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

What was counted

Most mentions: Hud (4), Al-Baqarah (3), Ar-Ra'd (3), Al-Kahf (3), Al-Qamar (3).

Every mention

• 2:22 · Al-Baqarahمَآءًۭ water[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].
• 2:74 · Al-Baqarahٱلْمَآءُ ۚ [the] waterThen your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder. For indeed, there are stones from which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that split open and water comes out, and there are some of them that fall down for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.
• 2:164 · Al-Baqarahمَّآءٍۢ waterIndeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allah has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use reason.
• 4:43 · An-Nisaمَآءًۭ waterO you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying or in a state of janabah, except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]. And if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and your hands [with it]. Indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
• 5:6 · Al-Ma'idahمَآءًۭ waterO you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janabah, then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allah does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
• 6:99 · Al-An'amمَآءًۭ waterAnd it is He who sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby the growth of all things. We produce from it greenery from which We produce grains arranged in layers. And from the palm trees - of its emerging fruit are clusters hanging low. And [We produce] gardens of grapevines and olives and pomegranates, similar yet varied. Look at [each of] its fruit when it yields and [at] its ripening. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
• 7:50 · Al-A'rafٱلْمَآءِ (some) waterAnd the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, "Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allah has provided you." They will say, "Indeed, Allah has forbidden them both to the disbelievers."
• 7:57 · Al-A'rafٱلْمَآءَ the waterAnd it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby [some] of all the fruits. Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.
• 8:11 · Al-Anfalمَآءًۭ water[Remember] when He overwhelmed you with drowsiness [giving] security from Him and sent down upon you from the sky, rain by which to purify you and remove from you the evil [suggestions] of Satan and to make steadfast your hearts and plant firmly thereby your feet.
• 10:24 · Yunusكَمَآءٍ (is) like (the) waterThe example of [this] worldly life is but like rain which We have sent down from the sky that the plants of the earth absorb - [those] from which men and livestock eat - until, when the earth has taken on its adornment and is beautified and its people suppose that they have capability over it, there comes to it Our command by night or by day, and We make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.
• 11:7 · Hudٱلْمَآءِ the waterAnd it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic."
• 11:43 · Hudٱلْمَآءِ ۚ the water[But] he said, "I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the water." [Noah] said, "There is no protector today from the decree of Allah, except for whom He gives mercy." And the waves came between them, and he was among the drowned.
• 11:44 · Hudمَآءَكِ your waterAnd it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and the ship came to rest on the [mountain of] Judiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people."
• 11:44 · Hudٱلْمَآءُ the waterAnd it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and the ship came to rest on the [mountain of] Judiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people."
• 13:4 · Ar-Ra'dبِمَآءٍۢ with waterAnd within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise, watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
• 13:14 · Ar-Ra'dٱلْمَآءِ waterTo Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus]. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e. futility].
• 13:17 · Ar-Ra'dمَآءًۭ waterHe sends down from the sky, rain, and valleys flow according to their capacity, and the torrent carries a rising foam. And from that [ore] which they heat in the fire, desiring adornments and utensils, is a foam like it. Thus Allah presents [the example of] truth and falsehood. As for the foam, it vanishes, [being] cast off; but as for that which benefits the people, it remains on the earth. Thus does Allah present examples.
• 14:16 · Ibrahimمَّآءٍۢ waterBefore him is Hell, and he will be given a drink of purulent water.
• 14:32 · Ibrahimمَآءًۭ waterIt is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and sent down rain from the sky and produced thereby some fruits as provision for you and subjected for you the ships to sail through the sea by His command and subjected for you the rivers.
• 15:22 · Al-Hijrمَآءًۭ waterAnd We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.
• 16:10 · An-Nahlمَآءًۭ ۖ waterIt is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].
• 16:65 · An-Nahlمَآءًۭ waterAnd Allah has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen.
• 18:29 · Al-Kahfبِمَآءٍۢ with waterAnd say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.
• 18:41 · Al-Kahfمَآؤُهَا its waterOr its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it."
• 18:45 · Al-Kahfكَمَآءٍ like waterAnd present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.
• 20:53 · Ta-Haمَآءًۭ water[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.
• 21:30 · Al-Anbyaٱلْمَآءِ [the] waterHave those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?
• 22:5 · Al-Hajjٱلْمَآءَ waterO People, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.
• 22:63 · Al-Hajjمَآءًۭ waterDo you not see that Allah has sent down rain from the sky and the earth becomes green? Indeed, Allah is Subtle and Acquainted.
• 23:18 · Al-Mu'minunمَآءًۢ waterAnd We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.
• 24:39 · An-Nurمَآءً (to be) waterBut those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allah before Him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allah is swift in account.
• 24:45 · An-Nurمَّآءٍۢ ۖ waterAllah has created every [living] creature from water. And of them are those that move on their bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs, and of them are those that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.
• 25:48 · Al-Furqanمَآءًۭ waterAnd it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy, and We send down from the sky pure water
• 25:54 · Al-Furqanٱلْمَآءِ the waterAnd it is He who has created from water a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].
• 27:60 · An-Namlمَآءًۭ water[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].
• 28:23 · Al-Qasasمَآءَ (to the) waterAnd when he came to the well of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women driving back [their flocks]. He said, "What is your circumstance?" They said, "We do not water until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks]; and our father is an old man."
• 29:63 · Al-'Ankabutمَآءًۭ waterAnd if you asked them, "Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?" they would surely say " Allah." Say, "Praise to Allah "; but most of them do not reason.
• 30:24 · Ar-Rumمَآءًۭ waterAnd of His signs is [that] He shows you the lightning [causing] fear and aspiration, and He sends down rain from the sky by which He brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that are signs for a people who use reason.
• 31:10 · Luqmanمَآءًۭ waterHe created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.
• 32:8 · As-Sajdahمَّآءٍۢ waterThen He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained.
• 32:27 · As-Sajdahٱلْمَآءَ waterHave they not seen that We drive the water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?
• 35:27 · Fatirمَآءًۭ waterDo you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors? And in the mountains are tracts, white and red of varying shades and [some] extremely black.
• 39:21 · Az-Zumarمَآءًۭ waterDo you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.
• 41:39 · Fussilatٱلْمَآءَ waterAnd of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.
• 43:11 · Az-Zukhrufمَآءًۢ waterAnd who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -
• 47:15 · Muhammadمَّآءٍ waterIs the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered, rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord, like [that of] those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines?
• 47:15 · Muhammadمَآءً waterIs the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered, rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord, like [that of] those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines?
• 50:9 · Qafمَآءًۭ waterAnd We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest
• 54:11 · Al-Qamarبِمَآءٍۢ with waterThen We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
• 54:12 · Al-Qamarٱلْمَآءُ the water(s)And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
• 54:28 · Al-Qamarٱلْمَآءَ the waterAnd inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
• 56:31 · Al-Waqi'ahوَمَآءٍۢ And waterAnd water poured out
• 56:68 · Al-Waqi'ahٱلْمَآءَ the waterAnd have you seen the water that you drink?
• 67:30 · Al-Mulkمَآؤُكُمْ your waterSay, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"
• 67:30 · Al-Mulkبِمَآءٍۢ waterSay, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"
• 69:11 · Al-Haqqahٱلْمَآءُ the waterIndeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
• 72:16 · Al-Jinnمَّآءً waterAnd [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant provision
• 77:20 · Al-Mursalatمَّآءٍۢ a waterDid We not create you from a liquid disdained?
• 77:27 · Al-Mursalatمَّآءًۭ water And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.
• 78:14 · An-Nabaمَآءًۭ waterAnd sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

Also in 3 more places: 79:31, 80:25, 86:6

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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