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شَكَرَ

شكر in the Quran

Meaning: grateful

شكر occurs 47 times in 43 verses across 28 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
47
Verses
43
Surahs
28

شَكَرَ

Verb · 46 times

Meaning: grateful · Also translated as: thankful, you are thankful, give thanks

Forms in the Quran

  • تَشْكُرُونَ ×19
  • يَشْكُرُونَ ×9
  • وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ ×5
  • أَشْكُرَ ×4
  • يَشْكُرُ ×3
  • شَكَرْتُمْ ×2
  • شَكَرَ ×2
  • ءَأَشْكُرُ ×1

شُكْر

Noun · 1 time

Meaning: gratitude

Forms in the Quran

  • شُكْرًا ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الشكر: تصور النعمة وإظهارها، قيل: وهو مقلوب عن الكشر، أي: الكشف، ويضاده الكفر، وهو: نسيان النعمة وسترها، ودابة شكور: مظهرة بسمنها إسداء صاحبها إليها، وقيل: أصله من عين شكرى، أي:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿واشكروا لي﴾ [البقرة: 152] قد تقدم في باب الحاء الكلام على نوع من الشكر، والفرق بينه وبين الحمد عند الجمهور. وقال بعضهم: الشكر: تصور النعمة وإظهارها. ويضاده الكفر، وهو نسيان النعمة وسترها. ومن الأول قالوا: دابة شكور: مظهر بسمنه إسداء صاحبه إليه. وقيل: الشكر مقلوب من الكشر: وهو الكشف. ومنه: كشر عن أنيابة.…

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

Verses with شكر

Verses 1–20 of 43

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Even then We did forgive you; There was a chance for you To be grateful.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:52
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then We raised you up After your death: Ye had the chance To be grateful.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:56
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then do ye remember Me; I will remember You. Be grateful to Me, And reject not Faith.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:152
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Eat of the good things That We have provided for you, And be grateful to God, If it is Him ye worship.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:172
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Ramadhān is the (month) In which was sent down The Qur-ān, as a guide To mankind, also clear (Signs) For guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong). So every one of you Who is present (at his home) During that month Should spend it in fasting, But if any one is ill, Or on a journey, The prescribed period (Should be made up) By days later. God intends every facility For you; He does not want To put you to difficulties. (He wants you) to complete The prescribed period, And to glorify Him In that He has guided you; And perchance ye shall be grateful.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:185
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Didst thou not Turn by vision to those Who abandoned their homes, Though they were thousands (In number), for fear of death? God said to them: "Die": Then He restored them to life. For God is full of bounty To mankind, but Most of them are ungrateful.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:243
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    God had helped you At Badr, when ye were A contemptible little force; Then fear God; thus May ye show your gratitude.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:123
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    What can God gain By your punishment, If ye are grateful And ye believe? Nay, it is God That recogniseth (All good), and knoweth All things.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:147
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! When ye prepare For prayer, wash Your faces, and your hands (And arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); And (wash) your feet To the ankles. If ye are in a state Of ceremonial impurity, Bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, Or on a journey, Or one of you cometh From offices of nature, Or ye have been In contact with women, And ye find no water, Then take for yourselves Clean sand or earth, And rub therewith Your faces and hands. God doth not wish To place you in a difficulty, But to make you clean, And to complete His favour to you, That ye may be grateful.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:6
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    God will not call you To account for what is Futile in your oaths, But He will call you To account for your deliberate Oaths: for expiation, feed Ten indigent persons, On a scale of the average For the food of your families; Or clothe them; or give A slave his freedom. If that is beyond your means, Fast for three days. That is the expiation For the oaths ye have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth God make clear To you His Signs, that ye May be grateful.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:89
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is We Who have Placed you with authority On earth, and provided You therein with means For the fulfilment of your life: Small are the thanks That ye give!

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:10
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    From the land that is clean And good, by the Will Of its Cherisher, springs up Produce, (rich) after its kind: But from the land that is Bad, springs up nothing But that which is niggardly: Thus do we explain the Signs By various (symbols) to those Who are grateful.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:58
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Call to mind when ye Were a small (band), Despised through the land, And afraid that men might Despoil and kidnap you; But He provided a safe asylum For you, strengthened you With His aid, and gave you Good things for sustenance: That ye might be grateful.

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:26
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    And what think those Who invent lies against God, Of the Day of Judgment? Verily God is full of Bounty To mankind, but most Of them are ungrateful!"

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:60
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And I follow the ways Of my fathers,—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and never Could we attribute any partners Whatever to God: that (comes) Of the grace of God to us And to mankind: yet Most men are not grateful

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:38
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    And remember! your Lord Caused to be declared (publicly): "If ye are grateful, I will Add more (favours) unto you; But if ye show ingratitude, Truly my punishment Is terrible indeed."

    Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:7
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    "O our Lord! I have made Some of my offspring to dwell In a valley without cultivation, By Thy Sacred House; In order, O our Lord, that they May establish regular Prayer: So fill the hearts of some Among men with love towards them, And feed them with Fruits: So that they may give thanks.

    Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:37
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is He Who has made The sea subject, that ye May eat thereof flesh That is fresh and tender, And that ye may extract Therefrom ornaments to wear; And thou seest the ships Therein that plough the waves, That ye may seek (thus) Of the bounty of God And that ye may be grateful.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:14
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is He Who brought you Forth from the wombs Of your mothers when Ye knew nothing; and He Gave you hearing and sight And intelligence and affections: That ye may give thanks (To God).

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:78
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    So eat of the sustenance Which God has provided For you, lawful and good; And be grateful for the favours Of God, if it is He Whom ye serve.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:114