س و أ Root s-w-ʾ in the Qur’an 167 occurrences in 151 verses

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

سَيِّئَة 58 times

• 2:81 · Al-Baqarahسَيِّئَةًۭ evilYes, whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 2:271 · Al-Baqarahسَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ ۗ your evil deedsIf you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allah, with what you do, is [fully] Acquainted.
• 3:120 · Ali 'Imranسَيِّئَةٌۭ misfortuneIf good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear Allah, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allah is encompassing of what they do.
• 3:193 · Ali 'Imranسَيِّـَٔاتِنَا our evil deedsOur Lord, indeed we have heard a caller calling to faith, [saying], 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die with the righteous.
• 3:195 · Ali 'Imranسَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ their evil deedsAnd their Lord responded to them, "Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another. So those who emigrated or were evicted from their homes or were harmed in My cause or fought or were killed - I will surely remove from them their misdeeds, and I will surely admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow as reward from Allah, and Allah has with Him the best reward."
• 4:18 · An-Nisaٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ the evil deedsBut repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," or of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.
• 4:31 · An-Nisaسَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ your evil deedsIf you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We will remove from you your lesser sins and admit you to a noble entrance [into Paradise].
• 4:78 · An-Nisaسَيِّئَةٌۭ any evilWherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. But if good comes to them, they say, "This is from Allah "; and if evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All [things] are from Allah." So what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement?
• 4:79 · An-Nisaسَيِّئَةٍۢ (the) evilWhat comes to you of good is from Allah, but what comes to you of evil, [O man], is from yourself. And We have sent you, [O Muhammad], to the people as a messenger, and sufficient is Allah as Witness.
• 4:85 · An-Nisaسَيِّئَةًۭ evilWhoever intercedes for a good cause will have a reward therefrom; and whoever intercedes for an evil cause will have a burden therefrom. And ever is Allah, over all things, a Keeper.
• 5:12 · Al-Ma'idahسَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ your evil deedsAnd Allah had already taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, and We delegated from among them twelve leaders. And Allah said, "I am with you. If you establish prayer and give zakah and believe in My messengers and support them and loan Allah a goodly loan, I will surely remove from you your misdeeds and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow. But whoever of you disbelieves after that has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way."
• 5:65 · Al-Ma'idahسَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ their evil (deeds)And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and feared Allah, We would have removed from them their misdeeds and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure.
• 6:160 · Al-An'amبِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ with an evil deedWhoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof [to his credit], and whoever comes with an evil deed will not be recompensed except the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.
• 7:95 · Al-A'rafٱلسَّيِّئَةِ (of) the badThen We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.
• 7:131 · Al-A'rafسَيِّئَةٌۭ badBut when good came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allah, but most of them do not know.
• 7:153 · Al-A'rafٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ the evil deedsBut those who committed misdeeds and then repented after them and believed - indeed your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 7:168 · Al-A'rafوَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ and the badAnd We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].
• 8:29 · Al-Anfalسَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ your evil deedsO you who have believed, if you fear Allah, He will grant you a criterion and will remove from you your misdeeds and forgive you. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
• 10:27 · Yunusٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ the evil deedsBut they who have earned [blame for] evil doings - the recompense of an evil deed is its equivalent, and humiliation will cover them. They will have from Allah no protector. It will be as if their faces are covered with pieces of the night - so dark [are they]. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 10:27 · Yunusسَيِّئَةٍۭ (of) an evil deedBut they who have earned [blame for] evil doings - the recompense of an evil deed is its equivalent, and humiliation will cover them. They will have from Allah no protector. It will be as if their faces are covered with pieces of the night - so dark [are they]. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 11:10 · Hudٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتُ the evilsBut if We give him a taste of favor after hardship has touched him, he will surely say, "Bad times have left me." Indeed, he is exultant and boastful -
• 11:78 · Hudٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ the evil deedsAnd his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds. He said, "O my people, these are my daughters; they are purer for you. So fear Allah and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"
• 11:114 · Hudٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ the evil deedsAnd establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.
• 13:6 · Ar-Ra'dبِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ the evilThey impatiently urge you to bring about evil before good, while there has already occurred before them similar punishments [to what they demand]. And indeed, your Lord is full of forgiveness for the people despite their wrongdoing, and indeed, your Lord is severe in penalty.
• 13:22 · Ar-Ra'dٱلسَّيِّئَةَ the evil And those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home -
• 16:34 · An-Nahlسَيِّـَٔاتُ (the) evil (results)So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
• 16:45 · An-Nahlٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ the evil deedsThen, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?
• 23:96 · Al-Mu'minunٱلسَّيِّئَةَ ۚ the evilRepel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.
• 25:70 · Al-Furqanسَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ their evil deedsExcept for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
• 27:46 · An-Namlبِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ the evilHe said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil instead of good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allah that you may receive mercy?"

Also in 28 more places: 27:90, 28:54, 28:84, 28:84, 29:4, 29:7, 30:36, 35:10, 39:48, 39:51, 39:51, 40:9, 40:9, 40:40, 40:45, 41:34, 42:25, 42:40, 42:40, 42:48, 45:21, 45:33, 46:16, 47:2, 48:5, 64:9, 65:5, 66:8

سُوء 50 times

• 2:49 · Al-Baqarahسُوٓءَ horribleAnd [recall] when We saved your forefathers from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
• 2:169 · Al-Baqarahبِٱلسُّوٓءِ to (do) the evilHe only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allah what you do not know.
• 3:30 · Ali 'Imranسُوٓءٍۢ evilThe Day every soul will find what it has done of good present [before it] and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that [evil] was a great distance. And Allah warns you of Himself, and Allah is Kind to [His] servants."
• 3:174 · Ali 'Imranسُوٓءٌۭ any harmSo they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
• 4:17 · An-Nisaٱلسُّوٓءَ the evilThe repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon after. It is those to whom Allah will turn in forgiveness, and Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 4:110 · An-Nisaسُوٓءًا evilAnd whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
• 4:123 · An-Nisaسُوٓءًۭا evilParadise is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allah a protector or a helper.
• 4:148 · An-Nisaبِٱلسُّوٓءِ of [the] evilAllah does not like the public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged. And ever is Allah Hearing and Knowing.
• 4:149 · An-Nisaسُوٓءٍۢ an evilIf [instead] you show [some] good or conceal it or pardon an offense - indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Competent.
• 6:54 · Al-An'amسُوٓءًۢا evilAnd when those come to you who believe in Our verses, say, "Peace be upon you. Your Lord has decreed upon Himself mercy: that any of you who does wrong out of ignorance and then repents after that and corrects himself - indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful."
• 6:157 · Al-An'amسُوٓءَ (with) an evilOr lest you say, "If only the Scripture had been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." So there has [now] come to you a clear evidence from your Lord and a guidance and mercy. Then who is more unjust than one who denies the verses of Allah and turns away from them? We will recompense those who turn away from Our verses with the worst of punishment for their having turned away.
• 7:73 · Al-A'rafبِسُوٓءٍۢ with harmAnd to the Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allah [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allah 's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.
• 7:141 · Al-A'rafسُوٓءَ (with) worstAnd [recall, O Children of Israel], when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, [who were] afflicting you with the worst torment - killing your sons and keeping your women alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
• 7:165 · Al-A'rafٱلسُّوٓءِ the evilAnd when they forgot that by which they had been reminded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and seized those who wronged, with a wretched punishment, because they were defiantly disobeying.
• 7:167 · Al-A'rafسُوٓءَ (with) a grievousAnd [mention] when your Lord declared that He would surely [continue to] send upon them until the Day of Resurrection those who would afflict them with the worst torment. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 7:188 · Al-A'rafٱلسُّوٓءُ ۚ the evilSay, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allah has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."
• 9:37 · At-Tawbahسُوٓءُ (the) evilIndeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray. They make it lawful one year and unlawful another year to correspond to the number made unlawful by Allah and [thus] make lawful what Allah has made unlawful. Made pleasing to them is the evil of their deeds; and Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.
• 11:54 · Hudبِسُوٓءٍۢ ۗ with evilWe only say that some of our gods have possessed you with evil." He said, "Indeed, I call Allah to witness, and witness [yourselves] that I am free from whatever you associate with Allah
• 11:64 · Hudبِسُوٓءٍۢ with harmAnd O my people, this is the she-camel of Allah - [she is] to you a sign. So let her feed upon Allah 's earth and do not touch her with harm, or you will be taken by an impending punishment."
• 12:24 · Yusufٱلسُّوٓءَ the evilAnd she certainly determined [to seduce] him, and he would have inclined to her had he not seen the proof of his Lord. And thus [it was] that We should avert from him evil and immorality. Indeed, he was of Our chosen servants.
• 12:25 · Yusufسُوٓءًا evilAnd 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?"
• 12:51 · Yusufسُوٓءٍۢ ۚ evilSaid [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allah! We know about him no evil." The wife of al-'Azeez said, "Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful.
• 12:53 · Yusufبِٱلسُّوٓءِ of evilAnd I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."
• 13:11 · Ar-Ra'dسُوٓءًۭا misfortuneFor each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah. Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.
• 13:18 · Ar-Ra'dسُوٓءُ (is) a terribleFor those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
• 13:21 · Ar-Ra'dسُوٓءَ (of) the evilAnd those who join that which Allah has ordered to be joined and fear their Lord and are afraid of the evil of [their] account,
• 13:25 · Ar-Ra'dسُوٓءُ (is) an evilBut those who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and spread corruption on earth - for them is the curse, and they will have the worst home.
• 14:6 · Ibrahimسُوٓءَ (with) evilAnd [recall, O Children of Israel], when Moses said to His people, "Remember the favor of Allah upon you when He saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who were afflicting you with the worst torment and were slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
• 16:27 · An-Nahlوَٱلسُّوٓءَ and evilThen on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them and say, "Where are My 'partners' for whom you used to oppose [the believers]?" Those who were given knowledge will say, "Indeed disgrace, this Day, and evil are upon the disbelievers" -
• 16:28 · An-Nahlسُوٓءٍۭ ۚ evilThe ones whom the angels take in death [while] wronging themselves, and [who] then offer submission, [saying], "We were not doing any evil." But, yes! Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what you used to do.

Also in 20 more places: 16:59, 16:94, 16:119, 20:22, 26:156, 27:5, 27:11, 27:12, 27:62, 28:32, 33:17, 35:8, 39:24, 39:47, 39:61, 40:37, 40:45, 40:52, 47:14, 60:2

ساءَ 30 times

• 3:120 · Ali 'Imranتَسُؤْهُمْ it grieves themIf good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear Allah, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allah is encompassing of what they do.
• 4:22 · An-Nisaوَسَآءَ and (an) evilAnd do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred. Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful [to Allah] and was evil as a way.
• 4:38 · An-Nisaفَسَآءَ then evilAnd [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.
• 4:97 · An-Nisaوَسَآءَتْ and it is an evilIndeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land." The angels will say, "Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?" For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination.
• 4:115 · An-Nisaوَسَآءَتْ and evil it isAnd whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
• 5:66 · Al-Ma'idahسَآءَ evilAnd if only they upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord, they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them are a moderate community, but many of them - evil is that which they do.
• 5:101 · Al-Ma'idahتَسُؤْكُمْ it may distress youO 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.
• 6:31 · Al-An'amسَآءَ EvilThose will have lost who deny the meeting with Allah, until when the Hour [of resurrection] comes upon them unexpectedly, they will say, "Oh, [how great is] our regret over what we neglected concerning it," while they bear their burdens on their backs. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear.
• 6:136 · Al-An'amسَآءَ EvilAnd the polytheists assign to Allah from that which He created of crops and livestock a share and say, "This is for Allah," by their claim, "and this is for our partners [associated with Him]." But what is for their "partners" does not reach Allah, while what is for Allah - this reaches their "partners." Evil is that which they rule.
• 7:177 · Al-A'rafسَآءَ EvilHow evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.
• 9:9 · At-Tawbahسَآءَ evilThey have exchanged the signs of Allah for a small price and averted [people] from His way. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.
• 9:50 · At-Tawbahتَسُؤْهُمْ ۖ it distresses themIf good befalls you, it distresses them; but if disaster strikes you, they say, "We took our matter [in hand] before," and turn away while they are rejoicing.
• 11:77 · Hudسِىٓءَ he was distressedAnd when Our messengers, [the angels], came to Lot, he was anguished for them and felt for them great discomfort and said, "This is a trying day."
• 16:25 · An-Nahlسَآءَ evilThat they may bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection and some of the burdens of those whom they misguide without knowledge. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear.
• 16:59 · An-Nahlسَآءَ evilHe hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.
• 17:7 · Al-Israلِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟ to sadden[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to yourselves." Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.
• 17:32 · Al-Israوَسَآءَ and (an) evilAnd do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.
• 18:29 · Al-Kahfوَسَآءَتْ and evilAnd say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.
• 20:101 · Ta-Haوَسَآءَ and evil[Abiding] eternally therein, and evil it is for them on the Day of Resurrection as a load -
• 25:66 · Al-Furqanسَآءَتْ (is) an evilIndeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."
• 26:173 · Ash-Shu'araفَسَآءَ and evil wasAnd We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
• 27:58 · An-Namlفَسَآءَ and was evilAnd We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
• 29:4 · Al-'Ankabutسَآءَ Evil isOr do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us? Evil is what they judge.
• 29:33 · Al-'Ankabutسِىٓءَ he was distressedAnd when Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed for them and felt for them great discomfort. They said, "Fear not, nor grieve. Indeed, we will save you and your family, except your wife; she is to be of those who remain behind.
• 37:177 · As-Saffatفَسَآءَ then evil (will be)But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.
• 45:21 · Al-Jathiyahسَآءَ Evil isOr do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their death? Evil is that which they judge.
• 48:6 · Al-Fathوَسَآءَتْ and evilAnd [that] He may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and the polytheist men and polytheist women - those who assume about Allah an assumption of evil nature. Upon them is a misfortune of evil nature; and Allah has become angry with them and has cursed them and prepared for them Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
• 58:15 · Al-Mujadilaسَآءَ evil isAllah has prepared for them a severe punishment. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.
• 63:2 · Al-Munafiqunسَآءَ evil isThey have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allah. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.
• 67:27 · Al-Mulkسِيٓـَٔتْ (will be) distressedBut when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."

سَوْء 9 times

• 9:98 · At-Tawbahٱلسَّوْءِ ۗ (of) the evilAnd among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
• 16:60 · An-Nahlٱلسَّوْءِ ۖ (of) the evilFor those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description of evil; and for Allah is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.
• 19:28 · Maryamسَوْءٍۢ an evil manO sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."
• 21:74 · Al-Anbyaسَوْءٍۢ evilAnd to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.
• 21:77 · Al-Anbyaسَوْءٍۢ evilAnd We saved him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.
• 25:40 · Al-Furqanٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ (of) evilAnd they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.
• 48:6 · Al-Fathٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ evilAnd [that] He may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and the polytheist men and polytheist women - those who assume about Allah an assumption of evil nature. Upon them is a misfortune of evil nature; and Allah has become angry with them and has cursed them and prepared for them Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
• 48:6 · Al-Fathٱلسَّوْءِ ۖ (of) evilAnd [that] He may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and the polytheist men and polytheist women - those who assume about Allah an assumption of evil nature. Upon them is a misfortune of evil nature; and Allah has become angry with them and has cursed them and prepared for them Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
• 48:12 · Al-Fathٱلسَّوْءِ evilBut you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families, ever, and that was made pleasing in your hearts. And you assumed an assumption of evil and became a people ruined."

سَوْءَة 7 times

• 5:31 · Al-Ma'idahسَوْءَةَ (the) dead bodyThen Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.
• 5:31 · Al-Ma'idahسَوْءَةَ (the) dead bodyThen Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.
• 7:20 · Al-A'rafسَوْءَٰتِهِمَا their shameBut Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the immortal."
• 7:22 · Al-A'rafسَوْءَٰتُهُمَا their shameSo he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?"
• 7:26 · Al-A'rafسَوْءَٰتِكُمْ your shameO children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember.
• 7:27 · Al-A'rafسَوْءَٰتِهِمَآ ۗ their shameO children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.
• 20:121 · Ta-Haسَوْءَٰتُهُمَا their shameAnd Adam and his wife ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.

أَساءَ 5 times

• 17:7 · Al-Israأَسَأْتُمْ you do evil[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to yourselves." Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.
• 30:10 · Ar-Rumأَسَـٰٓـُٔوا۟ did evil Then the end of those who did evil was the worst [consequence] because they denied the signs of Allah and used to ridicule them.
• 41:46 · Fussilatأَسَآءَ does evilWhoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to [His] servants.
• 45:15 · Al-Jathiyahأَسَآءَ does evilWhoever does a good deed - it is for himself; and whoever does evil - it is against the self. Then to your Lord you will be returned.
• 53:31 · An-Najmأَسَـٰٓـُٔوا۟ do evilAnd to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -

سَيِّئ 4 times

• 9:102 · At-Tawbahسَيِّئًا (that was) evilAnd [there are] others who have acknowledged their sins. They had mixed a righteous deed with another that was bad. Perhaps Allah will turn to them in forgiveness. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 17:38 · Al-Israسَيِّئُهُۥ [its] evilAll that - its evil is ever, in the sight of your Lord, detested.
• 35:43 · Fatirٱلسَّيِّئِ ۚ (of) the evil[Due to] arrogance in the land and plotting of evil; but the evil plot does not encompass except its own people. Then do they await except the way of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way of Allah any change, and you will never find in the way of Allah any alteration.
• 35:43 · Fatirٱلسَّيِّئُ (of) the evil[Due to] arrogance in the land and plotting of evil; but the evil plot does not encompass except its own people. Then do they await except the way of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way of Allah any change, and you will never find in the way of Allah any alteration.

أَسْوَأ 2 times

• 39:35 · Az-Zumarأَسْوَأَ (the) worstThat Allah may remove from them the worst of what they did and reward them their due for the best of what they used to do.
• 41:27 · Fussilatأَسْوَأَ (the) worstBut We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.

سُوٓأَى 1 time

• 30:10 · Ar-Rumٱلسُّوٓأَىٰٓ the evilThen the end of those who did evil was the worst [consequence] because they denied the signs of Allah and used to ridicule them.

مُسِيء 1 time

• 40:58 · Ghafirٱلْمُسِىٓءُ ۚ the evildoerAnd not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor are those who believe and do righteous deeds and the evildoer. Little do you remember.

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.