How many times is Nuh (Noah) mentioned in the Qur’an?

What was counted

Most mentions: Hud (8), Ash-Shu'ara (3), Nuh (3), Al-A'raf (2), Al-Isra (2).

Every mention

• 3:33 · Ali 'Imranوَنُوحًۭا and NuhIndeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of 'Imran over the worlds -
• 4:163 · An-Nisaنُوحٍۢ NuhIndeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].
• 6:84 · Al-An'amوَنُوحًا And NuhAnd We gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the doers of good.
• 7:59 · Al-A'rafنُوحًا NuhWe had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day.
• 7:69 · Al-A'rafنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhThen do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature extensively. So remember the favors of Allah that you might succeed.
• 9:70 · At-Tawbahنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhHas there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] 'Aad and Thamud and the people of Abraham and the companions of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allah would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.
• 10:71 · Yunusنُوحٍ (of) NuhAnd recite to them the news of Noah, when he said to his people, "O my people, if my residence and my reminding of the signs of Allah has become burdensome upon you - then I have relied upon Allah. So resolve upon your plan and [call upon] your associates. Then let not your plan be obscure to you. Then carry it out upon me and do not give me respite.
• 11:25 · Hudنُوحًا NuhAnd We had certainly sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Indeed, I am to you a clear warner
• 11:32 · Hudيَـٰنُوحُ O NuhThey said, "O Noah, you have disputed us and been frequent in dispute of us. So bring us what you threaten us, if you should be of the truthful."
• 11:36 · Hudنُوحٍ NuhAnd it was revealed to Noah that, "No one will believe from your people except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by what they have been doing.
• 11:42 · Hudنُوحٌ and Nuh called outAnd it sailed with them through waves like mountains, and Noah called to his son who was apart [from them], "O my son, come aboard with us and be not with the disbelievers."
• 11:45 · Hudنُوحٌۭ And Nuh calledAnd Noah called to his Lord and said, "My Lord, indeed my son is of my family; and indeed, Your promise is true; and You are the most just of judges!"
• 11:46 · Hudيَـٰنُوحُ O NuhHe said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant."
• 11:48 · Hudيَـٰنُوحُ O NuhIt was said, "O Noah, disembark in security from Us and blessings upon you and upon nations [descending] from those with you. But other nations [of them] We will grant enjoyment; then there will touch them from Us a painful punishment."
• 11:89 · Hudنُوحٍ (the) people of NuhAnd O my people, let not [your] dissension from me cause you to be struck by that similar to what struck the people of Noah or the people of Hud or the people of Salih. And the people of Lot are not from you far away.
• 14:9 · Ibrahimنُوحٍۢ of NuhHas there not reached you the news of those before you - the people of Noah and 'Aad and Thamud and those after them? No one knows them but Allah. Their messengers brought them clear proofs, but they returned their hands to their mouths and said, "Indeed, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent, and indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."
• 17:3 · Al-Israنُوحٍ ۚ NuhO descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.
• 17:17 · Al-Israنُوحٍۢ ۗ NuhAnd how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Acquainted and Seeing.
• 19:58 · Maryamنُوحٍۢ NuhThose were the ones upon whom Allah bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel, and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping.
• 21:76 · Al-Anbyaوَنُوحًا And NuhAnd [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allah] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great flood.
• 22:42 · Al-Hajjنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhAnd if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and 'Aad and Thamud deny [their prophets],
• 23:23 · Al-Mu'minunنُوحًا NuhAnd We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"
• 25:37 · Al-Furqanنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhAnd the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.
• 26:105 · Ash-Shu'araنُوحٍ (of) NuhThe people of Noah denied the messengers
• 26:106 · Ash-Shu'araنُوحٌ NuhWhen their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?
• 26:116 · Ash-Shu'araيَـٰنُوحُ O NuhThey said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned."
• 29:14 · Al-'Ankabutنُوحًا NuhAnd We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.
• 33:7 · Al-Ahzabنُّوحٍۢ NuhAnd [mention, O Muhammad], when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant.
• 37:75 · As-Saffatنُوحٌۭ NuhAnd Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of responders.
• 37:79 · As-Saffatنُوحٍۢ Nuh"Peace upon Noah among the worlds."
• 38:12 · Sadنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhThe people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,
• 40:5 · Ghafirنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhThe people of Noah denied before them and the [disbelieving] factions after them, and every nation intended [a plot] for their messenger to seize him, and they disputed by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth. So I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.
• 40:31 · Ghafirنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhLike the custom of the people of Noah and of 'Aad and Thamud and those after them. And Allah wants no injustice for [His] servants.
• 42:13 · Ash-Shuraنُوحًۭا NuhHe has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and not be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allah is that to which you invite them. Allah chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him].
• 50:12 · Qafنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhThe people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud
• 51:46 · Adh-Dhariyatنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhAnd [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
• 53:52 · An-Najmنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhAnd the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.
• 54:9 · Al-Qamarنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhThe people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
• 57:26 · Al-Hadidنُوحًۭا NuhAnd We have already sent Noah and Abraham and placed in their descendants prophethood and scripture; and among them is he who is guided, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.
• 66:10 · At-Tahrimنُوحٍۢ (of) NuhAllah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."
• 71:1 · Nuhنُوحًا NuhIndeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
• 71:21 · Nuhنُوحٌۭ NuhNoah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.
• 71:26 · Nuhنُوحٌۭ NuhAnd Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

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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