيسَ IblisAnd [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.
• 20:116 · Ta-Haإِبْلِيسَ IblisAnd [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees; he refused.
• 26:95 · Ash-Shu'araإِبْلِيسَ (of) IblisAnd the soldiers of Iblees, all together.
• 34:20 · Sabaإِبْلِيسُ IblisAnd Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers.
• 38:74 · Sadإِبْلِيسَ IblisExcept Iblees; he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.
• 38:75 · Sadيَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ O Iblis[Allah] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands? Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"

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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