قَرْيَة
Noun · 57 timesMeaning: the cities · Also translated as: city, a city, town, a township
Forms in the Quran
- قَرْيَةٍ ×23
- ٱلْقُرَىٰ ×17
- ٱلْقَرْيَةَ ×10
- قَرْيَتِكُمْ ×2
- قُرًى ×2
- قَرْيَتِنَآ ×1
- ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ ×1
- قَرْيَتِكَ ×1
قَرْيَة
قرية in the Quran
Meaning: the cities
قرية occurs 57 times in 54 verses across 26 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.
- Occurrences
- 57
- Verses
- 54
- Surahs
- 26
- Root
- ق ر ي
Its root in the classical dictionaries
القرية: اسم للموضع الذي يجتمع فيه الناس، وللناس جميعا، ويستعمل في كل واحد منهما. قال تعالى: وسئل القرية
قوله تعالى: ﴿واسأل القرية﴾ [يوسف:82] قيل هي اسم للمكان الذي يجتمع فيه الناس، وللناس جميعا، ثم يستعمل في كل واحد منهما، قاله الراغب. قلت: وعلى هذا فكون القرية اسما للمكان وحده أو الناس وحدهم مجازا واشتقاقها من القري وهو الجمع. أي يقال: قريت الماء في الحوض، أي جمعته. ومنه: المقري والمقراة، وهي مجتمع الماء وفي الحديث:…
Verses with قرية
Verses 21–40 of 54
- Each word opens its meaning.
"Ask at the town where We have been and the caravan In which we returned, And (you will find) we are Indeed telling the truth."
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:82 - Each word opens its meaning.
Nor did We send before thee (As apostles) any but men, Whom We did inspire,— (Men) living in human habitations. Do they not travel Through the earth, and see What was the end Of those before them? But the home of the Hereafter Is best, for those who do right. Will ye not then understand?
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:109 - Each word opens its meaning.
Never did We destroy A population that had not A term decreed and assigned Beforehand.
Surah Al-Hijr, verse 15:4 - Each word opens its meaning.
God sets forth a Parable: A city enjoying security And quiet, abundantly supplied With sustenance from every place: Yet was it ungrateful For the favours of God: So God made it taste Of hunger and terror (in extremes) (Closing in on it) like a garment (From every side), because Of the (evil) which (Its people) wrought.
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:112 - Each word opens its meaning.
When We decide to destroy A population, We (first) send A definite order to those Among them who are given The good things of this life And yet transgress; so that The word is proved true Against them: then (it is) We destroy them utterly.
Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:16 - Each word opens its meaning.
There is not a population But We shall destroy it Before the Day of Judgment Or punish it with A dreadful Penalty: That is written In the (eternal) Record.
Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:58 - Each word opens its meaning.
Such were the populations We destroyed when they Committed iniquities; but We fixed an appointed time For their destruction.
Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:59 - Each word opens its meaning.
Then they proceeded: Until, when they came To the inhabitants of a town, They asked them for food, But they refused them Hospitality. They found there A wall on the point of Falling down, but he Set it up straight. (Moses) said: "If thou Hadst wished, surely thou Couldst have exacted some Recompense for it!"
Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:77 - Each word opens its meaning.
(As to those) before them, Not one of the populations Which We destroyed believed: Will these believe?
Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:6 - Each word opens its meaning.
How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because Of their iniquities, setting up In their places other peoples?
Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:11 - Each word opens its meaning.
And to Lūt, too, We gave Judgment and Knowledge, And We saved him From the town which practised Abominations: truly they were A people given to Evil, A rebellious people.
Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:74 - 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 - Each word opens its meaning.
How many populations have We Destroyed, which were given To wrong-doing? They tumbled down On their roofs. And how many Wells are lying idle and neglected, And castles lofty and well-built?
Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:45 - Each word opens its meaning.
And to how many populations Did I give respite, which Were given to wrong-doing? In the end I punished them. To Me is the destination (of all).
Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:48 - Each word opens its meaning.
And the (Unbelievers) must indeed Have passed by the town On which was rained A shower of evil: did they not Then see it (with their own Eyes)? But they fear not The Resurrection.
Surah Al-Furqan, verse 25:40 - Each word opens its meaning.
Had it been Our Will, We could have sent A warner to every centre Of population.
Surah Al-Furqan, verse 25:51 - Each word opens its meaning.
Never did We destroy A population, but had Its warners—
Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 26:208 - Each word opens its meaning.
She said: "Kings, when they Enter a country, despoil it, And make the noblest Of its people its meanest Thus do they behave.
Surah An-Naml, verse 27:34 - Each word opens its meaning.
But his people gave No other answer but this: They said, "Drive out The followers of Lūt from Your city: these are Indeed men who want To be clean and pure!"
Surah An-Naml, verse 27:56 - Each word opens its meaning.
And how many populations We destroyed, which exulted In their life (of ease and plenty)! Now those habitations of theirs, After them, are deserted,— All but a (miserable) few! And We are their heirs!"
Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:58