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جَعَلَ

جعل in the Quran

Meaning: We made

جعل occurs 340 times in 306 verses across 66 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
340
Verses
306
Surahs
66

جَعَلَ

Verb · 340 times

Meaning: We made · Also translated as: make, made, They put, set up

Forms in the Quran

  • جَعَلَ ×45
  • وَجَعَلْنَا ×37
  • جَعَلْنَا ×29
  • وَجَعَلَ ×29
  • يَجْعَلَ ×15
  • نَّجْعَلَ ×9
  • ٱجْعَلْ ×8
  • وَيَجْعَلَ ×8

Its root in the classical dictionaries

جعل: لفظ عام في الأفعال كلها، وهو أعم من فعل وصنع وسائر أخواتها، ويتصرف على خمسة أوجه:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الجعل: يأتي لمعان، أحدها: الخلق والإحداث، كقوله تعالى: ﴿وجعل الظلمات والنور﴾ [الأنعام: 1] فيتعدى لواحد. والثاني: الإلقاء نحو: جعلنا متاعك بعضه فوق بعض. والثالث: التصيير، وهو على ضربين، الأصل تصيير بالفعل نحو: جعلت الطين خزفا والثاني: القول، نحو: ﴿وجعلوا الملائكة الذين هم عباد الرحمن إناثا﴾ [الزخرف: 19]. الرابع:…

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ج ع ل

Verses with جعل

Verses 101–120 of 306

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Fulfil the Covenant of God When ye have entered into it, And break not your oaths After ye have confirmed them; Indeed ye have made God your surety; for God Knoweth all that ye do.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:91
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    If God so willed, He Could make you all one People: But He leaves straying Whom He pleases, and He guides Whom He pleases: but ye Shall certainly be called to account For all your actions.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:93
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Sabbath was only made (Strict) for those who disagreed (As to its observance); But God will judge between them On the Day of Judgment, As to their differences,

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:124
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    We gave Moses the Book, And made it a Guide To the Children of Israel, (Commanding): "Take not Other than Me As Disposer of (your) affairs."

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:2
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then did We grant you The Return as against them: We gave you increase In resources and sons, And made you The more numerous In man-power.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:6
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    It may be that your Lord May (yet) show Mercy Unto you; but if ye Revert (to your sins), We shall revert (To Our punishments): And We have made Hell A prison for those who Reject (all Faith),

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:8
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    We have made the Night And the Day as two (Of Our) Signs: the Sign Of the Night have We obscured, While the Sign of the Day We have made to enlighten You; that ye may seek Bounty from your Lord, And that ye may know The number and count Of the years: all things Have We explained in detail.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:12
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    If any do wish For the transitory things (Of this life), We readily Grant them—such things As We will, to such persons As We will: in the end Have We provided Hell For them: they will burn Therein, disgraced and rejected.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:18
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    Take not with God Another object of worship; Or thou (O man!) wilt sit In disgrace and destitution.'

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:22
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Make not thy hand tied (Like a niggard's) to thy neck, Nor stretch it forth To its utmost reach, So that thou become Blameworthy and destitute.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:29
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nor take life—which God Has made sacred—except For just cause. And if Anyone is slain wrongfully, We have given his heir Authority (to demand Qiṣāṣ Or to forgive): but let him Not exceed bounds in the matter Of taking life; for he Is helped (by the Law).

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:33
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    These are among the (precepts Of) wisdom, which thy Lord Has revealed to thee. Take not, with God, Another object of worship, Lest thou shouldst be thrown Into Hell, blameworthy and rejected.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:39
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    When thou dost recite The Qur-ān, We put, Between thee and those who Believe not in the Hereafter, A veil invisible:

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:45
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We put coverings Over their hearts (and minds) Lest they should understand The Qur-ān, and deafness Into their ears: when thou Dost commemorate thy Lord— And Him alone—in the Qur-ān, They turn on their backs, Fleeing (from the Truth).

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:46
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    Behold! We told thee That thy Lord doth encompass Mankind round about: We granted the Vision Which We showed thee, But as a trial for men,— As also the Cursed Tree (Mentioned) in the Qur-ān: We put terror (and warning) Into them, but it only Increases their inordinate transgression!

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:60
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "O my Lord! Let my entry be By the Gate of Truth And Honour, and likewise My exit by the Gate Of Truth and Honour; And grant me From Thy Presence An authority to aid (me).

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:80
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    See they not that God, Who created the heavens And the earth, has power To create the like of them (Anew)? Only He has Decreed a term appointed, Of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse (To receive it) except With ingratitude.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:99
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    Praise be to God, Who hath sent to His Servant The Book, and hath allowed Therein no Crookedness:

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:1
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    That which is on earth We have made but as A glittering show for the earth, In order that We may test Them—as to which of them Are best in conduct.

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:7
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Set forth to them The parable of two men: For one of them We provided Two gardens of grape-vines And surrounded them With date palms; In between the two We placed corn-fields.

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:32