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عَذاب

عذاب in the Quran

Meaning: a punishment

عذاب occurs 322 times in 306 verses across 68 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
322
Verses
306
Surahs
68

عَذاب

Noun · 322 times

Meaning: a punishment · Also translated as: the punishment, punishment, torment, [the] punishment

Forms in the Quran

  • عَذَابٌ ×150
  • ٱلْعَذَابِ ×85
  • عَذَابًا ×38
  • بِعَذَابٍ ×13
  • عَذَابِىٓ ×9
  • بِٱلْعَذَابِ ×6
  • وَلَعَذَابُ ×5
  • وَعَذَابٌ ×4

Its root in the classical dictionaries

ماء عذب طيب بارد. قال تعالى: هذا عذب فرات [الفرقان/ 53] ، وأعذب القوم:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

﴿ولهم عذاب أليم﴾ [البقرة: 174]: الإيجاع الشديد، وأصله من المنع، وسميت العقوبة والإيلام عذابا باعتبار منعها من معاودة ما عوقب عليه، ومنه الماء العذب لأنه يعذب العطش، أي يمنعه. وقيل: هو من قولهم: عذب الرجل إذا ترك المأكل فهو عاذب وعذوب. فكان التعذيب في الأصل حمل الإنسان على أن يعذب أي يجوع ويسهر. وقيل: بل هو من العذب…

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Verses with عذاب

Verses 181–200 of 306

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    They ask thee To hasten on the Punishment: But, of a surety, Hell will encompass The rejecters of Faith!—

    Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 29:54
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    On the Day that The Punishment shall cover them From above them and From below them, And (a Voice) shall say: "Taste ye (the fruits) Of your deeds!

    Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 29:55
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    And those who have rejected Faith and falsely denied Our Signs and the meeting Of the Hereafter,—such Shall be brought forth to Punishment.

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:16
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    But there are, among men, Those who purchase idle tales,' Without knowledge (or meaning), To mislead (men) from the Path Of God and throw ridicule (On the Path): for such There will be a humiliating Penalty.

    Surah Luqman, verse 31:6
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    When Our Signs are rehearsed To such a one, he turns Away in arrogance, as if He heard them not, as if There were deafness in both His ears: announce to him A grievous Penalty.

    Surah Luqman, verse 31:7
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    When they are told to follow The (Revelation) that God Has sent down, they say: "Nay, we shall follow The ways that we found Our fathers (following)." What! even if it is Satan beckoning them To the Penalty Of the (Blazing) Fire?

    Surah Luqman, verse 31:21
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    We grant them their pleasure For a little while In the end shall We Drive them to A chastisement unrelenting.

    Surah Luqman, verse 31:24
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Taste ye then—for ye Forgot the Meeting Of this Day of yours, And We too will Forget you—taste ye The Penalty of Eternity For your (evil) deeds!"

    Surah As-Sajdah, verse 32:14
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    As to those who are Rebellious and wicked, their abode Will be the Fire: every time They wish to get away Therefrom, they will be forced Thereinto, and it will be said To them: "Taste ye The Penalty of the Fire, The which ye were wont To reject as false."

    Surah As-Sajdah, verse 32:20
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    And indeed We will make Them taste of the Penalty Of this (life) prior to The supreme Penalty, in order That they may (repent and) return.

    Surah As-Sajdah, verse 32:21
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    That (God) may question The (Custodians) of Truth concerning The Truth they (were charged with): And He has prepared For the Unbelievers A grievous Penalty.

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:8
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    O Consorts of the Prophet If any of you were guilty Of evident unseemly conduct, The Punishment would be Doubled to her, and that Is easy for God

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:30
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who annoy God and His Apostle— God has cursed them In this world and In the Hereafter, And has prepared for them A humiliating Punishment.

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:57
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Our Lord! Give them Double Penalty And curse them With a very great Curse!"

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:68
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    But those who strive Against Our Signs, to frustrate Them,—for such will be A Penalty,—a Punishment Most humiliating.

    Surah Saba, verse 34:5
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Has he invented a falsehood Against God, or has A spirit (seized) him?"— Nay, it is those who Believe not in the Hereafter, That are in (real) Penalty, And in farthest Error.

    Surah Saba, verse 34:8
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    And to Solomon (We Made) the Wind (obedient): Its early morning (stride) Was a month's (journey), And its evening (stride) Was a month's (journey); And We made a Font Of molten brass to flow For him; and there were Jinns that worked in front Of him, by the leave Of his Lord, and if any Of them turned aside From Our command, We Made him taste Of the Penalty Of the Blazing Fire.

    Surah Saba, verse 34:12
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them His death except a little Worm of the earth, which Kept (slowly) gnawing away At his staff: so when he Fell down, the Jinns saw Plainly that if they had Known the unseen, they Would not have tarried In the humiliating Penalty (Of their Task).

    Surah Saba, verse 34:14
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who had been despised Will say to the arrogant ones: "Nay! it was a plot (Of yours) by day and by night: Behold! ye (constantly) ordered us To be ungrateful to God And to attribute equals to Him! They will declare (their) repentance When they see the Penalty: We shall put yokes On the necks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a requital For their (ill) Deeds.

    Surah Saba, verse 34:33
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, Will be given over Into Punishment.

    Surah Saba, verse 34:38