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ق ن ت Root q-n-t in the Qur’an 13 occurrences in 12 verses

Occurrences
13
Verses
12
Surahs
8 of 114
Words
3

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 ق ن ت (q-n-t) gives 3 words. It appears most in Al-Ahzab (3), Al-Baqarah (2), Ali 'Imran (2).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
قانِتnoun8devoutly obedient, obedient, humbly obedient
قانِتَةnoun3obedient, obedient women
يَقْنُتْverb2obedient

قانِت 8 times

  • 2:116 · Al-Baqarahقَـٰنِتُونَ (are) humbly obedientThey say, "Allah has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. All are devoutly obedient to Him,
  • 2:238 · Al-Baqarahقَـٰنِتِينَ devoutly obedientMaintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient.
  • 3:17 · Ali 'Imranوَٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَ and the obedientThe patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allah], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.
  • 16:120 · An-Nahlقَانِتًۭا obedientIndeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allah, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allah.
  • 30:26 · Ar-Rumقَـٰنِتُونَ (are) obedientAnd to Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and earth. All are to Him devoutly obedient.
  • 33:35 · Al-Ahzabوَٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَ and the obedient menIndeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.
  • 39:9 · Az-Zumarقَـٰنِتٌ (is) devoutly obedient Is one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night, prostrating and standing [in prayer], fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, [like one who does not]? Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding.
  • 66:12 · At-Tahrimٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَ the devoutly obedientAnd [the example of] Mary, the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into [her garment] through Our angel, and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.

قانِتَة 3 times

  • 4:34 · An-Nisaقَـٰنِتَـٰتٌ (are) obedientMen are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.
  • 33:35 · Al-Ahzabوَٱلْقَـٰنِتَـٰتِ and the obedient womenIndeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.
  • 66:5 · At-Tahrimقَـٰنِتَـٰتٍۢ obedientPerhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allah], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins.

يَقْنُتْ 2 times

  • 3:43 · Ali 'Imranٱقْنُتِى Be obedientO Mary, be devoutly obedient to your Lord and prostrate and bow with those who bow [in prayer]."
  • 33:31 · Al-Ahzabيَقْنُتْ is obedientAnd whoever of you devoutly obeys Allah and His Messenger and does righteousness - We will give her her reward twice; and We have prepared for her a noble provision.

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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