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ج و ر Root j-w-r in the Qur’an 13 occurrences in 10 verses

Occurrences
13
Verses
10
Surahs
10 of 114
Words
6

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 و ر (j-w-r) gives 6 words. It appears most in An-Nisa (2), At-Tawbah (2), Al-Mu'minun (2).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
يُجِيرُverb6grant him protection, protects, protected
جارnoun3neighbor
اسْتَجارَverb1seek your protection
جائِرnoun1crooked
مُتَجاوِرَةnoun1neighboring
يُجاوِرُverb1they will remain your neighbors

يُجِيرُ 6 times

  • 9:6 · At-Tawbahفَأَجِرْهُ then grant him protectionAnd if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah. Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.
  • 23:88 · Al-Mu'minunيُجِيرُ protectsSay, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?"
  • 23:88 · Al-Mu'minunيُجَارُ (can) be protectedSay, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?"
  • 46:31 · Al-Ahqafوَيُجِرْكُم and will protect youO our people, respond to the Messenger of Allah and believe in him; Allah will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.
  • 67:28 · Al-Mulkيُجِيرُ (can) protectSay, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered: whether Allah should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
  • 72:22 · Al-Jinnيُجِيرَنِى can protect meSay, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allah anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge.

جار 3 times

  • 4:36 · An-Nisaوَٱلْجَارِ and the neighborWorship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful.
  • 4:36 · An-Nisaوَٱلْجَارِ and the neighborWorship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful.
  • 8:48 · Al-Anfalجَارٌۭ a neighborAnd [remember] when Satan made their deeds pleasing to them and said, "No one can overcome you today from among the people, and indeed, I am your protector." But when the two armies sighted each other, he turned on his heels and said, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I see what you do not see; indeed I fear Allah. And Allah is severe in penalty."

اسْتَجارَ 1 time

  • 9:6 · At-Tawbahٱسْتَجَارَكَ seek your protectionAnd if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah. Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.

جائِر 1 time

  • 16:9 · An-Nahlجَآئِرٌۭ ۚ (are) crookedAnd upon Allah is the direction of the [right] way, and among the various paths are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all.

مُتَجاوِرَة 1 time

  • 13:4 · Ar-Ra'dمُّتَجَـٰوِرَٰتٌۭ neighboringAnd within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise, watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.

يُجاوِرُ 1 time

  • 33:60 · Al-Ahzabيُجَاوِرُونَكَ they will remain your neighborsIf the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease and those who spread rumors in al-Madinah do not cease, We will surely incite you against them; then they will not remain your neighbors therein except for a little.

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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