دُون
Noun · 144 timesMeaning: besides · Also translated as: other than, instead of, excluding, other than yourselves
Forms in the Quran
- دُونِ ×91
- دُونِهِۦٓ ×38
- دُونِهِمْ ×4
- دُونِى ×3
- دُونِكَ ×2
- دُونِهِمَا ×2
- دُونِكُمْ ×1
- وَدُونَ ×1
دُون
Meaning: besides
دون occurs 144 times in 142 verses across 46 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.
Meaning: besides · Also translated as: other than, instead of, excluding, other than yourselves
يقال للقاصر عن الشيء: دون، قال بعضهم:
الدال والواو والنون أصل واحد يدل على المداناة والمقاربة. يقال هذا دون ذاك، أي هو أقرب منه. وإذا أردت تحقيره قلت دوين. ولا يشتق منه فعل. ويقال في الإغراء: دونكه! أي خذه، اقرب منه وقربه منك. ويقولون أمر دون، وثوب دون، أي قريب القيمة. قال القتيبي: دان يدون دونا، إذا ضعف، وأدين إدانة. وأنشدوا:
Verses 41–60 of 142
"Nor call on any, Other than God;— Such will neither profit thee Nor hurt thee: if thou dost, Behold! thou shalt certainly Be of those who do wrong."
Surah Yunus, verse 10:106Or they may say, "He forged it." Say, "Bring ye then ten Sūras Forged, like unto it, and call (To your aid) whomsoever Ye can, other than God!— If ye speak the truth!
Surah Hud, verse 11:13They will in no wise Frustrate (His design) on earth, Nor have they protectors Besides God! Their penalty Will be doubled! They lost The power to hear, And they did not see!
Surah Hud, verse 11:20"Other gods as partners! So scheme (your worst) against me, All of you, and give me No respite.
Surah Hud, verse 11:55It was not We that wronged them: They wronged their own souls: The deities, other than God, Whom they invoked, profited them No whit when there issued The decree of thy Lord: Nor did they add aught (To their lot) but perdition!
Surah Hud, verse 11:101And incline not to those Who do wrong, or the Fire Will seize you; and ye have No protectors other than God, Nor shall ye be helped.
Surah Hud, verse 11:113"If not Him, ye worship nothing But names which ye have named,— Ye and your fathers,— For which God hath sent down No authority: the Command Is for none but God: He Hath commanded that ye worship None but Him: that is The right religion, but Most men understand not…
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:40For each (such person) There are (angels) in succession, Before and behind him: They guard him by command Of God. Verily never Will God change the condition Of a people until they Change it themselves (With their own souls). But when (once) God willeth A people's punishment, There can be no Turning it back, nor Will they find, besides Him, Any to protect
Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:11For Him (alone) is prayer In Truth: any others that they Call upon besides Him hear them No more than if they were To stretch forth their hands For water to reach their mouths But it reaches them not: For the prayer of those Without Faith is nothing But (futile) wandering (in the mind).
Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:14Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer Of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) God." Say: "Do ye then take (For worship) protectors other Than Him, such as have No power either for good Or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal With those who see? Or the depths of darkness Equal with Light?" Or do they assign to God Partners who have created (Anything) as He has created, So that the creation seemed To them similar? Say: "God is the Creator Of all things: He is The One, the Supreme and Irresistible."
Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:16Those whom they invoke Besides God create nothing And are themselves created.
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:20The worshippers of false gods Say: "If God had so willed, We should not have worshipped Aught but Him—neither we Nor our fathers,—nor should We have prescribed prohibitions Other than His." So did those Who went before them. But what is the mission Of apostles but to preach The Clear Message?
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:35And worship others than God,— Such as have no power Of providing them, for sustenance, With anything in heavens or earth, And cannot possibly have Such power?
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:73When those who gave partners To God will see their "partners", They will say: "Our Lord! These are our "partners," those Whom we used to invoke Besides Thee." But they will Throw back their word at them (And say): "Indeed ye are liars!"
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:86We 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 17:2Say: "Call on those— Besides Him—whom ye fancy: They have neither the power To remove your troubles From you nor to change them."
Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:56It is he whom God guides, That is on true guidance; But he whom He leaves Astray—for such wilt thou Find no protector besides Him. On the Day of Judgment We shall gather them together, Prone on their faces, Blind, dumb, and deaf: Their abode will be Hell: Every time it shows abatement, We shall increase for them The fierceness of the Fire.
Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:97We gave strength to their hearts: Behold, they stood up And said: "Our Lord is The Lord of the heavens And of the earth: never Shall we call upon any god Other than Him: if we Did, we should indeed Have uttered an enormity!
Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:14"These our people have taken For worship gods other Than Him: why do they Not bring forward an authority Clear (and convincing) For what they do? Who doth more wrong Than such as invent A falsehood against God?
Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:15Say: "God knows best How long they stayed: With Him is (the knowledge Of) the secrets of the heavens And the earth: how clearly He sees, how finely He hears (Everything)! They have no protector Other than Him; nor does He share His Command With any person whatsoever.
Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:26