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Quran Maqasid

عَمِلَ

عمل in the Quran

Meaning: you do

عمل occurs 347 times in 309 verses across 67 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
347
Verses
309
Surahs
67

عَمِلَ

Verb · 276 times

Meaning: you do · Also translated as: and did, they do, do, and do

Forms in the Quran

  • تَعْمَلُونَ ×83
  • يَعْمَلُونَ ×56
  • وَعَمِلُوا۟ ×53
  • عَمِلُوا۟ ×20
  • وَعَمِلَ ×11
  • يَعْمَلْ ×10
  • عَمِلَ ×8
  • ٱعْمَلُوا۟ ×7

عَمَل

Noun · 71 times

Meaning: their deeds · Also translated as: our deeds, your deeds

Forms in the Quran

  • أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ ×27
  • أَعْمَٰلُكُمْ ×9
  • عَمَلَ ×8
  • عَمَلًا ×8
  • عَمَلُهُۥ ×4
  • أَعْمَٰلُنَا ×3
  • عَمَلَكُمْ ×3
  • عَمَلَهُمْ ×2

Its root in the classical dictionaries

العمل: كل فعل يكون من الحيوان بقصد، فهو أخص من الفعل ، لأن الفعل قد ينسب إلى الحيوانات التي يقع منها فعل بغير قصد، وقد ينسب إلى الجمادات، والعمل قلما ينسب إلى ذلك، ولم يستعمل العمل في الحيوانات إلا في قولهم: البقر العوامل، والعمل يستعمل في الأعمال الصالحة والسيئة، قال: إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿ولا تعلمون من عمل﴾ [يونس:61]. العمل هنا أعم لأنه من أعمال الجوارح والقلب، ويدخل فيه الأقوال لأنها عمل اللسان وهو من جملة الجوارح. وقد وقع في التقابل الفرق بين الأقوال والأفعال فيقولون: سديد الأقوال والأفعال. وقال بعضهم: العمل كل فعل من الحيوان يقصد فهو أخص من الفعل، لأن الفعل قد ينسب إلى الحيوانات التي…

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
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Verses with عمل

Verses 81–100 of 309

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is not for such As join gods with God, To visit or maintain The mosques of God While they witness Against their own souls To infidelity. The works Of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:17
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Verily the transposing (Of a prohibited month) Is an addition to Unbelief: The Unbelievers are led To wrong thereby: for they make It lawful one year, And forbidden another year, In order to adjust the number Of months forbidden by God And make such forbidden ones Lawful. The evil of their course Seems pleasing to them. But God guideth not Those who reject Faith.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:37
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    As in the case of those Before you: they were Mightier than you in power, And more flourishing in wealth And children. They had Their enjoyment of their portion: And ye have of yours, as did Those before you; and ye Indulge in idle talk As they did. They!— Their works are fruitless In this world and in the Hereafter, And they will lose (All spiritual good).

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:69
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    They will present their excuses To you when ye return To them. Say thou: "Present No excuses: we shall not Believe you: God hath already Informed us of the true state Of matters concerning you: It is your actions that God And His Apostle will observe: In the end will ye Be brought back to Him Who knoweth what is hidden And what is open: Then will He show you The truth of all That ye did."

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:94
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Others (there are who) have Acknowledged their wrong-doings: They have mixed an act That was good with another That was evil. Perhaps God Will turn unto them (in mercy): For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:102
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    And say: "Work (righteousness): Soon will God observe your work, And His Apostle, and the Believers: Soon will ye be brought back To the Knower of what is Hidden and what is open: Then will He show you The truth of all that ye did."

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:105
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    It was not fitting For the people of Medina And the Bedouin Arabs Of the neighbourhood, to refuse To follow God's Apostle, Nor to prefer their own lives To his: because nothing Could they suffer or do, But was reckoned to their credit As a deed of righteousness,— Whether they suffered thirst, Or fatigue, or hunger, in the Cause Of God, or trod paths To raise the ire of the Unbelievers, Or received any injury Whatever from an enemy: For God suffereth not The reward to be lost Of those who do good;—

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:120
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nor could they spend anything (For the Cause)—small or great— Nor cut across a valley, But the deed is inscribed To their credit; that God May requite their deed With the best (possible reward).

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:121
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    To Him will be your return— Of all of you. The promise Of God is true and sure. It is He who beginneth The process of creation, And repeateth it, that He May reward with justice Those who believe And work righteousness; But those who reject Him Will have draughts Of boiling fluids, And a Penalty grievous, Because they did reject Him.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:4
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who believe, And work righteousness,— Their Lord will guide them Because of their Faith: Beneath them will flow Rivers in Gardens of Bliss.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:9
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    When trouble toucheth a man, He crieth unto Us (In all postures)—lying down On his side, or sitting, Or standing. But when We Have solved his trouble, He passeth on his way as if He had never cried to Us For a trouble that touched him! Thus do the deeds of transgressors Seem fair in their eyes!

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:12
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then We made you heirs In the land after them, To see how ye would behave!

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:14
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    But when he delivereth them, Behold! they transgress Insolently through the earth In defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence Is against your own souls,— An enjoyment of the life Of the Present: in the end, To Us is your return, And We shall show you The truth of all that ye did.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:23
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    If they charge thee With falsehood, say: "My work to me, And yours to you! Ye are free from responsibility For what I do, and I For what ye do!"

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:41
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    In whatever business thou Mayest be, and whatever portion Thou mayest be reciting From the Qur-ān,—and whatever Deed ye (mankind) may be doing,— We are Witnesses thereof When ye are deeply engrossed Therein. Nor is hidden From thy Lord (so much as) The weight of an atom On the earth or in heaven. And not the least And not the greatest Of these things but are recorded In a clear Record.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:61
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    When they had had their throw, Moses said: "What ye Have brought is sorcery: God will surely make it Of no effect: for God Prospereth not the work Of those who make mischief.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:81
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    He it is Who created The heavens and the earth In six Days—and His Throne Was over the Waters— That He might try you, Which of you is best In conduct. But if Thou wert to say to them, "Ye shall indeed be raised up After death", the Unbelievers Would be sure to say, "This is nothing but Obvious sorcery!"

    Surah Hud, verse 11:7
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    Not so do those who show Patience and constancy, and work Righteousness; for them Is forgiveness (of sins) And a great reward.

    Surah Hud, verse 11:11
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who desire The life of the Present And its glitter,—to them We shall pay (the price Of) their deeds therein,— Without diminution.

    Surah Hud, verse 11:15
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    They are those for whom There is nothing in the Hereafter But the Fire: vain Are the designs they frame therein, And of no effect Are the deeds that they do!

    Surah Hud, verse 11:16