ق ر ن Root q-r-n in the Qur’an 36 occurrences in 34 verses

Words from this root

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

قَرْن 23 times

• 6:6 · Al-An'amقَرْنٍۢ generationsHave 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'amقَرْنًا generationsHave 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.
• 10:13 · Yunusٱلْقُرُونَ the generationsAnd 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
• 11:116 · Hudٱلْقُرُونِ the generationsSo why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.
• 17:17 · Al-Israٱلْقُرُونِ the generationsAnd how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Acquainted and Seeing.
• 18:83 · Al-Kahfٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ Dhul-qarnainAnd they ask you, [O Muhammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."
• 18:86 · Al-Kahfٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ O Dhul-qarnainUntil, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it [as if] setting in a spring of dark mud, and he found near it a people. Allah said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish [them] or else adopt among them [a way of] goodness."
• 18:94 · Al-Kahfٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ O Dhul-qarnainThey said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"
• 19:74 · Maryamقَرْنٍ a generation And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?
• 19:98 · Maryamقَرْنٍ a generationAnd how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?
• 20:51 · Ta-Haٱلْقُرُونِ (of) the generations[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"
• 20:128 · Ta-Haٱلْقُرُونِ the generationsThen, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.
• 23:31 · Al-Mu'minunقَرْنًا a generationThen We produced after them a generation of others.
• 23:42 · Al-Mu'minunقُرُونًا a generationThen We produced after them other generations.
• 25:38 · Al-Furqanوَقُرُونًۢا and generationsAnd [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud and the companions of the well and many generations between them.
• 28:43 · Al-Qasasٱلْقُرُونَ the generationsAnd We gave Moses the Scripture, after We had destroyed the former generations, as enlightenment for the people and guidance and mercy that they might be reminded.
• 28:45 · Al-Qasasقُرُونًۭا generationsBut We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration. And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We were senders [of this message].
• 28:78 · Al-Qasasٱلْقُرُونِ the generationsHe said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that Allah had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be asked.
• 32:26 · As-Sajdahٱلْقُرُونِ the generationsHas it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, [as] they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs; then do they not hear?
• 36:31 · Ya-Sinٱلْقُرُونِ the generationsHave they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?
• 38:3 · Sadقَرْنٍۢ a generationHow many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
• 46:17 · Al-Ahqafٱلْقُرُونُ the generationsBut one who says to his parents, "Uff to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allah for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former people" -
• 50:36 · Qafقَرْنٍ a generationAnd how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?

قَرِين 8 times

• 4:38 · An-Nisaقَرِينًۭا (as) companion And [also] those who spend of their wealth to be seen by the people and believe not in Allah nor in the Last Day. And he to whom Satan is a companion - then evil is he as a companion.
• 4:38 · An-Nisaقَرِينًۭا (is he as) a companionAnd [also] those who spend of their wealth to be seen by the people and believe not in Allah nor in the Last Day. And he to whom Satan is a companion - then evil is he as a companion.
• 37:51 · As-Saffatقَرِينٌۭ a companionA speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth]
• 41:25 · Fussilatقُرَنَآءَ companionsAnd We appointed for them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word has come into effect upon them among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.
• 43:36 · Az-Zukhrufقَرِينٌۭ a companionAnd whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.
• 43:38 · Az-Zukhrufٱلْقَرِينُ the companionUntil, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."
• 50:23 · Qafقَرِينُهُۥ his companionAnd his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared."
• 50:27 · Qafقَرِينُهُۥ his companionHis [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error."

مُقَرَّن 3 times

• 14:49 · Ibrahimمُّقَرَّنِينَ bound togetherAnd you will see the criminals that Day bound together in shackles,
• 25:13 · Al-Furqanمُّقَرَّنِينَ bound in chainsAnd when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.
• 38:38 · Sadمُقَرَّنِينَ boundAnd others bound together in shackles.

مُقْتَرِن 1 time

• 43:53 · Az-Zukhrufمُقْتَرِنِينَ accompanying (him)Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

مُقْرِن 1 time

• 43:13 · Az-Zukhrufمُقْرِنِينَ capableThat you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

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.