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Quran Maqasid

ثَمَن

ثمن in the Quran

Meaning: a price

ثمن occurs 12 times in 12 verses across 7 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
12
Verses
12
Surahs
7

ثَمَن

Noun · 11 times

Meaning: a price · Also translated as: a gain, a little price

Forms in the Quran

  • ثَمَنًا ×10
  • بِثَمَنٍۭ ×1

ثُمُن

Noun · 1 time

Meaning: the eighth

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلثُّمُنُ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

قوله تعالى: وشروه بثمن بخس

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الثمن: ما تشترى به السلعة، وغلب في النقدين. ويتجوز به عن الشيء المبتاع، كقوله: ﴿ولا تشتروا بآياتي ثمنا قيلا﴾ [المائدة: 44] سمى ما بذلوه من الآيات الهادية شراء، وما تعوضوه من أعراض الدنيا ثمنا. قال الهروي: جعل الثمن مشترى كسائر السلع، لأن الثمن والمثمن كلاهما مبيع، ولذلك أجيز شريت بمعنى بعت. واختلفت عادات الناس في…

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ث م ن

Verses with ثمن

Verses 1–12 of 12

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    And believe in what I reveal, Confirming the revelation Which is with you, And be not the first to reject Faith therein, nor sell My Signs For a small price; and fear Me, And Me alone.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:41
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then woe to those who write The Book with their own hands, And then say: "This is from God," To traffic with it For a miserable price!— Woe to them for what their hands Do write, and for the gain They make thereby.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:79
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who conceal God's revelations in the Book, And purchase for them A miserable profit,— They swallow into themselves Naught but Fire; God will not address them On the Day of Resurrection, Nor purify them: Grievous will be Their Penalty.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:174
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    As for those who sell The faith they owe to God And their own plighted word For a small price, They shall have no portion In the Hereafter: Nor will God (Deign to) speak to them Or look at them On the Day of Judgment, Nor will He cleanse them (Of sin): they shall have A grievous Penalty.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:77
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    And remember God took a Covenant From the People of the Book, To make it known And clear to mankind, And not to hide it; But they threw it away Behind their backs, And purchased with it Some miserable gain! And vile was the bargain They made!

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:187
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    And there are, certainly, Among the People of the Book, Those who believe in God, In the revelation to you, And in the revelation to them, Bowing in humility to God: They will not sell The Signs of God For a miserable gain! For them is a reward With their Lord, And God is swift in account.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:199
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    In what your wives leave, Your share is a half, If they leave no child; But if they leave a child, Ye get a fourth; after payment Of legacies and debts. In what ye leave, Their share is a fourth, If ye leave no child; But if ye leave a child, They get an eighth; after payment Of legacies and debts. If the man or woman Whose inheritance is in question, Has left neither ascendants nor descendants, But has left a brother Or a sister, each one of the two Gets a sixth; but if more Than two, they share in a third; After payment of legacies And debts; so that no loss Is caused (to any one). Thus is it ordained by God; And God is All-knowing, Most Forbearing.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:12
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    It was We who revealed The Law (to Moses): therein Was guidance and light.' By its standard have been judged The Jews, by the Prophets Who bowed (as in Islam) To God's Will, by the Rabbis And the Doctors of Law: For to them was entrusted The protection of God's Book, And they were witnesses thereto: Therefore fear not men, But fear Me, and sell not My Signs for a miserable price. If any do fail to judge By (the light of) what God Hath revealed, they are (No better than) Unbelievers.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:44
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! When death approaches Any of you, (take) witnesses Among yourselves when making Bequests,—two just men Of your own (brotherhood) Or others from outside If ye are journeying Through the earth, And the chance of death Befalls you (thus). If ye doubt (their truth), Detain them both After prayer, and let them both Swear by God: "We wish not in this For any worldly gain, Even though the (beneficiary) Be our near relation: We shall hide not The evidence before God: If we do, then behold! The sin be upon us!"

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:106
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Signs of God have they sold For a miserable price, And (many) have they hindered From His Way: evil indeed Are the deeds they have done.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:9
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    The (Brethren) sold him For a miserable price,— For a few dirhams counted out: In such low estimation Did they hold him!

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:20
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nor sell the Covenant of God For a miserable price: For with God is (a prize) Far better for you, If ye only knew.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:95