م ك ن Root m-k-n in the Qur’an 18 occurrences in 16 verses

Words from this root

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

مَكَّ 13 times

• 6:6 · Al-An'amمَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْ We had established themHave they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others.
• 6:6 · Al-An'amنُمَكِّن We (have) establishedHave they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others.
• 7:10 · Al-A'rafمَكَّنَّـٰكُمْ We established youAnd We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein ways of livelihood. Little are you grateful.
• 12:21 · Yusufمَكَّنَّا We establishedAnd the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, "Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son." And thus, We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.
• 12:56 · Yusufمَكَّنَّا We establishedAnd thus We established Joseph in the land to settle therein wherever he willed. We touch with Our mercy whom We will, and We do not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.
• 18:84 · Al-Kahfمَكَّنَّا [We] establishedIndeed We established him upon the earth, and We gave him to everything a way.
• 18:95 · Al-Kahfمَكَّنِّى has established meHe said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength; I will make between you and them a dam.
• 22:41 · Al-Hajjمَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْ We establish them[And they are] those who, if We give them authority in the land, establish prayer and give zakah and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. And to Allah belongs the outcome of [all] matters.
• 24:55 · An-Nurوَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ and that He will surely establishAllah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient.
• 28:6 · Al-Qasasوَنُمَكِّنَ And [We] establishAnd establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Haman and their soldiers through them that which they had feared.
• 28:57 · Al-Qasasنُمَكِّن We establishedAnd they say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have we not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.
• 46:26 · Al-Ahqafمَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ We had established themAnd 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.
• 46:26 · Al-Ahqafمَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ We have established youAnd 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.

مَكِين 4 times

• 12:54 · Yusufمَكِينٌ firmly establishedAnd the king said, "Bring him to me; I will appoint him exclusively for myself." And when he spoke to him, he said, "Indeed, you are today established [in position] and trusted."
• 23:13 · Al-Mu'minunمَّكِينٍۢ firmThen We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging.
• 77:21 · Al-Mursalatمَّكِينٍ safeAnd We placed it in a firm lodging
• 81:20 · At-Takwirمَكِينٍۢ secure[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

أَمْكَنَ 1 time

• 8:71 · Al-Anfalفَأَمْكَنَ So He gave (you) powerBut if they intend to betray you - then they have already betrayed Allah before, and He empowered [you] over them. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.

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.