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ج م ل Root j-m-l in the Qur’an 11 occurrences in 11 verses

Occurrences
11
Verses
11
Surahs
9 of 114
Words
5

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 م ل (j-m-l) gives 5 words. It appears most in Yusuf (2), Al-Ahzab (2), Al-A'raf (1).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
جَمِيلadjective7good, beautiful, gracious
جَمالnoun1beauty
جَمَلnoun1camel
جُمْلَةnoun1all at once
جِمالَتnoun1camels

جَمِيل 7 times

  • 12:18 · Yusufجَمِيلٌۭ ۖ (is) beautifulAnd they brought upon his shirt false blood. [Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allah is the one sought for help against that which you describe."
  • 12:83 · Yusufجَمِيلٌ ۖ (is) beautiful[Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allah will bring them to me all together. Indeed it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise."
  • 15:85 · Al-Hijrٱلْجَمِيلَ graciousAnd We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness.
  • 33:28 · Al-Ahzabجَمِيلًۭا goodO Prophet, say to your wives, "If you should desire the worldly life and its adornment, then come, I will provide for you and give you a gracious release.
  • 33:49 · Al-Ahzabجَمِيلًۭا goodO You who have believed, when you marry believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them, then there is not for you any waiting period to count concerning them. So provide for them and give them a gracious release.
  • 70:5 · Al-Ma'arijجَمِيلًا goodSo be patient with gracious patience.
  • 73:10 · Al-Muzzammilجَمِيلًۭا graciousAnd be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.

جَمال 1 time

  • 16:6 · An-Nahlجَمَالٌ (is) beautyAnd for you in them is [the enjoyment of] beauty when you bring them in [for the evening] and when you send them out [to pasture].

جَمَل 1 time

  • 7:40 · Al-A'rafٱلْجَمَلُ the camelIndeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

جُمْلَة 1 time

  • 25:32 · Al-Furqanجُمْلَةًۭ all at onceAnd those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur'an not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.

جِمالَت 1 time

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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