س ج ن Root s-j-n in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 12 verses

Words from this root

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

سِجْن 6 times

• 12:33 · Yusufٱلسِّجْنُ the prisonHe said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and [thus] be of the ignorant."
• 12:36 · Yusufٱلسِّجْنَ (in) the prisonAnd there entered the prison with him two young men. One of them said, "Indeed, I have seen myself [in a dream] pressing wine." The other said, "Indeed, I have seen myself carrying upon my head [some] bread, from which the birds were eating. Inform us of its interpretation; indeed, we see you to be of those who do good."
• 12:39 · Yusufٱلسِّجْنِ (of) the prisonO [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allah, the One, the Prevailing?
• 12:41 · Yusufٱلسِّجْنِ (of) the prisonO two companions of prison, as for one of you, he will give drink to his master of wine; but as for the other, he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. The matter has been decreed about which you both inquire."
• 12:42 · Yusufٱلسِّجْنِ the prisonAnd he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and Joseph remained in prison several years.
• 12:100 · Yusufٱلسِّجْنِ the prisonAnd he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration. And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before. My Lord has made it reality. And He was certainly good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you [here] from bedouin life after Satan had induced [estrangement] between me and my brothers. Indeed, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise.

يُسْجَنَ 3 times

• 12:25 · Yusufيُسْجَنَ he be imprisonedAnd they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"
• 12:32 · Yusufلَيُسْجَنَنَّ surely, he will be imprisonedShe said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of those debased."
• 12:35 · Yusufلَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥ surely they should imprison himThen it appeared to them after they had seen the signs that al-'Azeez should surely imprison him for a time.

سِجِّين 2 times

• 83:7 · Al-Mutaffifinسِجِّينٍۢ SijjinNo! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.
• 83:8 · Al-Mutaffifinسِجِّينٌۭ (is) SijjinAnd what can make you know what is sijjeen?

مَسْجُون 1 time

• 26:29 · Ash-Shu'araٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ those imprisoned[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."

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.