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وَجْه

وجه in the Quran

Meaning: your faces

وجه occurs 74 times in 67 verses across 38 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
74
Verses
67
Surahs
38

وَجْه

Noun · 72 times

Meaning: your faces · Also translated as: your face, faces, his face, face

Forms in the Quran

  • وُجُوهُهُمْ ×17
  • وَجْهَهُۥ ×11
  • وَجْهُ ×10
  • وُجُوهٌ ×8
  • وَجْهِكَ ×7
  • وُجُوهَكُمْ ×6
  • وَجْهِىَ ×2
  • بِوُجُوهِكُمْ ×2

وَجَّهْ

Verb · 2 times

Meaning: [I] have turned · Also translated as: he directs him

Forms in the Quran

  • وَجَّهْتُ ×1
  • يُوَجِّههُّ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

أصل الوجه الجارحة. قال تعالى: فاغسلوا وجوهكم وأيديكم

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الواو والجيم والهاء: أصل واحد يدل على مقابلة لشيء. والوجه مستقبل لكل شيء. يقال وجه الرجل وغيره. وربما عبر عن الذات بالوجه. [و] تقول: وجهي إليك. قال:

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس
The full entries on the root و ج ه

Verses with وجه

Verses 21–40 of 67

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    To those who do right Is a goodly (reward)— Yea, more (than in measure)! No darkness nor shame Shall cover their faces! They are Companions of the Garden; They will abide therein (For aye)!

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:26
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    But those who have earned Evil will have a reward Of like evil: ignominy Will cover their (faces): No defender will they have From (the wrath of) God: Their faces will be covered, As it were, with pieces From the depth of the darkness Of Night: they are Companions Of the Fire: they will Abide therein (for aye)!

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:27
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And further (thus), "set thy face Towards Religion with true piety, And never in any wise Be of the Unbelievers;

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:105
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Slay ye Joseph or cast him out To some (unknown) land, That so the favour Of your father may be Given to you alone: (There will be time enough) For you to be righteous after that!"

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:9
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Go with this my shirt, And cast it over the face Of my father: he will Come to see (clearly). Then come Ye (here) to me together With all your family."

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:93
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then when the bearer Of the good news came, He cast (the shirt) Over his face, and he Forthwith regained clear sight. He said: "Did I not say To you, "I know from God That which ye know not?"

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:96
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who patiently persevere, Seeking the countenance of their Lord; Establish regular prayers; spend, Out of (the gifts) We have bestowed For their sustenance, secretly And openly; and turn off Evil With good: for such there is The final attainment Of the (Eternal) Home,—

    Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:22
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Their garments of liquid pitch, And their faces covered with Fire;

    Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:50
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    When news is brought To one of them, of (the birth Of) a female (child), his face Darkens, and he is filled With inward grief!

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:58
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    God sets forth (another) Parable Of two men: one of them Dumb, with no power Of any sort; a wearisome burden Is he to his master; Whichever way he directs him, He brings no good: Is such a man equal With one who commands Justice, and is on A Straight Way?

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:76
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    If ye did well, Ye did well for yourselves; If ye did evil, (Ye did it) against yourselves? So when the second Of the warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) To disfigure your faces, And to enter your Temple As they had entered it before, And to visit with destruction All that fell into their power.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:7
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is he whom God guides, That is on true guidance; But he whom He leaves Astray—for such wilt thou Find no protector besides Him. On the Day of Judgment We shall gather them together, Prone on their faces, Blind, dumb, and deaf: Their abode will be Hell: Every time it shows abatement, We shall increase for them The fierceness of the Fire.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:97
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    And keep thy soul content With those who call On their Lord morning And evening, seeking His Face; and let not Thine eyes pass beyond them, Seeking the pomp and glitter Of this Life; nor obey Any whose heart We Have permitted to neglect The remembrance of Us, One who follows his own Desires, whose case has Gone beyond all bounds.

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:28
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say, "The Truth is From your Lord": Let him who will, Believe, and let him Who will, reject (it): For the wrong-doers We Have prepared a Fire Whose (smoke and flames), Like the walls and roof Of a tent, will hem Them in: if they implore Relief they will be granted Water like melted brass, That will scald their faces. How dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a couch To recline on!

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:29
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    (All) faces shall be humbled Before (Him)—the Living, The Self-Subsisting, Eternal: Hopeless indeed will be The man that carries Iniquity (on his back).

    Surah Taha, verse 20:111
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    If only the Unbelievers Knew (the time) when they Will not be able To ward off the Fire From their faces, nor yet From their backs, and (when) No help can reach them!

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:39
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    There are among men Some who serve God, As it were, on the verge: If good befalls them, they are, Therewith, well content; but If a trial comes to them, They turn on their faces: They lose both this world And the Hereafter: that Is loss for all to see!

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

    When Our Clear Signs Are rehearsed to them, Thou wilt notice a denial On the faces of the Unbelievers! They nearly attack with violence Those who rehearse Our Signs To them. Say, "Shall I Tell you of something (Far) worse than these Signs? It is the Fire (of Hell)! God has promised it To the Unbelievers! And evil is that destination!"

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:72
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Fire will burn their faces, And they will therein Grin, with their lips displaced.

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:104
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who will be gathered To Hell (prone) on their faces,— They will be in an evil Plight, and, as to Path, Most astray.

    Surah Al-Furqan, verse 25:34