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Quran Maqasid

اتَّخَذَ

اتخذ in the Quran

Meaning: take

اتخذ occurs 124 times in 118 verses across 37 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
124
Verses
118
Surahs
37

اتَّخَذَ

Verb · 124 times

Meaning: take · Also translated as: you took

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ×21
  • ٱتَّخَذَ ×17
  • تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ ×13
  • يَتَّخِذُ ×11
  • وَٱتَّخِذُوا۟ ×6
  • ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ×5
  • وَٱتَّخَذَ ×4
  • يَتَّخِذُوا۟ ×3

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الهمزة والخاء والذال أصل واحد تتفرع منه فروع متقاربة في المعنى. [أما] أخذ فالأصل حوز الشيء وجبيه وجمعه. تقول أخذت الشيء آخذه أخذا. قال الخليل: هو خلاف العطاء، وهو التناول. قال: والأخذة رقية تأخذ العين ونحوها. والمؤخذ: الرجل الذي تؤخذه المرأة عن رأيه وتؤخذه عن النساء، كأنه حبس عنهن. والإخاذة - وأبو عبيد يقول الإخاذ…

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس

الأخذ: خلاف العطاء، وهو أيضا التناول. أخذت الشيء آخذه أخذا: تناولته؛ وأخذه يأخذه أخذا، والإخذ، بالكسر: الاسم. وإذا أمرت قلت: خذ، وأصله أؤخذ إلا أنهم استثقلوا الهمزتين فحذفوهما تخفيفا؛ قال ابن سيده: فلما اجتمعت همزتان وكثر استعمال الكلمة حذفت الهمزة الأصلية فزال الساكن فاستغني عن الهمزة الزائدة، وقد جاء على الأصل فقيل:…

لسان العرب — ابن منظور
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Verses with اتخذ

Verses 101–118 of 118

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    What! Do they take For intercessors others Besides God? Say: "Even if They have no power whatever And no intelligence?"

    Surah Az-Zumar, verse 39:43
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    And those who take As protectors others besides Him,— God doth watch over them; And thou art not The disposer of their affairs.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:6
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    What! Have they taken (For worship) protectors Besides Him? But it is God,—He is the Protector, And it is He Who Gives life to the dead: It is He Who has power Over all things.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:9
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    What! Has He taken Daughters out of what He Himself creates, and granted To you sons for choice?

    Surah Az-Zukhruf, verse 43:16
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Is it they who would portion out The Mercy of thy Lord? It is We Who portion out Between them their livelihood In the life of this world: And We raise some of them Above others in ranks, So that some may command Work from others. But the Mercy of thy Lord Is better than the (wealth) Which they amass.

    Surah Az-Zukhruf, verse 43:32
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    And when he learns Something of Our Signs, He takes them in jest: For such there will be A humiliating Penalty.

    Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:9
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    In front of them is Hell: and of no profit To them is anything They may have earned, Nor any protectors they May have taken to themselves Besides God: for them Is a tremendous Penalty.

    Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:10
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then seest thou such A one as takes As his god his own Vain desire? God has, Knowing (him as such), Left him astray, and sealed His hearing and his heart (And understanding), and put A cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him After God (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye not Then receive admonition?

    Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:23
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    "This, because ye used To take the Signs of God In jest, and the life Of the world deceived you: (From) that Day, therefore, They shall not be taken out Thence, nor shall they be Received into Grace.

    Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:35
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Why then was no help Forthcoming to them from those Whom they worshipped as gods, Besides God, as a means Of access (to God)? Nay, They left them in the lurch: But that was their Falsehood and their invention.

    Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:28
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    They have made their oaths A screen (for their misdeeds): Thus they obstruct (men) From the Path of God: Therefore shall they have A humiliating Penalty.

    Surah Al-Mujadila, verse 58:16
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Take not My enemies And yours as friends (Or protectors),—offering them (Your) love, even though They have rejected the Truth That has come to you, And have (on the contrary) Driven out the Prophet And yourselves (from your homes), (Simply) because ye believe In God your Lord! If ye have come out To strive in My Way And to seek My Good Pleasure, (Take them not as friends), Holding secret converse Of love (and friendship) With them: for I know Full well all that ye Conceal and all that ye Reveal. And any of you That does this has strayed From the Straight Path.

    Surah Al-Mumtahanah, verse 60:1
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    They have made their oaths A screen (for their misdeeds): Thus they obstruct (men) From the Path of God: Truly evil are their deeds.

    Surah Al-Munafiqun, verse 63:2
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    'And exalted is the Majesty Of our Lord: He has Taken neither a wife Nor a son.

    Surah Al-Jinn, verse 72:3
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    (He is) Lord of the East And the West: there is No god but He: Take Him therefore For (thy) Disposer of Affairs.

    Surah Al-Muzzammil, verse 73:9
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    Verily this is an Admonition: Therefore, whoso will, let him Take a (straight) path To his Lord!

    Surah Al-Muzzammil, verse 73:19
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    This is an admonition: Whosoever will, let him Take a (straight) Path To his Lord.

    Surah Al-Insan, verse 76:29
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    that day will be The sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will let him Take a (straight) Return To his Lord!

    Surah An-Naba, verse 78:39