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Quran Maqasid

جاهِلِيَّة

جاهلية in the Quran

Meaning: ignorance

جاهلية occurs 4 times in 4 verses across 4 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
4
Verses
4
Surahs
4

جاهِلِيَّة

Proper noun · 3 times

Meaning: ignorance

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ ×3

جاهِلِيَّة

Noun · 1 time

Meaning: [the] ignorance

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الجهل على ثلاثة أضرب:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الجهل: ضد العلم، والعلم: تصور الشيء بما هو عليه، أو تصديق لذلك، والجهل يقابله. وقيل: العلم ضروري فلا يحد، وقيل: كسبي. والجهل ضربان: بسيط ومركب، وأقبحهما الثاني لأن صاحبه يجهل ويجهل أنه يجهل. وقد قسمه بعضهم إلى ثلاثة أقسام: الأول خلو النفس من العلم وهذا هو الأصل. ولذلك جعله بعض المتكلمين معنى مقتضيا للأفعال الخارجة على…

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

Verses with جاهلية

Verses 1–4 of 4

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    After (the excitement) Of the distress, He sent down Calm on a band of you Overcome with slumber, While another band Was stirred to anxiety By their own feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions Of God—suspicions due To Ignorance. They said: "What affair is this of ours?" Say thou: "Indeed, this affair Is wholly God's." They hide In their minds what they Dare not reveal to thee. They say (to themselves): "If we had had anything To do with this affair, We should not have been In the slaughter here." Say: "Even if you had remained In your homes, those For whom death was decreed Would certainly have gone forth To the place of their death"; But (all this was) That God might test What is in your breasts And purge what is In your hearts. For God knoweth well The secrets of your hearts.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:154
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do they then seek after A judgment of (the Days Of) Ignorance? But who, For a people whose faith Is assured, can give Better judgment than God?

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:50
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    And stay quietly in Your houses, and make not A dazzling display, like That of the former Times Of Ignorance; and establish Regular Prayer, and give Regular Charity; and obey God and His Apostle. And God only wishes To remove all abomination From you, ye Members Of the Family, and to make You pure and spotless.

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:33
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    While the Unbelievers Got up in their hearts Heat and cant—the heat And cant of Ignorance,— God sent down His Tranquillity To his Apostle and to The Believers, and made them Stick close to the command Of self-restraint; and well Were they entitled to it And worthy of it. And God has full knowledge Of all things.

    Surah Al-Fath, verse 48:26