ر ج س Root r-j-s in the Qur’an 10 occurrences in 9 verses

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

رِجْس 10 times

• 5:90 · Al-Ma'idahرِجْسٌۭ (are an) abominationO you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.
• 6:125 · Al-An'amٱلرِّجْسَ the filthSo whoever Allah wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allah place defilement upon those who do not believe.
• 6:145 · Al-An'amرِجْسٌ (is) filth Say, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], then indeed, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."
• 7:71 · Al-A'rafرِجْسٌۭ punishment[Hud] said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allah has not sent down any authority? Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."
• 9:95 · At-Tawbahرِجْسٌۭ ۖ (are) impureThey 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.
• 9:125 · At-Tawbahرِجْسًا (in) evilBut as for those in whose hearts is disease, it has [only] increased them in evil [in addition] to their evil. And they will have died while they are disbelievers.
• 9:125 · At-Tawbahرِجْسِهِمْ their evilBut as for those in whose hearts is disease, it has [only] increased them in evil [in addition] to their evil. And they will have died while they are disbelievers.
• 10:100 · Yunusٱلرِّجْسَ the wrathAnd it is not for a soul to believe except by permission of Allah, and He will place defilement upon those who will not use reason.
• 22:30 · Al-Hajjٱلرِّجْسَ the abominationThat [has been commanded], and whoever honors the sacred ordinances of Allah - it is best for him in the sight of his Lord. And permitted to you are the grazing livestock, except what is recited to you. So avoid the uncleanliness of idols and avoid false statement,
• 33:33 · Al-Ahzabٱلرِّجْسَ the impurityAnd abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance. And establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification.

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.