# Kaf-Ra-Nun — قرن (qrn)

> Occurs in 36 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/qrn

- **Meaning:** To join one thing with another, couple. Qarnin/qarnan - generation, century. Qarn (dual qarnani, oblique qaraini, plu. qurun) - horn, trumpet. Often used to symbolise strength/power/glory. Qarunun (pl. qurana) - mate, comrade, intimate companion. Muqarranin - bound together. Muqrinina - capable of subduing. Muqtarinin - those formed in serried ranks, accompanying ones.
- **Derived forms:** قَرْن (23) · قَرِين (8) · مُقْتَرِنِين (1) · مُقْرِنِين (1) · مُّقَرَّنِين (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** قَرِينًۭا — qarīnan · "(as) companion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ رِئَٓاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِ وَلَا بِالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ وَمَنْ يَكُنِ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ قَر۪يناً فَسَٓاءَ قَر۪يناً

Wallatheena yunfiqoona amwalahumri-aa annasi wala yu/minoona billahiwala bilyawmi al-akhiri waman yakuni ashshaytanulahu qareenan fasaa qareena

And those who spend their wealth to be seen of men, and believe not in God or the Last Day; and to whom the satan is a companion, then evil is he as a companion.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-38.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** قَرِينًۭا — qarīnan · "(is he as) a companion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ رِئَٓاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِ وَلَا بِالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ وَمَنْ يَكُنِ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ قَر۪يناً فَسَٓاءَ قَر۪يناً

Wallatheena yunfiqoona amwalahumri-aa annasi wala yu/minoona billahiwala bilyawmi al-akhiri waman yakuni ashshaytanulahu qareenan fasaa qareena

And those who spend their wealth to be seen of men, and believe not in God or the Last Day; and to whom the satan is a companion, then evil is he as a companion.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-38.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْنٍۢ — qarnin · "generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

اَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّنْ لَكُمْ وَاَرْسَلْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِدْرَاراًۖ وَجَعَلْنَا الْاَنْهَارَ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ فَاَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَاَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْناً اٰخَر۪ينَ

Alam yaraw kam ahlakna min qablihimmin qarnin makkannahum fee al-ardi ma lamnumakkin lakum waarsalna assamaa AAalayhimmidraran wajaAAalna al-anhara tajree min tahtihimfaahlaknahum bithunoobihim waansha/na minbaAAdihim qarnan akhareen

Have they not considered how many a generation We destroyed before them? We established them in the earth as We have not established you, and We sent the sky upon them in abundant rains and made the rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their transgressions, and produced after them another generation.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-6.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْنًا — qarnan · "generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّنْ لَكُمْ وَاَرْسَلْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِدْرَاراًۖ وَجَعَلْنَا الْاَنْهَارَ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ فَاَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَاَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْناً اٰخَر۪ينَ

Alam yaraw kam ahlakna min qablihimmin qarnin makkannahum fee al-ardi ma lamnumakkin lakum waarsalna assamaa AAalayhimmidraran wajaAAalna al-anhara tajree min tahtihimfaahlaknahum bithunoobihim waansha/na minbaAAdihim qarnan akhareen

Have they not considered how many a generation We destroyed before them? We established them in the earth as We have not established you, and We sent the sky upon them in abundant rains and made the rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their transgressions, and produced after them another generation.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-6.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرُونَ — l-qurūna · "the generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَلَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُواۙ وَجَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَمَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُواۜ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْقَوْمَ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ

Walaqad ahlakna alquroona minqablikum lamma thalamoo wajaat-humrusuluhum bilbayyinati wama kanooliyu/minoo kathalika najzee alqawma almujrimeen

And We destroyed the generations before you when they did wrong, and their messengers came to them with clear signs, but they were not to believe — thus reward We the lawbreaking people.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-13.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 116

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرُونِ — l-qurūni · "the generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ اُو۬لُوا بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِمَّنْ اَنْجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْۚ  وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مَٓا اُتْرِفُوا ف۪يهِ وَكَانُوا مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Falawla kana mina alquroonimin qablikum oloo baqiyyatin yanhawna AAani alfasadi feeal-ardi illa qaleelan mimman anjayna minhumwattabaAAa allatheena thalamoo maotrifoo feehi wakanoo mujrimeen

Oh, that among the generations before you there had but been a remnant forbidding corruption in the land save a few whom We saved among them! But those who did wrong followed what they had been given therein of opulence, and were lawbreakers.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-116.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** مُّقَرَّنِينَ — muqarranīna · "bound together"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · passive · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَتَرَى الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُقَرَّن۪ينَ فِي الْاَصْفَادِۚ

Watara almujrimeena yawma-ithinmuqarraneena fee al-asfad

And thou wilt see the lawbreakers, that day, bound together in shackles,

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-49.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرُونِ — l-qurūni · "the generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ بَعْدِ نُوحٍۜ وَكَفٰى بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِه۪ خَب۪يراً بَص۪يراً

Wakam ahlakna mina alqurooni minbaAAdi noohin wakafa birabbika bithunoobiAAibadihi khabeeran baseera

And how many generations have We destroyed after Noah? And thy Lord suffices as one aware, seeing the transgressions of His servants.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-17.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ — l-qarnayni · "Dhul-qarnain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · genitive case

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنْ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِۜ قُلْ سَاَتْلُوا عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُ ذِكْراًۜ

Wayas-aloonaka AAan thee alqarnayniqul saatloo AAalaykum minhu thikra

And they ask thee about Dhūl-Qarnayn. Say thou: “I will recite to you a remembrance of him: —”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-83.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 86

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ — l-qarnayni · "O Dhul-qarnain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · genitive case

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ ف۪ي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْماًۜ قُلْنَا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِمَّٓا اَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَاِمَّٓا اَنْ تَتَّخِذَ ف۪يهِمْ حُسْناً

Hatta itha balaghamaghriba ashshamsi wajadaha taghrubu fee AAaynin hami-atinwawajada AAindaha qawman qulna ya thaalqarnayni imma an tuAAaththiba wa-imma antattakhitha feehim husna

When he had reached the setting of the sun, and found it setting in a murky spring, and found a people nearby, We said: “O Dhūl-Qarnayn: thou shalt either punish, or take concerning them good.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-86.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ — l-qarnayni · "O Dhul-qarnain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · genitive case

قَالُوا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجاً عَلٰٓى اَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَداًّ

Qaloo ya tha alqarnayniinna ya/jooja wama/jooja mufsidoona fee al-ardi fahalnajAAalu laka kharjan AAala an tajAAala baynanawabaynahum sadda

They said: “O Dhūl-Qarnayn: Ya’jūj and Ma’jūj are workers of corruption in the land; so may we appoint for thee payment, that thou make between us and them a barrier?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-94.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْنٍ — qarnin · "a generation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ اَحْسَنُ اَثَاثاً وَرِءْياً

Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin humahsanu athathan wari/ya

But how many a generation We destroyed before them which was better in possessions and outward appearance!

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-74.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 98

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْنٍ — qarnin · "a generation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍۜ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ اَحَدٍ اَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزاً

Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin haltuhissu minhum min ahadin aw tasmaAAu lahum rikza

And how many a generation We destroyed before them! Perceivest thou any one of them, or hearest thou from them a sound?

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-98.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرُونِ — l-qurūni · "(of) the generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الْقُرُونِ الْاُو۫لٰى

Qala fama balualqurooni al-oola

Said he: “And what is the case of the former generations?”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-51.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 128

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرُونِ — l-qurūni · "the generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ ف۪ي مَسَاكِنِهِمْۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِاُو۬لِي النُّهٰى۟

Afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknaqablahum mina alqurooni yamshoona fee masakinihim inna feethalika laayatin li-olee annuha

Does it not then guide them how many generations We destroyed before them in whose dwellings they walk? In that are proofs for possessors of intelligence.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-128.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْنًا — qarnan · "a generation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ اَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْناً اٰخَر۪ينَۚ

Thumma ansha/na min baAAdihim qarnan akhareen

Then We produced, after them, another generation.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-31.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** قُرُونًا — qurūnan · "a generation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ اَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُوناً اٰخَر۪ينَۜ

Thumma ansha/na min baAAdihimquroonan akhareen

Then We produced, after them, other generations.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-42.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** مُّقَرَّنِينَ — muqarranīna · "bound in chains"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · passive · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاِذَٓا اُلْقُوا مِنْهَا مَكَاناً ضَيِّقاً مُقَرَّن۪ينَ دَعَوْا هُنَالِكَ ثُبُوراًۜ

Wa-itha olqoo minha makanandayyiqan muqarraneena daAAaw hunalika thuboora

And when they are cast therefrom into a narrow place bound together, they will call thereupon for destruction.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-13.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** وَقُرُونًۢا — waqurūnan · "and generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَعَـاداً وَثَمُودَا۬ وَاَصْحَابَ الرَّسِّ وَقُرُوناً بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ كَث۪يراً

WaAAadan wathamooda waas-habaarrassi waquroonan bayna thalika katheera

And ʿĀd, and Thamūd, and the companions of Al-Rass, and many generations in-between,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-38.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرُونَ — l-qurūna · "the generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَٓا اَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الْاُو۫لٰى بَصَٓائِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba min baAAdi ma ahlakna alquroonaal-oola basa-ira linnasi wahudanwarahmatan laAAallahum yatathakkaroon

And We gave Moses the Writ after We had destroyed the former generations, as a means of insight for mankind; and as guidance, and as a mercy, that they might take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-43.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** قُرُونًۭا — qurūnan · "generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَلٰكِنَّٓا اَنْشَأْنَا قُرُوناً فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُۚ وَمَا كُنْتَ ثَاوِياً ف۪ٓي اَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتِنَاۙ وَلٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِل۪ينَ

Walakinna ansha-naquroonan fatatawala AAalayhimu alAAumuru wama kuntathawiyan fee ahli madyana tatloo AAalayhim ayatinawalakinna kunna mursileen

But We produced generations; and life was lengthened for them. And thou wast not a dweller among the house of Madyan, reciting to them Our proofs, but We were ever sending.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-45.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرُونِ — l-qurūni · "the generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالَ اِنَّـمَٓا اُو۫ت۪يتُهُ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ عِنْد۪يۜ اَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ قَدْ اَهْلَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةً وَاَكْثَرُ جَمْعاًۜ وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَنْ ذُنُوبِهِمُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

Qala innama ooteetuhu AAalaAAilmin AAindee awa lam yaAAlam anna Allaha qad ahlaka minqablihi mina alqurooni man huwa ashaddu minhu quwwatan waaktharujamAAan wala yus-alu AAan thunoobihimu almujrimoon

He said: “I have been given it only because of knowledge I have,” — knew he not that God had destroyed before him generations stronger than him in power, and greater in accumulation? — “and the lawbreakers will not be questioned about their transgressions!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-78.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرُونِ — l-qurūni · "the generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ ف۪ي مَسَاكِنِهِمْۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍۜ اَفَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Awa lam yahdi lahum kam ahlakna minqablihim mina alqurooni yamshoona fee masakinihim inna feethalika laayatin afala yasmaAAoon

Does it not guide them, how many generations We destroyed before them among whose dwellings they walk? In that are proofs. Will they then not hear!

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-26.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرُونِ — l-qurūni · "the generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ اَنَّهُمْ اِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Alam yaraw kam ahlakna qablahum minaalqurooni annahum ilayhim la yarjiAAoon

Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them — that they to them will not return?

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-31.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** قَرِينٌۭ — qarīnun · "a companion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالَ قَٓائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ اِنّ۪ي كَانَ ل۪ي قَر۪ينٌۙ

Qala qa-ilun minhum innee kanalee qareen

(A speaker among them will say: “I had a companion,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-51.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْنٍۢ — qarnin · "a generation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ ح۪ينَ مَنَاصٍ

Kam ahlakna min qablihim min qarninfanadaw walata heena manas

(How many a generation We destroyed before them! And they cried out when there was no time to escape.)

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-3.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** مُقَرَّنِينَ — muqarranīna · "bound"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · pattern of tef'il · passive · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاٰخَر۪ينَ مُقَرَّن۪ينَ فِي الْاَصْفَادِ

Waakhareena muqarraneena fee al-asfad

And others bound together in shackles.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-38.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** قُرَنَآءَ — quranāa · "companions"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَٓاءَ فَزَيَّنُوا لَهُمْ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ ف۪ٓي اُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِۚ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَاسِر۪ينَ۟

Waqayyadna lahum quranaafazayyanoo lahum ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahumwahaqqa AAalayhimu alqawlu fee omamin qad khalat minqablihim mina aljinni wal-insi innahum kanoo khasireen

And We assigned to them companions, and they made fair to them what was before them, and what following them; and upon them the word concerning the communities of domini and servi which had passed away before them became binding: — they were losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-25.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** مُقْرِنِينَ — muq'rinīna · "capable"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

لِتَسْتَوُ۫ا عَلٰى ظُهُورِه۪ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ اِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا سُبْحَانَ الَّذ۪ي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِن۪ينَۙ

Litastawoo AAala thuhoorihithumma tathkuroo niAAmata rabbikum itha istawaytumAAalayhi wataqooloo subhana allathee sakhkhara lanahatha wama kunna lahu muqrineen

That you might settle yourselves upon their backs; then remember the favour of your Lord when you have settled yourselves thereon, and say: “Glory be to Him who made this subject for us when we were not equal to it!

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-13.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** قَرِينٌۭ — qarīnun · "a companion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَمَنْ يَعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَر۪ينٌ

Waman yaAAshu AAan thikri arrahmaninuqayyid lahu shaytanan fahuwa lahu qareen

And he who is blind to the remembrance of the Almighty, We assign to him a satan and he is to him a companion,

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-36.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرِينُ — l-qarīnu · "the companion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَنَا قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَر۪ينُ

Hatta itha jaanaqala ya layta baynee wabaynaka buAAda almashriqaynifabi/sa alqareen

When he has come to Us, he will say: “Would that between me and thee had been the distance of the two Easts!” And evil is the companion.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-38.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** مُقْتَرِنِينَ — muq'tarinīna · "accompanying (him)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَلَوْلَٓا اُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ اَسْوِرَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ اَوْ جَٓاءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِن۪ينَ

Falawla olqiya AAalayhi aswiratun minthahabin aw jaa maAAahu almala-ikatumuqtarineen

“Oh, that armlets of gold had but been cast upon him! Or angels had but come with him in conjunction!”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-53.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرُونُ — l-qurūnu · "the generations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَالَّذ۪ي قَالَ لِوَالِدَيْهِ اُفٍّ لَكُمَٓا اَتَعِدَانِن۪ٓي اَنْ اُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ الْقُرُونُ مِنْ قَبْل۪ي وَهُمَا يَسْتَغ۪يثَانِ اللّٰهَ وَيْلَكَ اٰمِنْۗ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّۚ فَيَقُولُ مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Wallathee qala liwalidayhioffin lakuma ataAAidaninee an okhraja waqad khalatialquroonu min qablee wahuma yastagheethani Allahawaylaka amin inna waAAda Allahi haqqunfayaqoolu ma hatha illa asateerual-awwaleen

And he who says to his parents: “Fie upon you! Do you promise me that I will be brought forth, when generations have already passed away before me?” while they seek aid of God: — “Woe to thee! Believe thou; the promise of God is true,” but he says: “This is only legends of the former peoples,” —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-17.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** قَرِينُهُۥ — qarīnuhu · "his companion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَقَالَ قَر۪ينُهُ هٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَت۪يدٌۜ

Waqala qareenuhu hatha maladayya AAateed

And his companion will say: “This is what is with me prepared.”

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-23.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** قَرِينُهُۥ — qarīnuhu · "his companion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالَ قَر۪ينُهُ رَبَّنَا مَٓا اَطْغَيْتُهُ وَلٰكِنْ كَانَ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ بَع۪يدٍ

Qala qareenuhu rabbana maatghaytuhu walakin kana fee dalalinbaAAeed

His companion will say: “Our Lord: I did not cause him to transgress, but he was in extreme error.”

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-27.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْنٍ — qarnin · "a generation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشاً فَنَقَّبُوا فِي الْبِلَادِۜ هَلْ مِنْ مَح۪يصٍ

Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin humashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqaboo fee albiladi halmin mahees

And how many a generation We destroyed before them stronger than them in might! And they penetrated into the land; had they any place of refuge?

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-36.md_

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