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ج ح د Root j-ḥ-d in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 12 verses

Occurrences
12
Verses
12
Surahs
10 of 114
Words
1

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 ج ح د (j-ḥ-d) gives 1 word. It appears most in Al-'Ankabut (2), Fussilat (2), Al-An'am (1).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
جَحَدُverb12they reject, reject, they rejected

جَحَدُ 12 times

  • 6:33 · Al-An'amيَجْحَدُونَ they rejectWe 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.
  • 7:51 · Al-A'rafيَجْحَدُونَ they rejectWho took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded." So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for having rejected Our verses.
  • 11:59 · Hudجَحَدُوا۟ they rejectedAnd that was 'Aad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.
  • 16:71 · An-Nahlيَجْحَدُونَ they rejectAnd Allah has favored some of you over others in provision. But those who were favored would not hand over their provision to those whom their right hands possess so they would be equal to them therein. Then is it the favor of Allah they reject?
  • 27:14 · An-Namlوَجَحَدُوا۟ And they rejectedAnd they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof, out of injustice and haughtiness. So see how was the end of the corrupters.
  • 29:47 · Al-'Ankabutيَجْحَدُ rejectAnd thus We have sent down to you the Qur'an. And those to whom We [previously] gave the Scripture believe in it. And among these [people of Makkah] are those who believe in it. And none reject Our verses except the disbelievers.
  • 29:49 · Al-'Ankabutيَجْحَدُ rejectRather, the Qur'an is distinct verses [preserved] within the breasts of those who have been given knowledge. And none reject Our verses except the wrongdoers.
  • 31:32 · Luqmanيَجْحَدُ denyAnd when waves come over them like canopies, they supplicate Allah, sincere to Him in religion. But when He delivers them to the land, there are [some] of them who are moderate [in faith]. And none rejects Our signs except everyone treacherous and ungrateful.
  • 40:63 · Ghafirيَجْحَدُونَ rejectingThus were those [before you] deluded who were rejecting the signs of Allah.
  • 41:15 · Fussilatيَجْحَدُونَ denyAs for 'Aad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allah who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.
  • 41:28 · Fussilatيَجْحَدُونَ rejectThat is the recompense of the enemies of Allah - the Fire. For them therein is the home of eternity as recompense for what they, of Our verses, were rejecting.
  • 46:26 · Al-Ahqafيَجْحَدُونَ rejectingAnd We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allah; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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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