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You want to better understand the Quran, but you don’t know much Arabic yet? Then this resource is going to be really beneficial for you in shaa Allah. We have made a list of 109 common words from the Quran with their meaning. The list will help you get started to understand more of the Quran bi idhni Allah.
The idea of this list came from a suggestion from one of our visitors. She suggested that we should add words from the Quran to our website.
We already have over 500 Arabic words with pictures, but we did not yet have a specific section for words from the Quran. We felt like we should definitely add common words from the Quran to our website.
Muslims are eager to learn and understand the book of Allah. This makes sense because our goal with learning Arabic is, of course, to understand the Quran and to apply it in our lives.
Learning and understanding the Quran is not difficult. In fact, Allah says in the Quran:
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember, then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?
Surah Al-Qamar 54:17 – Translation by Muhsin Khan
To help you get started we have made a list of the most common words in the Quran. Many words are repeated over and over in the Quran. When you know the meaning of these words you are on your way to start understanding the Quran.
This is of course just a start. The Quran is the most beautiful, eloquent and rich book. To fully understand the Quran you need to study the explanation (tafseer) with the people of knowledge as well as study Arabic properly.
For great and authentic tafseer audio lessons in English, we recommend:
– Tafseer of ibn Kathir, read by Abu Hakeem
– Tafseer of Shaykh Ibn Al-Uthaymeen, read by Moosaa Richardson
For studying Arabic properly we recommend markaz Al-Forqan in Egypt. You can visit their institute or take online lessons.
List of common words in the Quran
| Translation | Arabic word |
| Allah | الله |
| messenger | رَسُول |
| the Quran | القُرْآن |
| earth | أَرْض |
| sky | سَمَاء |
| paradise | جَنَّة |
| rivers | أَنْهَار |
| hell | جَهَنَّم |
| fire | نَار |
| punishment | عَذَاب |
| day | يَوْم |
| verse/sign | ءَايَة |
| book | كِتَاب |
| truth/right | حَقّ |
| people | نَاس |
| believer | مُؤْمِن |
| way/path | سَبِيل |
| commandment | أَمْر |
| good | خَيْر |
| god | إِلَٰه |
| heart | قَلْب |
| slave/worshipper | عَبْد |
| disbelievers | كَافِرُون |
| mercy | رَحْمَة |
| knowledge | عِلْم |
| saying | قَوْل |
| wealth | مَال |
| sun | شَمْس |
| moon | قَمَر |
| star | نَجْم |
| night | لَيْل |
| day | نَهَار |
| painfull | أَلِيم |
| face | وَجْه |
| house | بَيْت |
| fathers | آبَاء |
| nation | أُمَّة |
| water | ماء |
| women | نِسَآء |
| warner | نَذِير |
| eye/spring | عَيْن |
| village | قَرْيَة |
| son | وَلَد |
| sustenance | رِزْق |
| I | أَنَا |
| we | نَحْنُ |
| you (male) | أَنْتَ |
| you (plural, male) | أَنْتُم |
| you (feminine) | أَنْتِ |
| you (plural, feminine) | أَنْتُنَّ |
| he | هُوَ |
| they | هُمْ |
| she | هِيَ |
| they (feminine) | هُنَّ |
| this (masculine) | هَذَا |
| this (feminine) | هَذِهِ |
| that (masculine) | ذَلِكَ |
| that (feminine) | تِلْكَ |
| these | هَؤُلَاء |
| those | أُلائك |
| which (masculine) | الَّذِي |
| whose (masculine, plural) | الَّذِين |
| which (feminine) | الَّتِي |
| from (possession) | مِنْ |
| to | إِلَي |
| on | عَلَى |
| in | فِي |
| except for | إِِلَّا |
| no | لَا |
| who | مَنْ |
| all | كُلّ |
| some | بَعْض |
| surely (emphasis) | إنَّ |
| or | أَو |
| how | كَيْفَ |
| question particle | هَلْ |
| after | بَعْد |
| before | قَبْل |
| but | لَكِن |
List of common verbs in the Quran
| Translation | Arabic word |
| to say | َقَال |
| to be | كَانَ |
| to believe | ءَامَنَ |
| to know | عَلِمَ |
| to deny/disbelieve | كَفَرَ |
| to come | جَآءَ |
| to work | عَمِلَ |
| to see | رَأَى |
| to want | شَآءَ |
| to create | خَلَقَ |
| to send down/reveal | أَنزَلَ |
| to deny | كَذَّبَ |
| to guide | هَدَى |
| to want | أَرَادَ |
| to send | أَرْسَلَ |
| to take | أّخَذَ |
| to worship | عَبَدَ |
| to oppress/do wrong | ظَلَمَ |
| to ask | سَأَلَ |
| to find | وَجَدَ |
| to eat | أَكَلَ |
| to fear | خَافَ |
| to kill | قَتَلَ |
| to return | رَجَعَ |
| to listen/hear | سَمِعَ |
| to command | أَمَرَ |
| to enter | دَخَلَ |
| to reward | جَزَىٰ |
| to obey | أَطَاعَ |
| to promise | وَعَدَ |
How many words did you already know?
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