قرن
q-r-n
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root قرن across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root Q-R-N relates to things that are paired or connected. It can refer to a generation of people, an equal in age, or the side of the head where horns might grow.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
q-r-n
Listen:
قَرْنٍ
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Root letters:
ق — ر — ن
Word Family Tree (17 forms)
All word forms derived from the root قرن as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 36×
Concordance — 36 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root قرن appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (34)
Noun (34 verses — showing first 5)
Jonah 10:13
Noun
وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡقُرُونَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَاۤءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَیِّنَـٰتِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِیُؤۡمِنُوا۟ۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ١٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal peopl
Hud 11:116
Noun
فَلَوۡلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِیَّةࣲ یَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡفَسَادِ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا قَلِیلࣰا مِّمَّنۡ أَنجَیۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَاۤ أُتۡرِفُوا۟ فِیهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجۡرِمِینَ ١١٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals
Abraham 14:49
Noun
وَتَرَى ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ مُّقَرَّنِینَ فِی ٱلۡأَصۡفَادِ ٤٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And you will see the criminals that Day bound together in shackles
وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ نُوحࣲۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِیرَۢا بَصِیرࣰا ١٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Acquainted and Seeing
The Cave 18:83
Noun
وَیَسۡءَلُونَكَ عَن ذِی ٱلۡقَرۡنَیۡنِۖ قُلۡ سَأَتۡلُوا۟ عَلَیۡكُم مِّنۡهُ ذِكۡرًا ٨٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."
Derived Forms (17)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ٱلْقُرُونِ | lquruwni | Noun | 7× | |
| قَرْنٍ | qarnin | Noun | 5× | |
| ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ | lqarnayni | Noun | 3× | |
| قَرِينُهُۥ | qariynuhu | Noun | 2× | |
| قَرِينٌ | qariynun | Noun | 2× | |
| قُرُونًا | quruwnanā | Noun | 2× | |
| ٱلْقُرُونَ | lquruwna | Noun | 2× | |
| مُّقَرَّنِينَ | muqaraniyna | Noun | 2× | |
| قَرْنًا | qarnanā | Noun | 2× | |
| قَرِينًا | qariynanā | Noun | 2× |