ج ه ل Root j-h-l in the Qur’an 24 occurrences in 24 verses

Words from this root

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

جاهِل 10 times

• 2:67 · Al-Baqarahٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ the ignorantAnd [recall] when Moses said to his people, "Indeed, Allah commands you to slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you take us in ridicule?" He said, "I seek refuge in Allah from being among the ignorant."
• 2:273 · Al-Baqarahٱلْجَاهِلُ the ignorant one[Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allah, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant [person] would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their [characteristic] sign. They do not ask people persistently [or at all]. And whatever you spend of good - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it.
• 6:35 · Al-An'amٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ the ignorantAnd if their evasion is difficult for you, then if you are able to seek a tunnel into the earth or a stairway into the sky to bring them a sign, [then do so]. But if Allah had willed, He would have united them upon guidance. So never be of the ignorant.
• 7:199 · Al-A'rafٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ the ignorantTake what is given freely, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant.
• 11:46 · Hudٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ the ignorantHe said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant."
• 12:33 · Yusufٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ the ignorantHe said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and [thus] be of the ignorant."
• 12:89 · Yusufجَـٰهِلُونَ ignorantHe said, "Do you know what you did with Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant?"
• 25:63 · Al-Furqanٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ the ignorant onesAnd 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,
• 28:55 · Al-Qasasٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ the ignorantAnd when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."
• 39:64 · Az-Zumarٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ ignorant onesSay, [O Muhammad], "Is it other than Allah that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?"

يَجْهَلُ 5 times

• 6:111 · Al-An'amيَجْهَلُونَ (are) ignorantAnd even if We had sent down to them the angels [with the message] and the dead spoke to them [of it] and We gathered together every [created] thing in front of them, they would not believe unless Allah should will. But most of them, [of that], are ignorant.
• 7:138 · Al-A'rafتَجْهَلُونَ ignorantAnd We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.
• 11:29 · Hudتَجْهَلُونَ ignorantAnd O my people, I ask not of you for it any wealth. My reward is not but from Allah. And I am not one to drive away those who have believed. Indeed, they will meet their Lord, but I see that you are a people behaving ignorantly.
• 27:55 · An-Namlتَجْهَلُونَ ignorantDo you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."
• 46:23 · Al-Ahqafتَجْهَلُونَ ignorantHe said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allah, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."

جاهِلِيَّة 4 times

• 3:154 · Ali 'Imranٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖ (of) [the] ignoranceThen after distress, He sent down upon you security [in the form of] drowsiness, overcoming a faction of you, while another faction worried about themselves, thinking of Allah other than the truth - the thought of ignorance, saying, "Is there anything for us [to have done] in this matter?" Say, "Indeed, the matter belongs completely to Allah." They conceal within themselves what they will not reveal to you. They say, "If there was anything we could have done in the matter, some of us would not have been killed right here." Say, "Even if you had been inside your houses, those decreed to be killed would have come out to their death beds." [It was] so that Allah might test what is in your breasts and purify what is in your hearts. And Allah is Knowing of that within the breasts.
• 5:50 · Al-Ma'idahٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ (of the time of) ignoranceThen is it the judgement of [the time of] ignorance they desire? But who is better than Allah in judgement for a people who are certain [in faith].
• 33:33 · Al-Ahzabٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ (of the times of) ignoranceAnd abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance. And establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification.
• 48:26 · Al-Fathٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ (of the time of) ignoranceWhen those who disbelieved had put into their hearts chauvinism - the chauvinism of the time of ignorance. But Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the believers and imposed upon them the word of righteousness, and they were more deserving of it and worthy of it. And ever is Allah, of all things, Knowing.

جَهالَة 4 times

• 4:17 · An-Nisaبِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢ in ignoranceThe repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon after. It is those to whom Allah will turn in forgiveness, and Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 6:54 · Al-An'amبِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢ in ignoranceAnd when those come to you who believe in Our verses, say, "Peace be upon you. Your Lord has decreed upon Himself mercy: that any of you who does wrong out of ignorance and then repents after that and corrects himself - indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful."
• 16:119 · An-Nahlبِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢ in ignoranceThen, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves - indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 49:6 · Al-Hujuratبِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢ in ignoranceO you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.

جَهُول 1 time

• 33:72 · Al-Ahzabجَهُولًۭا ignorantIndeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.

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.