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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…

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

Verses with عذاب

Verses 141–160 of 306

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    And thus do We recompense Him who transgresses beyond bounds And believes not in the Signs Of his Lord: and the Penalty Of the Hereafter is far more Grievous and more enduring.

    Surah Taha, verse 20:127
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    And if We had inflicted On them a penalty before this, They would have said: "Our Lord! If only Thou Hadst sent us an apostle, We should certainly have followed Thy Signs before we were Humbled and put to shame."

    Surah Taha, verse 20:134
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    If but a breath of the Wrath Of thy Lord do touch them, They will then say, "Woe To us! we did wrong indeed!"

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:46
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Day ye shall see it, Every mother giving suck Shall forget her suckling-babe, And every pregnant female Shall drop her load (unformed): Thou shalt see mankind As in a drunken riot, Yet not drunk: but dreadful Will be the Wrath of God.

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:2
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    About the (Evil One) It is decreed that whoever Turns to him for friendship, Him will he lead astray, And he will guide him To the Penalty of the Fire.

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:4
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    (Disdainfully) bending his side, In order to lead (men) astray From the Path of God: For him there is disgrace In this life, and on the Day Of Judgment We shall Make him taste the Penalty Of burning (Fire).

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:9
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Seest thou not that To God bow down in worship All things that are In the heavens and on earth,— The sun, the moon, the stars; The hills, the trees, the animals; And a great number among Mankind? But a great number Are (also) such as are Fit for Punishment: and such As God shall disgrace, None can raise to honour: For God carries out All that He wills.

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:18
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Every time they wish To get away therefrom, From anguish, they will be Forced back therein, and (It will be said), "Taste ye The Penalty of Burning!"

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

    As to those who have rejected (God), and would keep back (men) From the Way of God, and From the Sacred Mosque, which We have made (open) to (all) men— Equal is the dweller there And the visitor from the country And any whose purpose therein Is profanity or wrong-doing— Them will We cause to taste Of a most grievous Penalty.

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:25
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Yet they ask thee To hasten on the Punishment! But God will not fail In His promise. Verily A Day in the sight of thy Lord Is like a thousand years Of your reckoning.

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:47
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who reject Faith Will not cease to be In doubt concerning (Revelation) Until the Hour (of Judgment) Comes suddenly upon them, Or there comes to them The Penalty of a Day of Disaster.

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:55
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    And for those who reject Faith And deny Our Signs, There will be a humiliating Punishment.

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:57
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Until, when We seize In Punishment those of them Who received the good things Of this world, behold, They will groan in supplication!

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:64
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    We inflicted Punishment On them, but they Humbled not themselves To their Lord, nor do they Submissively entreat (Him)!—

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:76
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    Until We open on them A gate leading to A severe Punishment: then Lo! they will be plunged In despair therein!

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:77
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    The woman and the man Guilty of adultery or fornication,— Flog each of them With a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you In their case, in a matter Prescribed by God, if ye believe In God and the Last Day: And let a party Of the Believers Witness their punishment.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:2
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    But it would avert The punishment from the wife, If she bears witness Four times (with an oath) By God, that (her husband) Is telling a lie;

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:8
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who brought forward The lie are a body Among yourselves: think it not To be an evil to you; On the contrary it is good For you: to every man Among them (will come The punishment) of the sin That he earned, and to him Who took on himself the lead Among them, will be A Penalty grievous.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:11
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Were it not for the grace And mercy of God on you, In this world and the Hereafter, A grievous penalty would have Seized you in that ye rushed Glibly into this affair.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:14
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who love (to see) Scandal published broadcast Among the Believers, will have A grievous Penalty in this life And in the Hereafter: God Knows, and ye know not.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:19