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ه و ن Root h-w-n in the Qur’an 26 occurrences in 26 verses

Occurrences
26
Verses
26
Surahs
19 of 114
Words
7

Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ه و ن (h-w-n) gives 7 words. It appears most in An-Nisa (4), Maryam (2), Al-Hajj (2).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
مُهِينadjective14humiliating
هُونnoun4humiliating, humiliation
هَيِّنnoun3easy for Me, easy, insignificant
أَهانَverb2Allah humiliates, humiliated me
أَهْوَنnoun1easier
مُهانnoun1humiliated
هَوْنnoun1humbleness

مُهِين 14 times

  • 2:90 · Al-Baqarahمُّهِينٌۭ humiliatingHow wretched is that for which they sold themselves - that they would disbelieve in what Allah has revealed through [their] outrage that Allah would send down His favor upon whom He wills from among His servants. So they returned having [earned] wrath upon wrath. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment.
  • 3:178 · Ali 'Imranمُّهِينٌۭ humiliatingAnd let not those who disbelieve ever think that [because] We extend their time [of enjoyment] it is better for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment.
  • 4:14 · An-Nisaمُّهِينٌۭ humiliatingAnd whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and transgresses His limits - He will put him into the Fire to abide eternally therein, and he will have a humiliating punishment.
  • 4:37 · An-Nisaمُّهِينًۭا humiliatingWho are stingy and enjoin upon [other] people stinginess and conceal what Allah has given them of His bounty - and We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment -
  • 4:102 · An-Nisaمُّهِينًۭا humiliatingAnd when you are among them and lead them in prayer, let a group of them stand [in prayer] with you and let them carry their arms. And when they have prostrated, let them be [in position] behind you and have the other group come forward which has not [yet] prayed and let them pray with you, taking precaution and carrying their arms. Those who disbelieve wish that you would neglect your weapons and your baggage so they could come down upon you in one [single] attack. But there is no blame upon you, if you are troubled by rain or are ill, for putting down your arms, but take precaution. Indeed, Allah has prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment.
  • 4:151 · An-Nisaمُّهِينًۭا humiliatingThose are the disbelievers, truly. And We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment.
  • 22:57 · Al-Hajjمُّهِينٌۭ humiliatingAnd they who disbelieved and denied Our signs - for those there will be a humiliating punishment.
  • 31:6 · Luqmanمُّهِينٌۭ humiliatingAnd of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
  • 33:57 · Al-Ahzabمُّهِينًۭا humiliatingIndeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.
  • 34:14 · Sabaٱلْمُهِينِ humiliatingAnd when We decreed for Solomon death, nothing indicated to the jinn his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.
  • 44:30 · Ad-Dukhanٱلْمُهِينِ the humiliatingAnd We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment -
  • 45:9 · Al-Jathiyahمُّهِينٌۭ humiliatingAnd when he knows anything of Our verses, he takes them in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
  • 58:5 · Al-Mujadilaمُّهِينٌۭ humiliatingIndeed, those who oppose Allah and His Messenger are abased as those before them were abased. And We have certainly sent down verses of clear evidence. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment.
  • 58:16 · Al-Mujadilaمُّهِينٌۭ humiliatingThey took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allah, and for them is a humiliating punishment.

هُون 4 times

  • 6:93 · Al-An'amٱلْهُونِ humiliatingAnd who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah or says, "It has been inspired to me," while nothing has been inspired to him, and one who says, "I will reveal [something] like what Allah revealed." And if you could but see when the wrongdoers are in the overwhelming pangs of death while the angels extend their hands, [saying], "Discharge your souls! Today you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation for what you used to say against Allah other than the truth and [that] you were, toward His verses, being arrogant."
  • 16:59 · An-Nahlهُونٍ humiliationHe hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.
  • 41:17 · Fussilatٱلْهُونِ humiliatingAnd as for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
  • 46:20 · Al-Ahqafٱلْهُونِ humiliatingAnd the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "You exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation because you were arrogant upon the earth without right and because you were defiantly disobedient."

هَيِّن 3 times

  • 19:9 · Maryamهَيِّنٌۭ (is) easy for Me[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.' "
  • 19:21 · Maryamهَيِّنٌۭ ۖ easyHe said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.' "
  • 24:15 · An-Nurهَيِّنًۭا (was) insignificantWhen you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allah, tremendous.

أَهانَ 2 times

  • 22:18 · Al-Hajjيُهِنِ Allah humiliatesDo you not see that to Allah prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified. And he whom Allah humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allah does what He wills.
  • 89:16 · Al-Fajrأَهَـٰنَنِ (has) humiliated meBut when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

أَهْوَن 1 time

  • 30:27 · Ar-Rumأَهْوَنُ (is) easierAnd it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest attribute in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

مُهان 1 time

  • 25:69 · Al-Furqanمُهَانًا humiliatedMultiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated -

هَوْن 1 time

  • 25:63 · Al-Furqanهَوْنًۭا (in) humblenessAnd the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,

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.

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