مَدِينَة
Noun · 10 timesMeaning: the city · Also translated as: the town
Forms in the Quran
- ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ×10
مَدِينَة
Meaning: the city
مدينة occurs 14 times in 14 verses across 10 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.
Meaning: the city · Also translated as: the town
Meaning: the Madinah · Also translated as: the city, Al-Madinah
المدينة فعيلة عند قوم، وجمعها مدن، وقد مدنت مدينة، وناس يجعلون الميم زائدة، قال تعالى: ومن أهل المدينة مردوا على النفاق [التوبة/ 101] قال: وجاء من أقصا المدينة رجل يسعى [يس/ 20] ، ودخل المدينة على حين غفلة من أهلها [القصص/ 15] .
قوله تعالى: ﴿وجاء من أقصى المدينة رجل﴾ [يس: 20] المدينة: البلدة التي كثر سكانها. مدن بالمكان: إذا أقام، ووزنها فعيلة، وقد تقدم أن بعضهم جعلها مفعلة فالميم مزيدة.
Verses 1–14 of 14
Said Pharaoh: "Believe ye In Him before I give You permission? Surely This is a trick which ye Have planned in the City To drive out its people: But soon shall ye know (The consequences).
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:123Certain of the desert Arabs Round about you are Hypocrites, As well as (desert Arabs) among The Medina folk: they are Obstinate in hypocrisy: thou Knowest them not: We know them: Twice shall We punish them: And in addition shall they be Sent to a grievous Penalty.
Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:101It 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 9:120Ladies said in the City: "The wife of the (great) ’Aziz Is seeking to seduce her slave From his (true) self: Truly hath he inspired her With violent love: we see She is evidently going astray."
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:30The inhabitants of the City Came in (mad) joy (At news of the young men).
Surah Al-Hijr, verse 15:67Such (being their state), We raised them up (from sleep), That they might question Each other. Said one of them, "How long have ye stayed (here)?" They said, "We have stayed (Perhaps) a day, or part Of a day." (At length) They (all) said, "God (alone) Knows best how long Ye have stayed here… Now send ye then one of you With this money of yours To the town: let him Find out which is the best Food (to be had) and bring some To you, that (ye may) Satisfy your hunger therewith: And let him behave With care and courtesy, And let him not inform Any one about you.
Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:19"As for the wall, It belonged to two youths, Orphans, in the Town; There was, beneath it, A buried treasure, to which They were entitled; their father Had been a righteous man: So thy Lord desired that They should attain their age Of full strength and get out Their treasure—a mercy (And favour) from thy Lord. I did it not of my own Accord. Such is the interpretation Of (those things) over which Thou wast unable To hold patience."
Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:82There were in the City Nine men of a family, Who made mischief in the land, And would not reform.
Surah An-Naml, verse 27:48And he entered the City At a time when its people Were not watching: and he Found there two men fighting,— One of his own religion, And the other, of his foes. Now the man of his own Religion appealed to him Against his foe, and Moses Struck him with his fist And made an end of him. He said: "This is a work Of Evil (Satan): for he is An enemy that manifestly Misleads!"
Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:15So he saw the morning In the City, looking about, In a state of fear, when Behold, the man who had, The day before, sought his help Called aloud for his help (Again). Moses said to him: "Thou art truly, it is clear, A quarrelsome fellow!"
Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:18And there came a man, Running, from the furthest end Of the City. He said: "O Moses! the Chiefs Are taking counsel together About thee, to slay thee: So get thee away, for I Do give thee sincere advice."
Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:20Truly, if the Hypocrites, And those in whose hearts Is a disease, and those who Stir up sedition in the City, Desist not, We shall certainly Stir thee up against them: Then will they not be Able to stay in it As thy neighbours For any length of time:
Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:60Then there came running, From the farthest part Of the City, a man, Saying, "O my People! Obey the apostles:
Surah Ya-Sin, verse 36:20They say, "If we Return to Medina, surely The more honourable (element) Will expel therefrom the meaner". But honour belongs to God And His Apostle, and To the Believers; but The Hypocrites know not.
Surah Al-Munafiqun, verse 63:8