How many times is Jahannam (Hell) mentioned in the Qur’an?

What was counted

Most mentions: At-Tawbah (8), An-Nisa (7), Al-Isra (5), Az-Zumar (4), Ali 'Imran (3).

Every mention

• 2:206 · Al-Baqarahجَهَنَّمُ ۚ (is) Hell And when it is said to him, "Fear Allah," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place.
• 3:12 · Ali 'Imranجَهَنَّمَ ۚ HellSay to those who disbelieve, "You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place."
• 3:162 · Ali 'Imranجَهَنَّمُ ۚ (is) hellSo is one who pursues the pleasure of Allah like one who brings upon himself the anger of Allah and whose refuge is Hell? And wretched is the destination.
• 3:197 · Ali 'Imranجَهَنَّمُ ۚ (is) hell [It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
• 4:55 · An-Nisaبِجَهَنَّمَ (is) HellAnd some among them believed in it, and some among them were averse to it. And sufficient is Hell as a blaze.
• 4:93 · An-Nisaجَهَنَّمُ (is) HellBut whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him and has cursed him and has prepared for him a great punishment.
• 4:97 · An-Nisaجَهَنَّمُ ۖ (in) Hell Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land." The angels will say, "Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?" For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination.
• 4:115 · An-Nisaجَهَنَّمَ ۖ (in) HellAnd whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
• 4:121 · An-Nisaجَهَنَّمُ (is) HellThe refuge of those will be Hell, and they will not find from it an escape.
• 4:140 · An-Nisaجَهَنَّمَ HellAnd it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them. Indeed Allah will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together -
• 4:169 · An-Nisaجَهَنَّمَ (to) HellExcept the path of Hell; they will abide therein forever. And that, for Allah, is [always] easy.
• 7:18 · Al-A'rafجَهَنَّمَ Hell[Allah] said, "Get out of Paradise, reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them - I will surely fill Hell with you, all together."
• 7:41 · Al-A'rafجَهَنَّمَ (the) HellThey will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
• 7:179 · Al-A'rafلِجَهَنَّمَ for HellAnd We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless.
• 8:16 · Al-Anfalجَهَنَّمُ ۖ (is) HellAnd whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company, has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allah, and his refuge is Hell - and wretched is the destination.
• 8:36 · Al-Anfalجَهَنَّمَ HellIndeed, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to avert [people] from the way of Allah. So they will spend it; then it will be for them a [source of] regret; then they will be overcome. And those who have disbelieved - unto Hell they will be gathered.
• 8:37 · Al-Anfalجَهَنَّمَ ۚ Hell[This is] so that Allah may distinguish the wicked from the good and place the wicked some of them upon others and heap them all together and put them into Hell. It is those who are the losers.
• 9:35 · At-Tawbahجَهَنَّمَ (of) HellThe Day when it will be heated in the fire of Hell and seared therewith will be their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, [it will be said], "This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard."
• 9:49 · At-Tawbahجَهَنَّمَ HellAnd among them is he who says, "Permit me [to remain at home] and do not put me to trial." Unquestionably, into trial they have fallen. And indeed, Hell will encompass the disbelievers.
• 9:63 · At-Tawbahجَهَنَّمَ (of) HellDo they not know that whoever opposes Allah and His Messenger - that for him is the fire of Hell, wherein he will abide eternally? That is the great disgrace.
• 9:68 · At-Tawbahجَهَنَّمَ (of) HellAllah has promised the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the disbelievers the fire of Hell, wherein they will abide eternally. It is sufficient for them. And Allah has cursed them, and for them is an enduring punishment.
• 9:73 · At-Tawbahجَهَنَّمُ ۖ (is) HellO Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.
• 9:81 · At-Tawbahجَهَنَّمَ (of) HellThose who remained behind rejoiced in their staying [at home] after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allah and disliked to strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of Allah and said, "Do not go forth in the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is more intensive in heat" - if they would but understand.
• 9:95 · At-Tawbahجَهَنَّمُ (is) HellThey will swear by Allah to you when you return to them that you would leave them alone. So leave them alone; indeed they are evil; and their refuge is Hell as recompense for what they had been earning.
• 9:109 · At-Tawbahجَهَنَّمَ ۗ (of) HellThen is one who laid the foundation of his building on righteousness [with fear] from Allah and [seeking] His approval better or one who laid the foundation of his building on the edge of a bank about to collapse, so it collapsed with him into the fire of Hell? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
• 11:119 · Hudجَهَنَّمَ HellExcept whom your Lord has given mercy, and for that He created them. But the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
• 13:18 · Ar-Ra'dجَهَنَّمُ ۖ (is) HellFor those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
• 14:16 · Ibrahimجَهَنَّمُ (is) HellBefore him is Hell, and he will be given a drink of purulent water.
• 14:29 · Ibrahimجَهَنَّمَ Hell[It is] Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the settlement.
• 15:43 · Al-Hijrجَهَنَّمَ HellAnd indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.
• 16:29 · An-Nahlجَهَنَّمَ (of) HellSo enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and how wretched is the residence of the arrogant.
• 17:8 · Al-Israجَهَنَّمَ Hell[Then Allah said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."
• 17:18 · Al-Israجَهَنَّمَ HellWhoever should desire the immediate - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.
• 17:39 · Al-Israجَهَنَّمَ HellThat is from what your Lord has revealed to you, [O Muhammad], of wisdom. And, [O mankind], do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished.
• 17:63 · Al-Israجَهَنَّمَ Hell[Allah] said, "Go, for whoever of them follows you, indeed Hell will be the recompense of you - an ample recompense.
• 17:97 · Al-Israجَهَنَّمُ ۖ (is) HellAnd whoever Allah guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection [fallen] on their faces - blind, dumb and deaf. Their refuge is Hell; every time it subsides We increase them in blazing fire.
• 18:100 · Al-Kahfجَهَنَّمَ HellAnd We will present Hell that Day to the Disbelievers, on display -
• 18:102 · Al-Kahfجَهَنَّمَ HellThen do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging.
• 18:106 · Al-Kahfجَهَنَّمُ Hell That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.
• 19:68 · Maryamجَهَنَّمَ HellSo by your Lord, We will surely gather them and the devils; then We will bring them to be present around Hell upon their knees.
• 19:86 · Maryamجَهَنَّمَ HellAnd will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst
• 20:74 · Ta-Haجَهَنَّمَ (is) HellIndeed, whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal - indeed, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live.
• 21:29 · Al-Anbyaجَهَنَّمَ ۚ (with) HellAnd whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him"- that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
• 21:98 · Al-Anbyaجَهَنَّمَ (of) HellIndeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allah are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.
• 23:103 · Al-Mu'minunجَهَنَّمَ HellBut those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.
• 25:34 · Al-Furqanجَهَنَّمَ HellThe ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.
• 25:65 · Al-Furqanجَهَنَّمَ ۖ (of) HellAnd those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;
• 29:54 · Al-'Ankabutجَهَنَّمَ HellThey urge you to hasten the punishment. And indeed, Hell will be encompassing of the disbelievers
• 29:68 · Al-'Ankabutجَهَنَّمَ HellAnd who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah or denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a [sufficient] residence for the disbelievers?
• 32:13 · As-Sajdahجَهَنَّمَ HellAnd if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together.
• 35:36 · Fatirجَهَنَّمَ (of) HellAnd for those who disbelieve will be the fire of Hell. [Death] is not decreed for them so they may die, nor will its torment be lightened for them. Thus do we recompense every ungrateful one.
• 36:63 · Ya-Sinجَهَنَّمُ (the) HellThis is the Hellfire which you were promised.
• 38:56 · Sadجَهَنَّمَ HellHell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.
• 38:85 · Sadجَهَنَّمَ Hell[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."
• 39:32 · Az-Zumarجَهَنَّمَ HellSo who is more unjust than one who lies about Allah and denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a residence for the disbelievers?
• 39:60 · Az-Zumarجَهَنَّمَ HellAnd on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied about Allah [with] their faces blackened. Is there not in Hell a residence for the arrogant?
• 39:71 · Az-Zumarجَهَنَّمَ HellAnd those who disbelieved will be driven to Hell in groups until, when they reach it, its gates are opened and its keepers will say, "Did there not come to you messengers from yourselves, reciting to you the verses of your Lord and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say, "Yes, but the word of punishment has come into effect upon the disbelievers.
• 39:72 · Az-Zumarجَهَنَّمَ (of) Hell[To them] it will be said, "Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and wretched is the residence of the arrogant."
• 40:49 · Ghafirجَهَنَّمَ (of) HellAnd those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."
• 40:60 · Ghafirجَهَنَّمَ HellAnd your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.

Also in 17 more places: 40:76, 43:74, 45:10, 48:6, 50:24, 50:30, 52:13, 55:43, 58:8, 66:9, 67:6, 72:15, 72:23, 78:21, 85:10, 89:23, 98:6

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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