The Qur'an

100 words you'll meet again and again in the Qur'an

The words of our course that occur most often in the Qur'an, most common first: what each one means, how many times it occurs and which week of the course teaches it.

Together, the top 10 make up 22.1% of the Qur'an's words, the top 50 41.3% and all 100 50.6%.

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The 100 words, most common first
#	Word	Meaning	Timesshare of all words	Taught by
1	مِنْ	from	3,2264.17%	Week 14
2	مَا	what	2,1752.81%	Week 1
3	فِي	in	1,7012.20%	Week 2
4	لَا	no, not	1,6892.18%	Week 1
5	إِنَّ	indeed, verily	1,6822.17%	Week 27
6	قَالَ	he said	1,6182.09%	Week 17
7	عَلَى	on, upon	1,4451.87%	Week 1
8	الَّذِينَ	those who	1,3861.79%	Week 28
9	كَانَ	he was	1,3581.75%	Week 17
10	مَنْ	who	8241.06%	Week 3
11	إِلَى	to, toward	7420.96%	Week 4
12	إِنْ	if	6980.90%	Week 34
13	إِلَّا	except	6630.86%	Week 27
14	أَنْ	to, that	6250.81%	Week 9
15	آمَنَ	he believed	5370.69%	Week 49
16	هُوَ	he	4810.62%	Week 2
17	ذَلِكَ	that	4790.62%	Week 4
18	عَنْ	about, from	4650.60%	Week 17
19	أَرْضٌ	earth, land, ground	4610.60%	Week 6
20	هُمْ	they	4420.57%	Week 2
21	إِذَا	if, when	4230.55%	Week 5
22	قَدْ	already, indeed	4060.52%	Week 19
23	يَوْمٌ	a day	4040.52%	Week 3
24	قَوْمٌ	people, nation	3830.49%	Week 12
25	آيَةٌ	sign, verse	3820.49%	Week 15
26	عَلِمَ	he knew	3820.49%	Week 39
27	أَنَّ	that	3600.46%	Week 39
28	كُلُّ	all, every	3590.46%	Week 1
29	لَمْ	did not	3470.45%	Week 34
30	جَعَلَ	he made	3400.44%	Week 20
31	ثُمَّ	then	3380.44%	Week 9
32	رَسُولٌ	messenger	3320.43%	Week 12
33	عَذَابٌ	punishment, torment	3220.42%	Week 27
34	سَمَاءٌ	sky	3100.40%	Week 15
35	نَفْسٌ	self, soul	2930.38%	Week 15
36	كَفَرَ	he disbelieved	2890.37%	Week 20
37	أَوْ	or	2800.36%	Week 7
38	شَيْءٌ	thing	2790.36%	Week 1
39	جَاءَ	he came	2780.36%	Week 19
40	عَمِلَ	he worked, did	2760.36%	Week 20
41	آتَى	to give	2710.35%	Week 49
42	بَيْنَ	between	2660.34%	Week 14
43	أَتَى	he came	2640.34%	Week 19
44	كِتَابٌ	a book	2600.34%	Week 4
45	رَأَى	he saw	2560.33%	Week 20
46	حَقٌّ	true	2470.32%	Week 5
47	قَبْلَ	before	2420.31%	Week 7
48	نَاسٌ	people	2410.31%	Week 15
49	إِذْ	when	2390.31%	Week 20
50	يَشَاءُ	he wills, he wants	2360.30%	Week 10
51	هَذَا	this	2250.29%	Week 4
52	أُولَٰئِكَ	those	2040.26%	Week 15
53	مُؤْمِنٌ	a believer	2020.26%	Week 49
54	لَوْ	if, even if	2000.26%	Week 36
55	بَعْدَ	after	1990.26%	Week 7
56	عِنْدَ	to have, at	1970.25%	Week 13
57	خَيْرٌ	good, better	1860.24%	Week 1
58	أَنْزَلَ	he sent down	1830.24%	Week 49
59	كَذَّبَ	to call a lie	1760.23%	Week 47
60	خَلَقَ	he created	1750.23%	Week 19
61	ادْعُ	call! invoke!	1700.22%	Week 29
62	سَبِيلٌ	a way, a path	1660.21%	Week 48
63	مَعَ	with	1640.21%	Week 1
64	بَعْضٌ	some	1570.20%	Week 15
65	آخِرُ	last, final	1550.20%	Week 13
66	أَمْرٌ	matter, command	1530.20%	Week 12
67	أَيُّهَا	O…	1530.20%	Week 29
68	غَيْرُ	other than	1470.19%	Week 14
69	جَنَّةٌ	garden, Paradise	1470.19%	Week 15
70	نَارٌ	fire	1450.19%	Week 6
71	دُونَ	besides	1440.19%	Week 14
72	هَدَى	he guided	1440.19%	Week 21
73	حَتَّى	until	1420.18%	Week 7
74	أَرَادَ	he wanted	1390.18%	Week 19
75	اتَّبَعَ	he followed	1360.18%	Week 53
76	أَنْتُمْ	you	1350.17%	Week 2
77	كَافِرٌ	one who disbelieves	1340.17%	Week 42
78	قَلْبٌ	heart	1320.17%	Week 15
79	ذُو	possessor of, owner of	1320.17%	Week 12
80	ظَالِمٌ	one who does wrong	1310.17%	Week 42
81	أَرْسَلَ	he sent	1300.17%	Week 49
82	لَعَلَّ	perhaps	1290.17%	Week 38
83	بَلْ	rather, nay	1270.16%	Week 18
84	أَخَذَ	he took, he seized	1270.16%	Week 20
85	صَالِحٌ	righteous, good	1270.16%	Week 42
86	عَبْدٌ	servant, slave	1260.16%	Week 15
87	أَهْلٌ	family, people	1250.16%	Week 2
88	اتَّخَذَ	to take, to adopt	1240.16%	Week 53
89	مُبِينٌ	clear, plain, evident	1190.15%	Week 5
90	يَدٌ	hand	1190.15%	Week 15
91	رَحْمَةٌ	mercy	1140.15%	Week 49
92	أَبٌ	father	1100.14%	Week 15
93	ظَلَمَ	he wronged, he was unjust	1100.14%	Week 20
94	عَظِيمٌ	great, mighty	1070.14%	Week 5
95	وَجَدَ	he found	1060.14%	Week 20
96	عِلْمٌ	knowledge	1050.14%	Week 10
97	لَنْ	will never	1040.13%	Week 37
98	سَأَلَ	he asked	1000.13%	Week 20
99	أَخْرَجَ	he brought out	990.13%	Week 49
100	أَجْرٌ	reward, wage	930.12%	Week 12

How the words are counted

Each word of the Qur'an is counted once, for one word of our course, the same way as in our free word check. A word's count includes its other forms: other endings, tenses and persons.

The name of Allah alone is 3.49% of the Qur'an's words. It is not in the list, and nor are His names and attributes.

Also left out, as in the word check: prefixes and endings (such as li‑ "for" and bi‑ "with"), names of people, words our course teaches only inside a phrase, and words whose meaning in our course is not their usual meaning in the Qur'an.

Taught by week N: by the end of week N, our course has taught at least half of the word's uses in the Qur'an. The link opens the Qur'an reader at one of them, with the words taught by week N lit up.

The word counts use the grammar data of the Quranic Arabic Corpus.