ج ز ي Root j-z-y in the Qur’an 118 occurrences in 109 verses

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جَزَى 73 times

• 2:48 · Al-Baqarahتَجْزِى availAnd fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided.
• 2:123 · Al-Baqarahتَجْزِى will availAnd fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, and no compensation will be accepted from it, nor will any intercession benefit it, nor will they be aided.
• 3:144 · Ali 'Imranوَسَيَجْزِى And will rewardMuhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allah at all; but Allah will reward the grateful.
• 3:145 · Ali 'Imranوَسَنَجْزِى And We will rewardAnd it is not [possible] for one to die except by permission of Allah at a decree determined. And whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him thereof; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him thereof. And we will reward the grateful.
• 4:123 · An-Nisaيُجْزَ will be recompensedParadise is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allah a protector or a helper.
• 6:84 · Al-An'amنَجْزِى We rewardAnd We gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the doers of good.
• 6:93 · Al-An'amتُجْزَوْنَ you will be recompensedAnd who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah or says, "It has been inspired to me," while nothing has been inspired to him, and one who says, "I will reveal [something] like what Allah revealed." And if you could but see when the wrongdoers are in the overwhelming pangs of death while the angels extend their hands, [saying], "Discharge your souls! Today you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation for what you used to say against Allah other than the truth and [that] you were, toward His verses, being arrogant."
• 6:120 · Al-An'amسَيُجْزَوْنَ they will be recompensedAnd leave what is apparent of sin and what is concealed thereof. Indeed, those who earn [blame for] sin will be recompensed for that which they used to commit.
• 6:138 · Al-An'amسَيَجْزِيهِم He will recompense themAnd they say, "These animals and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will," by their claim. And there are those [camels] whose backs are forbidden [by them] and those upon which the name of Allah is not mentioned - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him. He will punish them for what they were inventing.
• 6:139 · Al-An'amسَيَجْزِيهِمْ He will recompense themAnd they say, "What is in the bellies of these animals is exclusively for our males and forbidden to our females. But if it is [born] dead, then all of them have shares therein." He will punish them for their description. Indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.
• 6:146 · Al-An'amجَزَيْنَـٰهُم (is) their recompenseAnd to those who are Jews We prohibited every animal of uncloven hoof; and of the cattle and the sheep We prohibited to them their fat, except what adheres to their backs or the entrails or what is joined with bone. [By] that We repaid them for their injustice. And indeed, We are truthful.
• 6:157 · Al-An'amسَنَجْزِى We will recompenseOr lest you say, "If only the Scripture had been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." So there has [now] come to you a clear evidence from your Lord and a guidance and mercy. Then who is more unjust than one who denies the verses of Allah and turns away from them? We will recompense those who turn away from Our verses with the worst of punishment for their having turned away.
• 6:160 · Al-An'amيُجْزَىٰٓ he will be recompensedWhoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof [to his credit], and whoever comes with an evil deed will not be recompensed except the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.
• 7:40 · Al-A'rafنَجْزِى We recompenseIndeed, 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.
• 7:41 · Al-A'rafنَجْزِى We recompenseThey will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
• 7:147 · Al-A'rafيُجْزَوْنَ they be recompensedThose who denied Our signs and the meeting of the Hereafter - their deeds have become worthless. Are they recompensed except for what they used to do?
• 7:152 · Al-A'rafنَجْزِى We recompenseIndeed, those who took the calf [for worship] will obtain anger from their Lord and humiliation in the life of this world, and thus do We recompense the inventors [of falsehood].
• 7:180 · Al-A'rafسَيُجْزَوْنَ They will be recompensedAnd to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. And leave [the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names. They will be recompensed for what they have been doing.
• 9:121 · At-Tawbahلِيَجْزِيَهُمُ that Allah may reward themNor do they spend an expenditure, small or large, or cross a valley but that it is registered for them that Allah may reward them for the best of what they were doing.
• 10:4 · Yunusلِيَجْزِىَ that He may rewardTo Him is your return all together. [It is] the promise of Allah [which is] truth. Indeed, He begins the [process of] creation and then repeats it that He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds, in justice. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment for what they used to deny.
• 10:13 · Yunusنَجْزِى We recompenseAnd We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal people
• 10:52 · Yunusتُجْزَوْنَ Are you (being) recompensedThen it will be said to those who had wronged, "Taste the punishment of eternity; are you being recompensed except for what you used to earn?"
• 12:22 · Yusufنَجْزِى We rewardAnd when Joseph reached maturity, We gave him judgment and knowledge. And thus We reward the doers of good.
• 12:75 · Yusufنَجْزِى (do) we recompense[The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense. Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."
• 12:88 · Yusufيَجْزِى rewardsSo when they entered upon Joseph, they said, "O 'Azeez, adversity has touched us and our family, and we have come with goods poor in quality, but give us full measure and be charitable to us. Indeed, Allah rewards the charitable."
• 14:51 · Ibrahimلِيَجْزِىَ So that Allah may recompenseSo that Allah will recompense every soul for what it earned. Indeed, Allah is swift in account.
• 16:31 · An-Nahlيَجْزِى Allah rewardsGardens of perpetual residence, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow. They will have therein whatever they wish. Thus does Allah reward the righteous -
• 16:96 · An-Nahlوَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ And surely We will payWhatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.
• 16:97 · An-Nahlوَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ and We will pay themWhoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.
• 20:15 · Ta-Haلِتُجْزَىٰ that may be recompensedIndeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.

Also in 43 more places: 20:127, 21:29, 21:29, 23:111, 24:38, 25:75, 27:90, 28:14, 28:25, 28:84, 29:7, 30:45, 31:33, 33:24, 34:4, 34:17, 34:33, 35:36, 36:54, 37:39, 37:80, 37:105, 37:110, 37:121, 37:131, 39:35, 40:17, 40:40, 41:27, 45:14, 45:22, 45:28, 46:20, 46:25, 52:16, 53:31, 53:31, 53:41, 54:35, 66:7, 76:12, 77:44, 92:19

جَزاء 42 times

• 2:85 · Al-Baqarahجَزَآءُ (should be the) recompenseThen, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes, cooperating against them in sin and aggression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their eviction was forbidden to you. So do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the recompense for those who do that among you except disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent back to the severest of punishment. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.
• 2:191 · Al-Baqarahجَزَآءُ (is the) rewardAnd kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al- Haram until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.
• 3:87 · Ali 'Imranجَزَآؤُهُمْ their recompenseThose - their recompense will be that upon them is the curse of Allah and the angels and the people, all together,
• 3:136 · Ali 'Imranجَزَآؤُهُم their rewardThose - their reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow [in Paradise], wherein they will abide eternally; and excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers.
• 4:93 · An-Nisaفَجَزَآؤُهُۥ then his recompenseBut whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him and has cursed him and has prepared for him a great punishment.
• 5:29 · Al-Ma'idahجَزَٰٓؤُا۟ (is the) recompenseIndeed I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of wrongdoers."
• 5:33 · Al-Ma'idahجَزَٰٓؤُا۟ (the) recompenseIndeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment,
• 5:38 · Al-Ma'idahجَزَآءًۢ (as) a recompense[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent [punishment] from Allah. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
• 5:85 · Al-Ma'idahجَزَآءُ (is the) rewardSo Allah rewarded them for what they said with gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of doers of good.
• 5:95 · Al-Ma'idahفَجَزَآءٌۭ then penaltyO you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of ihram. And whoever of you kills it intentionally - the penalty is an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you as an offering [to Allah] delivered to the Ka'bah, or an expiation: the feeding of needy people or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he may taste the consequence of his deed. Allah has pardoned what is past; but whoever returns [to violation], then Allah will take retribution from him. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution.
• 9:26 · At-Tawbahجَزَآءُ (is) the recompenseThen Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the believers and sent down soldiers angels whom you did not see and punished those who disbelieved. And that is the recompense of the disbelievers.
• 9:82 · At-Tawbahجَزَآءًۢ (as) a recompenseSo let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.
• 9:95 · At-Tawbahجَزَآءًۢ a recompenseThey will swear by Allah to you when you return to them that you would leave them alone. So leave them alone; indeed they are evil; and their refuge is Hell as recompense for what they had been earning.
• 10:27 · Yunusجَزَآءُ (the) recompenseBut they who have earned [blame for] evil doings - the recompense of an evil deed is its equivalent, and humiliation will cover them. They will have from Allah no protector. It will be as if their faces are covered with pieces of the night - so dark [are they]. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 12:25 · Yusufجَزَآءُ (is) the recompenseAnd they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"
• 12:74 · Yusufجَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ (will be the) recompense (of) itThe accusers said, "Then what would be its recompense if you should be liars?"
• 12:75 · Yusufجَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ Its recompense[The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense. Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."
• 12:75 · Yusufجَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ (will be) his recompense[The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense. Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."
• 17:63 · Al-Israجَزَآؤُكُمْ (is) your recompense [Allah] said, "Go, for whoever of them follows you, indeed Hell will be the recompense of you - an ample recompense.
• 17:63 · Al-Israجَزَآءًۭ a recompense[Allah] said, "Go, for whoever of them follows you, indeed Hell will be the recompense of you - an ample recompense.
• 17:98 · Al-Israجَزَآؤُهُم (is) their recompenseThat is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?"
• 18:88 · Al-Kahfجَزَآءً (is) a rewardBut as for one who believes and does righteousness, he will have a reward of Paradise, and we will speak to him from our command with ease."
• 18:106 · Al-Kahfجَزَآؤُهُمْ (is) their recompense That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.
• 20:76 · Ta-Haجَزَآءُ (is) the rewardGardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of one who purifies himself.
• 25:15 · Al-Furqanجَزَآءًۭ a rewardSay, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.
• 32:17 · As-Sajdahجَزَآءًۢ (as) a rewardAnd no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do.
• 34:37 · Sabaجَزَآءُ (will be) rewardAnd it is not your wealth or your children that bring you nearer to Us in position, but it is [by being] one who has believed and done righteousness. For them there will be the double reward for what they did, and they will be in the upper chambers [of Paradise], safe [and secure].
• 39:34 · Az-Zumarجَزَآءُ (is the) rewardThey will have whatever they desire with their Lord. That is the reward of the doers of good -
• 41:28 · Fussilatجَزَآءُ (is the) recompenseThat 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.
• 41:28 · Fussilatجَزَآءًۢ (as) recompenseThat 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.

Also in 12 more places: 42:40, 46:14, 53:41, 54:14, 55:60, 56:24, 59:17, 76:9, 76:22, 78:26, 78:36, 98:8

جاز 1 time

• 31:33 · Luqmanجَازٍ (can) availO mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver.

جِزْيَة 1 time

• 9:29 · At-Tawbahٱلْجِزْيَةَ the jizyahFight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

نُجازِي 1 time

• 34:17 · Sabaنُجَـٰزِىٓ We recompense[By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?

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.