ق ر أ Root q-r-ʾ in the Qur’an 88 occurrences in 79 verses

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قُرْءان 70 times

• 2:185 · Al-Baqarahٱلْقُرْءَانُ the QuranThe month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.
• 4:82 · An-Nisaٱلْقُرْءَانَ ۚ (on) the QuranThen do they not reflect upon the Qur'an? If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction.
• 5:101 · Al-Ma'idahٱلْقُرْءَانُ the QuranO you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that which is past; and Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
• 6:19 · Al-An'amٱلْقُرْءَانُ [the] QuranSay, "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say, "Allah is witness between me and you. And this Qur'an was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches. Do you [truly] testify that with Allah there are other deities?" Say, "I will not testify [with you]." Say, "Indeed, He is but one God, and indeed, I am free of what you associate [with Him]."
• 7:204 · Al-A'rafٱلْقُرْءَانُ the QuranSo when the Qur'an is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy.
• 9:111 · At-Tawbahوَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ and the QuranIndeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.
• 10:15 · Yunusبِقُرْءَانٍ a QuranAnd when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Bring us a Qur'an other than this or change it." Say, [O Muhammad], "It is not for me to change it on my own accord. I only follow what is revealed to me. Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
• 10:37 · Yunusٱلْقُرْءَانُ the QuranAnd it was not [possible] for this Qur'an to be produced by other than Allah, but [it is] a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of the [former] Scripture, about which there is no doubt, from the Lord of the worlds.
• 10:61 · Yunusقُرْءَانٍۢ (the) QuranAnd, [O Muhammad], you are not [engaged] in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an and you [people] do not do any deed except that We are witness over you when you are involved in it. And not absent from your Lord is any [part] of an atom's weight within the earth or within the heaven or [anything] smaller than that or greater but that it is in a clear register.
• 12:2 · Yusufقُرْءَٰنًا (as) a Quran in ArabicIndeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.
• 12:3 · Yusufٱلْقُرْءَانَ the QuranWe relate to you, [O Muhammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur'an although you were, before it, among the unaware.
• 13:31 · Ar-Ra'dقُرْءَانًۭا any QuranAnd if there was any qur'an by which the mountains would be removed or the earth would be broken apart or the dead would be made to speak, [it would be this Qur'an], but to Allah belongs the affair entirely. Then have those who believed not accepted that had Allah willed, He would have guided the people, all of them? And those who disbelieve do not cease to be struck, for what they have done, by calamity - or it will descend near their home - until there comes the promise of Allah. Indeed, Allah does not fail in [His] promise.
• 15:1 · Al-Hijrوَقُرْءَانٍۢ and QuranAlif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an.
• 15:87 · Al-Hijrوَٱلْقُرْءَانَ and the QuranAnd We have certainly given you, [O Muhammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur'an.
• 15:91 · Al-Hijrٱلْقُرْءَانَ the QuranWho have made the Qur'an into portions.
• 16:98 · An-Nahlٱلْقُرْءَانَ the QuranSo when you recite the Qur'an, [first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
• 17:9 · Al-Israٱلْقُرْءَانَ the QuranIndeed, this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward.
• 17:41 · Al-Israٱلْقُرْءَانِ the QuranAnd We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur'an that mankind may be reminded, but it does not increase the disbelievers except in aversion.
• 17:45 · Al-Israٱلْقُرْءَانَ the QuranAnd when you recite the Qur'an, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition.
• 17:46 · Al-Israٱلْقُرْءَانِ the QuranAnd We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn back in aversion.
• 17:60 · Al-Israٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ the QuranAnd [remember, O Muhammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people." And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur'an. And We threaten them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.
• 17:78 · Al-Israوَقُرْءَانَ and QuranEstablish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
• 17:78 · Al-Israقُرْءَانَ the QuranEstablish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
• 17:82 · Al-Israٱلْقُرْءَانِ the QuranAnd We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.
• 17:88 · Al-Israٱلْقُرْءَانِ QuranSay, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."
• 17:89 · Al-Israٱلْقُرْءَانِ QuranAnd We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur'an from every [kind] of example, but most of the people refused [anything] except disbelief.
• 17:106 · Al-Israوَقُرْءَانًۭا And the QuranAnd [it is] a Qur'an which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively.
• 18:54 · Al-Kahfٱلْقُرْءَانِ the QuranAnd We have certainly diversified in this Qur'an for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute.
• 20:2 · Ta-Haٱلْقُرْءَانَ the QuranWe have not sent down to you the Qur'an that you be distressed
• 20:113 · Ta-Haقُرْءَانًا (the) QuranAnd thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance.

Also in 40 more places: 20:114, 25:30, 25:32, 27:1, 27:6, 27:76, 27:92, 28:85, 30:58, 34:31, 36:2, 36:69, 38:1, 39:27, 39:28, 41:3, 41:26, 41:44, 42:7, 43:3, 43:31, 46:29, 47:24, 50:1, 50:45, 54:17, 54:22, 54:32, 54:40, 55:2, 56:77, 59:21, 72:1, 73:4, 73:20, 75:17, 75:18, 76:23, 84:21, 85:21

قَرَأَ 16 times

• 7:204 · Al-A'rafقُرِئَ is recitedSo when the Qur'an is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy.
• 10:94 · Yunusيَقْرَءُونَ (have been) readingSo if you are in doubt, [O Muhammad], about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the Scripture before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord, so never be among the doubters.
• 16:98 · An-Nahlقَرَأْتَ you reciteSo when you recite the Qur'an, [first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
• 17:14 · Al-Israٱقْرَأْ Read[It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."
• 17:45 · Al-Israقَرَأْتَ you reciteAnd when you recite the Qur'an, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition.
• 17:71 · Al-Israيَقْرَءُونَ will read[Mention, O Muhammad], the Day We will call forth every people with their record [of deeds]. Then whoever is given his record in his right hand - those will read their records, and injustice will not be done to them, [even] as much as a thread [inside the date seed].
• 17:93 · Al-Israنَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗ we could read itOr you have a house of gold or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?"
• 17:106 · Al-Israلِتَقْرَأَهُۥ that you might recite itAnd [it is] a Qur'an which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively.
• 26:199 · Ash-Shu'araفَقَرَأَهُۥ And he (had) recited itAnd he had recited it to them [perfectly], they would [still] not have been believers in it.
• 69:19 · Al-Haqqahٱقْرَءُوا۟ readSo as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
• 73:20 · Al-Muzzammilفَٱقْرَءُوا۟ so reciteIndeed, your Lord knows, [O Muhammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allah determines [the extent of] the night and the day. He has known that you [Muslims] will not be able to do it and has turned to you in forgiveness, so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur'an. He has known that there will be among you those who are ill and others traveling throughout the land seeking [something] of the bounty of Allah and others fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite what is easy from it and establish prayer and give zakah and loan Allah a goodly loan. And whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allah. It is better and greater in reward. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 73:20 · Al-Muzzammilفَٱقْرَءُوا۟ So reciteIndeed, your Lord knows, [O Muhammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allah determines [the extent of] the night and the day. He has known that you [Muslims] will not be able to do it and has turned to you in forgiveness, so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur'an. He has known that there will be among you those who are ill and others traveling throughout the land seeking [something] of the bounty of Allah and others fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite what is easy from it and establish prayer and give zakah and loan Allah a goodly loan. And whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allah. It is better and greater in reward. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 75:18 · Al-Qiyamahقَرَأْنَـٰهُ We have recited itSo when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
• 84:21 · Al-Inshiqaqقُرِئَ is recitedAnd when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
• 96:1 · Al-'Alaqٱقْرَأْ ReadRecite in the name of your Lord who created -
• 96:3 · Al-'Alaqٱقْرَأْ ReadRecite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

قُرُوء 1 time

• 2:228 · Al-Baqarahقُرُوٓءٍۢ ۚ monthly periodsDivorced women remain in waiting for three periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs if they believe in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands have more right to take them back in this [period] if they want reconciliation. And due to the wives is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable. But the men have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority]. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

نُقْرِئُ 1 time

• 87:6 · Al-A'laسَنُقْرِئُكَ We will make you reciteWe will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,

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.