# Sin-Cim-Nun — سجن (sjn)

> Occurs in 12 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To imprison, to throw into dungeon, to put in jail, to arrest, to incarcerate
- **Derived forms:** سِجِّين (2) · سِّجْن (6) · مَسْجُونِين (1) · يُسْجَنَ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** يُسْجَنَ — yus'jana · "he be imprisoned"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاسْتَبَقَا الْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَم۪يصَهُ مِنْ دُبُرٍ وَاَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا الْبَابِۜ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَٓاءُ مَنْ اَرَادَ بِاَهْلِكَ سُٓوءاً اِلَّٓا اَنْ يُسْجَنَ اَوْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Wastabaqa albabawaqaddat qameesahu min duburin waalfaya sayyidahalada albabi qalat ma jazao manarada bi-ahlika soo-an illa an yusjana aw AAathabunaleem

And they raced to the door; and she tore his shirt from behind; and they met her master at the door. She said; “What is the reward of him who wished evil on thy household save that he be imprisoned, or a painful punishment?”

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

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** لَيُسْجَنَنَّ — layus'jananna · "surely, he will be imprisoned"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالَتْ فَذٰلِكُنَّ الَّذ۪ي لُمْتُنَّن۪ي ف۪يهِۜ وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدْتُهُ عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ فَاسْتَعْصَمَۜ وَلَئِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ مَٓا اٰمُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُوناً مِنَ الصَّاغِر۪ينَ

Qalat fathalikunna allatheelumtunnanee feehi walaqad rawadtuhu AAan nafsihi fastAAsamawala-in lam yafAAal ma amuruhu layusjanannawalayakoonan mina assaghireen

She said: “This is he for whom you blamed me. And I indeed sought to lure him away from his soul, but he proved patient; but if he do not what I command him, he will be imprisoned and be of those brought low.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-32.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسِّجْنُ — l-sij'nu · "the prison"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالَ رَبِّ السِّجْنُ اَحَبُّ اِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَن۪ٓي اِلَيْهِۚ وَاِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنّ۪ي كَيْدَهُنَّ اَصْبُ اِلَيْهِنَّ وَاَكُنْ مِنَ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Qala rabbi assijnu ahabbuilayya mimma yadAAoonanee ilayhi wa-illa tasrifAAannee kaydahunna asbu ilayhinna waakun mina aljahileen

He said: “My Lord: prison is preferable to me than that to which they invite me; and save Thou divert their plan from me, I will incline to them and be of the ignorant.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-33.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥ — layasjununnahu · "surely they should imprison him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا رَاَوُا الْاٰيَاتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُ حَتّٰى ح۪ينٍ۟

Thumma bada lahum min baAAdi maraawoo al-ayati layasjununnahu hatta heen

Then was it clear to them, after they had seen the proofs, that they should imprison him for a time.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-35.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسِّجْنَ — l-sij'na · "(in) the prison"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ السِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِۜ قَالَ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰين۪ٓي اَعْصِرُ خَمْراًۚ وَقَالَ الْاٰخَرُ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰين۪ٓي اَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْس۪ي خُبْزاً تَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْهُۜ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْو۪يلِه۪ۚ اِنَّا نَرٰيكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wadakhala maAAahu assijna fatayaniqala ahaduhuma innee aranee aAAsirukhamran waqala al-akharu innee aranee ahmilufawqa ra/see khubzan ta/kulu attayru minhu nabbi/nabita/weelihi inna naraka mina almuhsineen

And two young men entered the prison with him. One of them said: “I dreamed that I was pressing wine.” And the other said: “I dreamed that I was bearing upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating — inform thou us of the interpretation; we see thou art among the doers of good.”

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

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسِّجْنِ — l-sij'ni · "(of) the prison"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَا صَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ ءَاَرْبَابٌ مُتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ اَمِ اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُۜ

Ya sahibayi assijniaarbabun mutafarriqoona khayrun ami Allahu alwahidualqahhar

“O my two prison companions: are different lords better or God, the One, the Vanquishing?

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-39.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسِّجْنِ — l-sij'ni · "(of) the prison"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَا صَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ اَمَّٓا اَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْق۪ي رَبَّهُ خَمْراًۚ وَاَمَّا الْاٰخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْ رَأْسِه۪ۜ قُضِيَ الْاَمْرُ الَّذ۪ي ف۪يهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِۜ

Ya sahibayi assijniamma ahadukuma fayasqee rabbahu khamranwaamma al-akharu fayuslabu fata/kulu attayrumin ra/sihi qudiya al-amru allathee feehi tastaftiyan

“O my two prison companions: as for one of you: he will pour for his lord wine; and as for the other: he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. Decided is the matter about which you sought opinion.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-41.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسِّجْنِ — l-sij'ni · "the prison"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَقَالَ لِلَّذ۪ي ظَنَّ اَنَّهُ نَاجٍ مِنْهُمَا اذْكُرْن۪ي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَۘ فَاَنْسٰيهُ الشَّيْطَانُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّه۪ فَلَبِثَ فِي السِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِن۪ينَۜ ۟

Waqala lillathee thannaannahu najin minhuma othkurnee AAindarabbika faansahu ashshaytanu thikrarabbihi falabitha fee assijni bidAAa sineen

And he said to him he knew would be delivered of the two: “Remember thou me before thy lord.” But the satan caused him to forget the mention to his lord; so he stayed in prison some years.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-42.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسِّجْنِ — l-sij'ni · "the prison"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَرَفَعَ اَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا لَهُ سُجَّداًۚ وَقَالَ يَٓا اَبَتِ هٰذَا تَأْو۪يلُ رُءْيَايَ مِنْ قَبْلُۘ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبّ۪ي حَقاًّۜ وَقَدْ اَحْسَنَ ب۪ٓي اِذْ اَخْرَجَن۪ي مِنَ السِّجْنِ وَجَٓاءَ بِكُمْ مِنَ الْبَدْوِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اَنْ نَزَغَ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنَ اِخْوَت۪يۜ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي لَط۪يفٌ لِمَا يَشَٓاءُۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَل۪يمُ الْحَك۪يمُ

WarafaAAa abawayhi AAala alAAarshiwakharroo lahu sujjadan waqala ya abati hathata/weelu ru/yaya min qablu qad jaAAalaha rabbee haqqanwaqad ahsana bee ith akhrajanee mina assijniwajaa bikum mina albadwi min baAAdi an nazagha ashshaytanubaynee wabayna ikhwatee inna rabbee lateefun limayashao innahu huwa alAAaleemu alhakeem

And he raised his parents upon the throne. And they fell down to him in submission, and he said: “O my father: this is the fulfilment of my dream before. My Lord has made it true. And He did good to me when He took me out of the prison, and brought you from the desert after the satan had provoked to evil between me and my brothers. My Lord is subtle in what He wills; He is the Knowing, the Wise.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-100.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ — l-masjūnīna · "those imprisoned"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ اِلٰهاً غَيْر۪ي لَاَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُون۪ينَ

Qala la-ini ittakhathta ilahanghayree laajAAalannaka mina almasjooneen

Said he: “If thou takest a god other than me, I will place thee among those imprisoned.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-29.md_

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** سِجِّينٍۢ — sijjīnin · "Sijjin"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

كَلَّٓا اِنَّ كِتَابَ الْفُجَّارِ لَف۪ي سِجّ۪ينٍۜ

Kalla inna kitaba alfujjarilafee sijjeen

No, indeed! The writ of the licentious is in Sijjīn.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-7.md_

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** سِجِّينٌۭ — sijjīnun · "(is) Sijjin"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا سِجّ۪ينٌۜ

Wama adraka ma sijjeen

And what will convey to thee what Sijjīn is?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-8.md_

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