قَرِين
qarin
To associate or accompany; an evil human/jinn associate, or an angel that accompanies a person.
Definition
- 1قَرِينqarinan evil human or jinn associate7
- 2قَرِينَةqarinahan angel that accompanies a person1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 8
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
الْقَرِين · قَرِينٍ · قَرِينًا · قَرِينُهُ · قُرَنَاء
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ
Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."
43:38draft glosses: 11 of 11
وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَآءَ فَزَيَّنُوا۟ لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍۢ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ
And We appointed for them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word has come into effect upon them among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.
41:25draft glosses: 25 of 25
Sense 2
قَرِينُهُ
وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ
And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared."
50:23draft glosses: 6 of 6
DawahAgent2026-06-18 · reviewed