س ك ن Root s-k-n in the Qur’an 69 occurrences in 66 verses

Words from this root

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

مِسْكِين 23 times

• 2:83 · Al-Baqarahوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ and the needyAnd [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allah; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakah." Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were refusing.
• 2:177 · Al-Baqarahوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَ and the needyRighteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.
• 2:184 · Al-Baqarahمِسْكِينٍۢ ۖ a poor[Fasting for] a limited number of days. So whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up]. And upon those who are able [to fast, but with hardship] - a ransom [as substitute] of feeding a poor person [each day]. And whoever volunteers excess - it is better for him. But to fast is best for you, if you only knew.
• 2:215 · Al-Baqarahوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ and the needyThey ask you, [O Muhammad], what they should spend. Say, "Whatever you spend of good is [to be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveler. And whatever you do of good - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it."
• 4:8 · An-Nisaوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينُ and the poorAnd when [other] relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the [time of] division, then provide for them [something] out of the estate and speak to them words of appropriate kindness.
• 4:36 · An-Nisaوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ and the needyWorship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful.
• 5:89 · Al-Ma'idahمَسَـٰكِينَ needy peopleAllah will not impose blame upon you for what is meaningless in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for [breaking] what you intended of oaths. So its expiation is the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your [own] families or clothing them or the freeing of a slave. But whoever cannot find [or afford it] - then a fast of three days [is required]. That is the expiation for oaths when you have sworn. But guard your oaths. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be grateful.
• 5:95 · Al-Ma'idahمَسَـٰكِينَ needy peopleO you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of ihram. And whoever of you kills it intentionally - the penalty is an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you as an offering [to Allah] delivered to the Ka'bah, or an expiation: the feeding of needy people or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he may taste the consequence of his deed. Allah has pardoned what is past; but whoever returns [to violation], then Allah will take retribution from him. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution.
• 8:41 · Al-Anfalوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ and the needyAnd know that anything you obtain of war booty - then indeed, for Allah is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and the orphans, the needy, and the [stranded] traveler, if you have believed in Allah and in that which We sent down to Our Servant on the day of criterion - the day when the two armies met. And Allah, over all things, is competent.
• 9:60 · At-Tawbahوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ and the needyZakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allah. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.
• 17:26 · Al-Israوَٱلْمِسْكِينَ and the needyAnd give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully.
• 18:79 · Al-Kahfلِمَسَـٰكِينَ of (the) poor peopleAs for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.
• 24:22 · An-Nurوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَ and the needyAnd let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give [aid] to their relatives and the needy and the emigrants for the cause of Allah, and let them pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 30:38 · Ar-Rumوَٱلْمِسْكِينَ and the poorSo give the relative his right, as well as the needy and the traveler. That is best for those who desire the countenance of Allah, and it is they who will be the successful.
• 58:4 · Al-Mujadilaمِسْكِينًۭا ۚ needy one(s)And he who does not find [a slave] - then a fast for two months consecutively before they touch one another; and he who is unable - then the feeding of sixty poor persons. That is for you to believe [completely] in Allah and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allah. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.
• 59:7 · Al-Hashrوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ and the needyAnd what Allah restored to His Messenger from the people of the towns - it is for Allah and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and orphans and the [stranded] traveler - so that it will not be a perpetual distribution among the rich from among you. And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.
• 68:24 · Al-Qalamمِّسْكِينٌۭ any poor person[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
• 69:34 · Al-Haqqahٱلْمِسْكِينِ (of) the poorNor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
• 74:44 · Al-Muddaththirٱلْمِسْكِينَ the poorNor did we used to feed the poor.
• 76:8 · Al-Insanمِسْكِينًۭا (to the) needyAnd they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,
• 89:18 · Al-Fajrٱلْمِسْكِينِ the poorAnd you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
• 90:16 · Al-Baladمِسْكِينًۭا a needy personOr a needy person in misery
• 107:3 · Al-Ma'unٱلْمِسْكِينِ the poorAnd does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

سَكَنَ 15 times

• 2:35 · Al-Baqarahٱسْكُنْ DwellAnd We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
• 6:13 · Al-An'amسَكَنَ dwellsAnd to Him belongs that which reposes by night and by day, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
• 7:19 · Al-A'rafٱسْكُنْ DwellAnd "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
• 7:161 · Al-A'rafٱسْكُنُوا۟ LiveAnd [mention, O Muhammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens,' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."
• 7:189 · Al-A'rafلِيَسْكُنَ that he might liveIt is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her. And when he covers her, she carries a light burden and continues therein. And when it becomes heavy, they both invoke Allah, their Lord, "If You should give us a good [child], we will surely be among the grateful."
• 10:67 · Yunusلِتَسْكُنُوا۟ that you may restIt is He who made for you the night to rest therein and the day, giving sight. Indeed in that are signs for a people who listen.
• 14:45 · Ibrahimوَسَكَنتُمْ And you dweltAnd you lived among the dwellings of those who wronged themselves, and it had become clear to you how We dealt with them. And We presented for you [many] examples."
• 17:104 · Al-Israٱسْكُنُوا۟ DwellAnd We said after Pharaoh to the Children of Israel, "Dwell in the land, and when there comes the promise of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering."
• 27:86 · An-Namlلِيَسْكُنُوا۟ that they may restDo they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
• 28:58 · Al-Qasasتُسْكَن have been inhabitedAnd how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.
• 28:72 · Al-Qasasتَسْكُنُونَ (for) you (to) restSay, "Have you considered: if Allah should make for you the day continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allah could bring you a night in which you may rest? Then will you not see?"
• 28:73 · Al-Qasasلِتَسْكُنُوا۟ that you may restAnd out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.
• 30:21 · Ar-Rumلِّتَسْكُنُوٓا۟ that you may find tranquilityAnd of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
• 40:61 · Ghafirلِتَسْكُنُوا۟ that you may restIt is Allah who made for you the night that you may rest therein and the day giving sight. Indeed, Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of the people are not grateful.
• 65:6 · At-Talaqسَكَنتُم you dwellLodge them [in a section] of where you dwell out of your means and do not harm them in order to oppress them. And if they should be pregnant, then spend on them until they give birth. And if they breastfeed for you, then give them their payment and confer among yourselves in the acceptable way; but if you are in discord, then there may breastfeed for the father another woman.

مَسْكَن 12 times

• 9:24 · At-Tawbahوَمَسَـٰكِنُ and the dwellingsSay, [O Muhammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and jihad in His cause, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people."
• 9:72 · At-Tawbahوَمَسَـٰكِنَ and dwellingsAllah has promised the believing men and believing women gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence; but approval from Allah is greater. It is that which is the great attainment.
• 14:45 · Ibrahimمَسَـٰكِنِ the dwellingsAnd you lived among the dwellings of those who wronged themselves, and it had become clear to you how We dealt with them. And We presented for you [many] examples."
• 20:128 · Ta-Haمَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ their dwellingsThen, 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.
• 21:13 · Al-Anbyaوَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْ and to your homes[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."
• 27:18 · An-Namlمَسَـٰكِنَكُمْ your dwellingsUntil, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, "O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not."
• 28:58 · Al-Qasasمَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ (are) their dwellingsAnd how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.
• 29:38 · Al-'Ankabutمَّسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۖ their dwellingsAnd [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception.
• 32:26 · As-Sajdahمَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۚ their dwellingsHas 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?
• 34:15 · Sabaمَسْكَنِهِمْ their dwelling placeThere was for [the tribe of] Saba' in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."
• 46:25 · Al-Ahqafمَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ their dwellingsDestroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.
• 61:12 · As-Saffوَمَسَـٰكِنَ and dwellingsHe will forgive for you your sins and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence. That is the great attainment.

سَكِينَة 6 times

• 2:248 · Al-Baqarahسَكِينَةٌۭ (is) tranquilityAnd their prophet said to them, "Indeed, a sign of his kingship is that the chest will come to you in which is assurance from your Lord and a remnant of what the family of Moses and the family of Aaron had left, carried by the angels. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers."
• 9:26 · At-Tawbahسَكِينَتَهُۥ His tranquilityThen Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the believers and sent down soldiers angels whom you did not see and punished those who disbelieved. And that is the recompense of the disbelievers.
• 9:40 · At-Tawbahسَكِينَتَهُۥ His tranquilityIf you do not aid the Prophet - Allah has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us." And Allah sent down his tranquillity upon him and supported him with angels you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah - that is the highest. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
• 48:4 · Al-Fathٱلسَّكِينَةَ [the] tranquilityIt is He who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the believers that they would increase in faith along with their [present] faith. And to Allah belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and ever is Allah Knowing and Wise.
• 48:18 · Al-Fathٱلسَّكِينَةَ the tranquilityCertainly was Allah pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you, [O Muhammad], under the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquillity upon them and rewarded them with an imminent conquest
• 48:26 · Al-Fathسَكِينَتَهُۥ His tranquilityWhen those who disbelieved had put into their hearts chauvinism - the chauvinism of the time of ignorance. But Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the believers and imposed upon them the word of righteousness, and they were more deserving of it and worthy of it. And ever is Allah, of all things, Knowing.

أَسْكَن 5 times

• 14:14 · Ibrahimوَلَنُسْكِنَنَّكُمُ And surely We will make you dwellAnd We will surely cause you to dwell in the land after them. That is for he who fears My position and fears My threat."
• 14:37 · Ibrahimأَسْكَنتُ [I] have settledOur Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be grateful.
• 23:18 · Al-Mu'minunفَأَسْكَنَّـٰهُ then We cause it to settleAnd We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.
• 42:33 · Ash-Shuraيُسْكِنِ He can cause the wind to become stillIf He willed, He could still the wind, and they would remain motionless on its surface. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
• 65:6 · At-Talaqأَسْكِنُوهُنَّ Lodge themLodge them [in a section] of where you dwell out of your means and do not harm them in order to oppress them. And if they should be pregnant, then spend on them until they give birth. And if they breastfeed for you, then give them their payment and confer among yourselves in the acceptable way; but if you are in discord, then there may breastfeed for the father another woman.

سَكَن 3 times

• 6:96 · Al-An'amسَكَنًۭا (for) rest[He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
• 9:103 · At-Tawbahسَكَنٌۭ (are a) reassuranceTake, [O, Muhammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them increase, and invoke [Allah 's blessings] upon them. Indeed, your invocations are reassurance for them. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
• 16:80 · An-Nahlسَكَنًۭا a resting placeAnd Allah has made for you from your homes a place of rest and made for you from the hides of the animals tents which you find light on your day of travel and your day of encampment; and from their wool, fur and hair is furnishing and enjoyment for a time.

مَسْكَنَة 2 times

• 2:61 · Al-Baqarahوَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ and the miseryAnd [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allah [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.
• 3:112 · Ali 'Imranٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ ۚ the povertyThey have been put under humiliation [by Allah] wherever they are overtaken, except for a covenant from Allah and a rope from the Muslims. And they have drawn upon themselves anger from Allah and have been put under destitution. That is because they disbelieved in the verses of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That is because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.

ساكِن 1 time

• 25:45 · Al-Furqanسَاكِنًۭا stationaryHave you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.

سِكِّين 1 time

• 12:31 · Yusufسِكِّينًۭا a knifeSo when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allah! This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."

مَسْكُونَة 1 time

• 24:29 · An-Nurمَسْكُونَةٍۢ inhabitedThere is no blame upon you for entering houses not inhabited in which there is convenience for you. And Allah knows what you reveal and what you conceal.

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.