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رَجَعَ

رجع in the Quran

Meaning: return

رجع occurs 82 times in 81 verses across 38 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
82
Verses
81
Surahs
38

رَجَعَ

Verb · 79 times

Meaning: return · Also translated as: you will be brought back

Forms in the Quran

  • يَرْجِعُونَ ×22
  • تُرْجَعُونَ ×19
  • تُرْجَعُ ×6
  • يُرْجَعُ ×5
  • أَرْجِعُ ×4
  • ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ ×3
  • رَجَعْتُمْ ×2
  • رَجَعُوٓا۟ ×2

رَجْع

Noun · 3 times

Meaning: a return · Also translated as: return him, returns

Forms in the Quran

  • رَجْعٌۢ ×1
  • رَجْعِهِۦ ×1
  • ٱلرَّجْعِ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الرجوع: العود إلى ما كان منه البدء، أو تقدير البدء مكانا كان أو فعلا، أو قولا، وبذاته كان رجوعه، أو بجزء من أجزائه، أو بفعل من أفعاله. فالرجوع: العود، والرجع: الإعادة، والرجعة والرجعة في الطلاق، وفي العود إلى الدنيا بعد الممات، ويقال: فلان يؤمن بالرجعة.

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿إليه ترجعون﴾ [البقرة: 28] أي تعودون. والرجوع في الأصل العود إلى مكان منه البدو، وسواء كان مكانا أو قولا أو فعلا. وسواء كان العود بذاته أو بجزء من أجزائه أو بفعل من أفعاله. ورجع يتعدى بنفسه؛ قال تعالى: ﴿فإن رجعك الله إلى طائفة منهم﴾ [التوبة: 83] ولذلك بنى للمفعول. وقيل: يجوز أن يكون قاصرا بمعنى عاد كقوله:…

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

Verses with رجع

Verses 21–40 of 81

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    "O Joseph!" (he said). "O man of truth! Expound To us (the dream) Of seven fat kine Whom seven lean ones Devour, and of seven Green ears of corn And (seven) others withered: That I may return To the people, and that They may understand."

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:46
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    So the king said: "Bring ye him unto me." But when the messenger Came to him, (Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy lord, And ask him, "What is The state of mind Of the ladies Who cut their hands?" For my Lord is Certainly well aware Of their snare."

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:50
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    And (Joseph) told his servants To put their stock-in-trade (With which they had bartered) Into their saddle-bags, So they should know it only When they returned to their people, In order that they Might come back.

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:62
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Now when they returned To their father, they said: "O our father! No more Measure of grain shall we get (Unless we take our brother): So send our brother with us, That we may get our measure; And we will indeed Take every care of him."

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:63
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Turn ye back to your father, And say, "O our father! Behold! thy son committed theft! We bear witness only to what We know, and we could not Well guard against the unseen!

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:81
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is We Who will inherit The earth, and all beings Thereon: to Us will they All be returned.

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:40
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Behold! thy sister goeth forth And saith, "Shall I show you One who will nurse And rear the (child)? So We brought thee back To thy mother, that her eye Might be cooled and she Should not grieve. Then thou didst slay A man, but We saved thee From trouble, and We tried Thee in various ways. Then didst thou tarry A number of years With the people of Midian. Then didst thou come hither As ordained, O Moses!

    Surah Taha, verse 20:40
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    So Moses returned to his people In a state of indignation And sorrow. He said: "O my people! did not Your Lord make a handsome Promise to you? Did then The promise seem to you Long (in coming)? Or did ye Desire that Wrath should Descend from your Lord on you, And so ye broke your promise To me?"

    Surah Taha, verse 20:86
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    Could they not see that It could not return them A word (for answer), and that It had no power either To harm them or To do them good?

    Surah Taha, verse 20:89
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    They had said: "We will not Abandon this cult, but we Will devote ourselves to it Until Moses returns to us.

    Surah Taha, verse 20:91
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Flee not, but return to The good things of this life Which were given you, And to your homes, In order that ye may Be called to account

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:13
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Every soul shall have A taste of death: And We test you By evil and by good By way of trial. To Us must ye return.

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:35
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    So he broke them to pieces, (All) but the biggest of them, That they might turn (And address themselves) to it.

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:58
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    So they turned to themselves And said, "Surely ye Are the ones in the wrong!

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:64
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    But there is a ban On any population which We have destroyed: that they Shall not return,

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:95
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    He knows what is before them And what is behind them: And to God go back All questions (for decision).

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:76
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    (In Falsehood will they be) Until, when death comes To one of them, he says: "O my Lord! send me back (To life),—

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:99
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Did ye then think That We had created you In jest, and that ye Would not be brought back To Us (for account)?"

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:115
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    If ye find no one In the house, enter not Until permission is given To you: if ye are asked To go back, go back: That makes for greater purity For yourselves: and God Knows well all that ye do.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:28
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Be quite sure that To God doth belong Whatever is in the heavens And on earth. Well doth He Know what ye are intent upon: And one day they will be Brought back to Him, and He Will tell them the truth Of what they did: For God doth know All things.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:64