ع ظ م Root ʿ-ẓ-m in the Qur’an 128 occurrences in 127 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

عَظِيم 107 times

• 2:7 · Al-Baqarahعَظِيمٌۭ greatAllah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.
• 2:49 · Al-Baqarahعَظِيمٌۭ greatAnd [recall] when We saved your forefathers from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
• 2:105 · Al-Baqarahٱلْعَظِيمِ [the] GreatNeither those who disbelieve from the People of the Scripture nor the polytheists wish that any good should be sent down to you from your Lord. But Allah selects for His mercy whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
• 2:114 · Al-Baqarahعَظِيمٌۭ greatAnd who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allah from being mentioned in His mosques and strive toward their destruction. It is not for them to enter them except in fear. For them in this world is disgrace, and they will have in the Hereafter a great punishment.
• 2:255 · Al-Baqarahٱلْعَظِيمُ the Most GreatAllah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.
• 3:74 · Ali 'Imranٱلْعَظِيمِ [the] greatHe selects for His mercy whom He wills. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
• 3:105 · Ali 'Imranعَظِيمٌۭ greatAnd do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them. And those will have a great punishment.
• 3:172 · Ali 'Imranعَظِيمٌ greatThose [believers] who responded to Allah and the Messenger after injury had struck them. For those who did good among them and feared Allah is a great reward -
• 3:174 · Ali 'Imranعَظِيمٍ greatSo they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
• 3:176 · Ali 'Imranعَظِيمٌ greatAnd do not be grieved, [O Muhammad], by those who hasten into disbelief. Indeed, they will never harm Allah at all. Allah intends that He should give them no share in the Hereafter, and for them is a great punishment.
• 3:179 · Ali 'Imranعَظِيمٌۭ greatAllah would not leave the believers in that [state] you are in [presently] until He separates the evil from the good. Nor would Allah reveal to you the unseen. But [instead], Allah chooses of His messengers whom He wills, so believe in Allah and His messengers. And if you believe and fear Him, then for you is a great reward.
• 4:13 · An-Nisaٱلْعَظِيمُ [the] greatThese are the limits [set by] Allah, and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger will be admitted by Him to gardens [in Paradise] under which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein; and that is the great attainment.
• 4:27 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatAllah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow [their] passions want you to digress [into] a great deviation.
• 4:40 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatIndeed, Allah does not do injustice, [even] as much as an atom's weight; while if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.
• 4:48 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًا tremendousIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly fabricated a tremendous sin.
• 4:54 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatOr do they envy people for what Allah has given them of His bounty? But we had already given the family of Abraham the Scripture and wisdom and conferred upon them a great kingdom.
• 4:67 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatAnd then We would have given them from Us a great reward.
• 4:73 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatBut if bounty comes to you from Allah, he will surely say, as if there had never been between you and him any affection. "Oh, I wish I had been with them so I could have attained a great attainment."
• 4:74 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا a greatSo let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter. And he who fights in the cause of Allah and is killed or achieves victory - We will bestow upon him a great reward.
• 4:93 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatBut 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.
• 4:95 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatNot equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujahideen, [who strive and fight] in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives. Allah has preferred the mujahideen through their wealth and their lives over those who remain [behind], by degrees. And to both Allah has promised the best [reward]. But Allah has preferred the mujahideen over those who remain [behind] with a great reward -
• 4:113 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatAnd if it was not for the favor of Allah upon you, [O Muhammad], and His mercy, a group of them would have determined to mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they will not harm you at all. And Allah has revealed to you the Book and wisdom and has taught you that which you did not know. And ever has the favor of Allah upon you been great.
• 4:114 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatNo good is there in much of their private conversation, except for those who enjoin charity or that which is right or conciliation between people. And whoever does that seeking means to the approval of Allah - then We are going to give him a great reward.
• 4:146 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatExcept for those who repent, correct themselves, hold fast to Allah, and are sincere in their religion for Allah, for those will be with the believers. And Allah is going to give the believers a great reward.
• 4:156 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًۭا greatAnd [We cursed them] for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander,
• 4:162 · An-Nisaعَظِيمًا greatBut those firm in knowledge among them and the believers believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you. And the establishers of prayer [especially] and the givers of zakah and the believers in Allah and the Last Day - those We will give a great reward.
• 5:9 · Al-Ma'idahعَظِيمٌۭ greatAllah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds [that] for them there is forgiveness and great reward.
• 5:33 · Al-Ma'idahعَظِيمٌ greatIndeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment,
• 5:41 · Al-Ma'idahعَظِيمٌۭ greatO Messenger, let them not grieve you who hasten into disbelief of those who say, "We believe" with their mouths, but their hearts believe not, and from among the Jews. [They are] avid listeners to falsehood, listening to another people who have not come to you. They distort words beyond their [proper] usages, saying "If you are given this, take it; but if you are not given it, then beware." But he for whom Allah intends fitnah - never will you possess [power to do] for him a thing against Allah. Those are the ones for whom Allah does not intend to purify their hearts. For them in this world is disgrace, and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment.
• 5:119 · Al-Ma'idahٱلْعَظِيمُ (the) greatAllah will say, "This is the Day when the truthful will benefit from their truthfulness." For them are gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allah being pleased with them, and they with Him. That is the great attainment.

Also in 77 more places: 6:15, 7:59, 7:116, 7:141, 8:28, 8:29, 8:68, 9:22, 9:63, 9:72, 9:89, 9:100, 9:101, 9:111, 9:129, 10:15, 10:64, 12:28, 14:6, 15:87, 16:94, 16:106, 17:40, 19:37, 21:76, 22:1, 23:86, 24:11, 24:14, 24:15, 24:16, 24:23, 26:63, 26:135, 26:156, 26:189, 27:23, 27:26, 28:79, 31:13, 33:29, 33:35, 33:53, 33:71, 37:60, 37:76, 37:107, 37:115, 38:67, 39:13, 40:9, 41:35, 42:4, 43:31, 44:57, 45:10, 46:21, 48:5, 48:10, 48:29, 49:3, 56:46, 56:74, 56:76, 56:96, 57:12, 57:21, 57:29, 61:12, 62:4, 64:9, 64:15, 68:4, 69:33, 69:52, 78:2, 83:5

عِظام 13 times

• 2:259 · Al-Baqarahٱلْعِظَامِ the bonesOr [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allah bring this to life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" The man said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones [of this donkey] - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allah is over all things competent."
• 17:49 · Al-Israعِظَـٰمًۭا bonesAnd they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"
• 17:98 · Al-Israعِظَـٰمًۭا bonesThat is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?"
• 23:14 · Al-Mu'minunعِظَـٰمًۭا (into) bonesThen We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.
• 23:14 · Al-Mu'minunٱلْعِظَـٰمَ the bonesThen We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.
• 23:35 · Al-Mu'minunوَعِظَـٰمًا and bonesDoes he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones that you will be brought forth [once more]?
• 23:82 · Al-Mu'minunوَعِظَـٰمًا and bonesThey said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
• 36:78 · Ya-Sinٱلْعِظَـٰمَ (to) the bonesAnd he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"
• 37:16 · As-Saffatوَعِظَـٰمًا and bonesWhen we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
• 37:53 · As-Saffatوَعِظَـٰمًا and bonesThat when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
• 56:47 · Al-Waqi'ahوَعِظَـٰمًا and bonesAnd they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
• 75:3 · Al-Qiyamahعِظَامَهُۥ his bonesDoes man think that We will not assemble his bones?
• 79:11 · An-Nazi'atعِظَـٰمًۭا bonesEven if we should be decayed bones?

أَعْظَم 3 times

• 9:20 · At-Tawbahأَعْظَمُ (are) greaterThe ones who have believed, emigrated and striven in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives are greater in rank in the sight of Allah. And it is those who are the attainers [of success].
• 57:10 · Al-Hadidأَعْظَمُ (are) greaterAnd why do you not spend in the cause of Allah while to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth? Not equal among you are those who spent before the conquest [of Makkah] and fought [and those who did so after it]. Those are greater in degree than they who spent afterwards and fought. But to all Allah has promised the best [reward]. And Allah, with what you do, is Acquainted.
• 73:20 · Al-Muzzammilوَأَعْظَمَ and greaterIndeed, your Lord knows, [O Muhammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allah determines [the extent of] the night and the day. He has known that you [Muslims] will not be able to do it and has turned to you in forgiveness, so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur'an. He has known that there will be among you those who are ill and others traveling throughout the land seeking [something] of the bounty of Allah and others fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite what is easy from it and establish prayer and give zakah and loan Allah a goodly loan. And whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allah. It is better and greater in reward. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

عَظْم 2 times

• 6:146 · Al-An'amبِعَظْمٍۢ ۚ with the boneAnd to those who are Jews We prohibited every animal of uncloven hoof; and of the cattle and the sheep We prohibited to them their fat, except what adheres to their backs or the entrails or what is joined with bone. [By] that We repaid them for their injustice. And indeed, We are truthful.
• 19:4 · Maryamٱلْعَظْمُ my bonesHe said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy.

يُعَظِّمْ 2 times

• 22:30 · Al-Hajjيُعَظِّمْ honorsThat [has been commanded], and whoever honors the sacred ordinances of Allah - it is best for him in the sight of his Lord. And permitted to you are the grazing livestock, except what is recited to you. So avoid the uncleanliness of idols and avoid false statement,
• 22:32 · Al-Hajjيُعَظِّمْ honorsThat [is so]. And whoever honors the symbols of Allah - indeed, it is from the piety of hearts.

يُعْظِمْ 1 time

• 65:5 · At-Talaqوَيُعْظِمْ and make greatThat is the command of Allah, which He has sent down to you; and whoever fears Allah - He will remove for him his misdeeds and make great for him his reward.

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.