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ح ز ن Root ḥ-z-n in the Qur’an 42 occurrences in 42 verses

Occurrences
42
Verses
42
Surahs
25 of 114
Words
3

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 ح ز ن (ḥ-z-n) gives 3 words. It appears most in Al-Baqarah (6), Ali 'Imran (4), Yusuf (3).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
يَحْزُنverb37grieve, grieve you, you grieve
حَزَنnoun3sorrow, grief
حُزْنnoun2grief, my grief

يَحْزُن 37 times

  • 2:38 · Al-Baqarahيَحْزَنُونَ will grieveWe said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
  • 2:62 · Al-Baqarahيَحْزَنُونَ will grieveIndeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
  • 2:112 · Al-Baqarahيَحْزَنُونَ (will) grieveYes [on the contrary], whoever submits his face in Islam to Allah while being a doer of good will have his reward with his Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
  • 2:262 · Al-Baqarahيَحْزَنُونَ will grieveThose who spend their wealth in the way of Allah and then do not follow up what they have spent with reminders [of it] or [other] injury will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
  • 2:274 · Al-Baqarahيَحْزَنُونَ will grieveThose who spend their wealth [in Allah 's way] by night and by day, secretly and publicly - they will have their reward with their Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
  • 2:277 · Al-Baqarahيَحْزَنُونَ will grieveIndeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds and establish prayer and give zakah will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
  • 3:139 · Ali 'Imranتَحْزَنُوا۟ grieveSo do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers.
  • 3:153 · Ali 'Imranتَحْزَنُوا۟ you grieve[Remember] when you [fled and] climbed [the mountain] without looking aside at anyone while the Messenger was calling you from behind. So Allah repaid you with distress upon distress so you would not grieve for that which had escaped you [of victory and spoils of war] or [for] that which had befallen you [of injury and death]. And Allah is [fully] Acquainted with what you do.
  • 3:170 · Ali 'Imranيَحْزَنُونَ will grieveRejoicing in what Allah has bestowed upon them of His bounty, and they receive good tidings about those [to be martyred] after them who have not yet joined them - that there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
  • 3:176 · Ali 'Imranيَحْزُنكَ grieve youAnd 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.
  • 5:41 · Al-Ma'idahيَحْزُنكَ grieve youO 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.
  • 5:69 · Al-Ma'idahيَحْزَنُونَ will grieveIndeed, those who have believed [in Prophet Muhammad] and those [before Him] who were Jews or Sabeans or Christians - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
  • 6:33 · Al-An'amلَيَحْزُنُكَ grieves youWe know that you, [O Muhammad], are saddened by what they say. And indeed, they do not call you untruthful, but it is the verses of Allah that the wrongdoers reject.
  • 6:48 · Al-An'amيَحْزَنُونَ will grieveAnd We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. So whoever believes and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
  • 7:35 · Al-A'rafيَحْزَنُونَ will grieveO children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses, then whoever fears Allah and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
  • 7:49 · Al-A'rafتَحْزَنُونَ will grieve[Allah will say], "Are these the ones whom you [inhabitants of Hell] swore that Allah would never offer them mercy? Enter Paradise, [O People of the Elevations]. No fear will there be concerning you, nor will you grieve."
  • 9:40 · At-Tawbahتَحْزَنْ grieveIf you do not aid the Prophet - Allah has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us." And Allah sent down his tranquillity upon him and supported him with angels you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah - that is the highest. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
  • 10:62 · Yunusيَحْزَنُونَ will grieveUnquestionably, [for] the allies of Allah there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve
  • 10:65 · Yunusيَحْزُنكَ grieve youAnd let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, honor [due to power] belongs to Allah entirely. He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
  • 12:13 · Yusufلَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ it surely saddens me[Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."
  • 15:88 · Al-Hijrتَحْزَنْ grieveDo not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing to the believers
  • 16:127 · An-Nahlتَحْزَنْ grieveAnd be patient, [O Muhammad], and your patience is not but through Allah. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.
  • 19:24 · Maryamتَحْزَنِى grieveBut he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.
  • 20:40 · Ta-Haتَحْزَنَ ۚ she grieves[And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.
  • 21:103 · Al-Anbyaيَحْزُنُهُمُ will grieve themThey will not be grieved by the greatest terror, and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -
  • 27:70 · An-Namlتَحْزَنْ grieveAnd grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire.
  • 28:7 · Al-Qasasتَحْزَنِىٓ ۖ grieveAnd We inspired to the mother of Moses, "Suckle him; but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers."
  • 28:13 · Al-Qasasتَحْزَنَ she may grieveSo We restored him to his mother that she might be content and not grieve and that she would know that the promise of Allah is true. But most of the people do not know.
  • 29:33 · Al-'Ankabutتَحْزَنْ ۖ grieveAnd when Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed for them and felt for them great discomfort. They said, "Fear not, nor grieve. Indeed, we will save you and your family, except your wife; she is to be of those who remain behind.
  • 31:23 · Luqmanيَحْزُنكَ grieve youAnd whoever has disbelieved - let not his disbelief grieve you. To Us is their return, and We will inform them of what they did. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of that within the breasts.

Also in 7 more places: 33:51, 36:76, 39:61, 41:30, 43:68, 46:13, 58:10

حَزَن 3 times

  • 9:92 · At-Tawbahحَزَنًا (of) sorrowNor [is there blame] upon those who, when they came to you that you might give them mounts, you said, "I can find nothing for you to ride upon." They turned back while their eyes overflowed with tears out of grief that they could not find something to spend [for the cause of Allah].
  • 28:8 · Al-Qasasوَحَزَنًا ۗ and a griefAnd the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Haman and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.
  • 35:34 · Fatirٱلْحَزَنَ ۖ the sorrowAnd they will say, "Praise to Allah, who has removed from us [all] sorrow. Indeed, our Lord is Forgiving and Appreciative -

حُزْن 2 times

  • 12:84 · Yusufٱلْحُزْنِ the griefAnd he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.
  • 12:86 · Yusufوَحُزْنِىٓ and my griefHe said, "I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah, and I know from Allah that which you do not know.

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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