ع ق ل Root ʿ-q-l in the Qur’an 49 occurrences in 49 verses

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عَقَلُ 49 times

• 2:44 · Al-Baqarahتَعْقِلُونَ you use reasonDo you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?
• 2:73 · Al-Baqarahتَعْقِلُونَ use your intellectSo, We said, "Strike the slain man with part of it." Thus does Allah bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason.
• 2:75 · Al-Baqarahعَقَلُوهُ they understood itDo you covet [the hope, O believers], that they would believe for you while a party of them used to hear the words of Allah and then distort the Torah after they had understood it while they were knowing?
• 2:76 · Al-Baqarahتَعْقِلُونَ understandAnd when they meet those who believe, they say, "We have believed"; but when they are alone with one another, they say, "Do you talk to them about what Allah has revealed to you so they can argue with you about it before your Lord?" Then will you not reason?
• 2:164 · Al-Baqarahيَعْقِلُونَ who use their intellectIndeed, 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.
• 2:170 · Al-Baqarahيَعْقِلُونَ understandAnd when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?
• 2:171 · Al-Baqarahيَعْقِلُونَ understandThe example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries cattle or sheep - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.
• 2:242 · Al-Baqarahتَعْقِلُونَ use your intellectThus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you might use reason.
• 3:65 · Ali 'Imranتَعْقِلُونَ you use your intellectO People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason?
• 3:118 · Ali 'Imranتَعْقِلُونَ (to use) reasonO you who have believed, do not take as intimates those other than yourselves, for they will not spare you [any] ruin. They wish you would have hardship. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater. We have certainly made clear to you the signs, if you will use reason.
• 5:58 · Al-Ma'idahيَعْقِلُونَ understandAnd when you call to prayer, they take it in ridicule and amusement. That is because they are a people who do not use reason.
• 5:103 · Al-Ma'idahيَعْقِلُونَ use reasonAllah has not appointed [such innovations as] bahirah or sa'ibah or wasilah or ham. But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allah, and most of them do not reason.
• 6:32 · Al-An'amتَعْقِلُونَ (will) you reasonAnd the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah, so will you not reason?
• 6:151 · Al-An'amتَعْقِلُونَ use reasonSay, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He commands] that you not associate anything with Him, and to parents, good treatment, and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them. And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason."
• 7:169 · Al-A'rafتَعْقِلُونَ you use intellectAnd there followed them successors who inherited the Scripture [while] taking the commodities of this lower life and saying, "It will be forgiven for us." And if an offer like it comes to them, they will [again] take it. Was not the covenant of the Scripture taken from them that they would not say about Allah except the truth, and they studied what was in it? And the home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allah, so will you not use reason?
• 8:22 · Al-Anfalيَعْقِلُونَ use (their) intellectIndeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason.
• 10:16 · Yunusتَعْقِلُونَ you use reasonSay, "If Allah had willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you, for I had remained among you a lifetime before it. Then will you not reason?"
• 10:42 · Yunusيَعْقِلُونَ use reasonAnd among them are those who listen to you. But can you cause the deaf to hear, although they will not use reason?
• 10:100 · Yunusيَعْقِلُونَ use reasonAnd it is not for a soul to believe except by permission of Allah, and He will place defilement upon those who will not use reason.
• 11:51 · Hudتَعْقِلُونَ you use reasonO my people, I do not ask you for it any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?
• 12:2 · Yusufتَعْقِلُونَ understandIndeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.
• 12:109 · Yusufتَعْقِلُونَ you use reasonAnd We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We revealed from among the people of cities. So have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? And the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah; then will you not reason?
• 13:4 · Ar-Ra'dيَعْقِلُونَ who use reasonAnd 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.
• 16:12 · An-Nahlيَعْقِلُونَ who use reasonAnd He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
• 16:67 · An-Nahlيَعْقِلُونَ who use reasonAnd from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines you take intoxicant and good provision. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who reason.
• 21:10 · Al-Anbyaتَعْقِلُونَ you use reasonWe have certainly sent down to you a Book in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?
• 21:67 · Al-Anbyaتَعْقِلُونَ you use reasonUff to you and to what you worship instead of Allah. Then will you not use reason?"
• 22:46 · Al-Hajjيَعْقِلُونَ (to) reasonSo have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.
• 23:80 · Al-Mu'minunتَعْقِلُونَ you reasonAnd it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?
• 24:61 · An-Nurتَعْقِلُونَ understandThere is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint nor upon yourselves when you eat from your [own] houses or the houses of your fathers or the houses of your mothers or the houses of your brothers or the houses of your sisters or the houses of your father's brothers or the houses of your father's sisters or the houses of your mother's brothers or the houses of your mother's sisters or [from houses] whose keys you possess or [from the house] of your friend. There is no blame upon you whether you eat together or separately. But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace upon each other - a greeting from Allah, blessed and good. Thus does Allah make clear to you the verses [of ordinance] that you may understand.

Also in 19 more places: 25:44, 26:28, 28:60, 29:35, 29:43, 29:63, 30:24, 30:28, 36:62, 36:68, 37:138, 39:43, 40:67, 43:3, 45:5, 49:4, 57:17, 59:14, 67:10

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.