يَمِين
yamīn
the right (which signifies something good and correct; also, power); oaths
Definition
- 1يَمِينyamīnright hand or side46
- 2أَيْمَانay-mānoaths (taken with one’s right hand raised or while shaking with the right hand)25
Total uses in the Qur’an: 71
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
الْيَمِين · يَمِين · يَمِينِهِ · يَمِينِكَ · أَيْمَانِهِمْ · أَيْمَانَهُمْ · أَيْمَانُكُمْ · الْأَيْمَن · الْمَيْمَنَة
وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ
And We turned them over, to the right and left.
18:18draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ
and the people of the right - how blessed will the people of the right be!
56:27draft glosses: 5 of 5
فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Then he swiftly turned on them, striking them with his right hand.
37:93draft glosses: 4 of 4
إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ الْيَمِينِ
Indeed, it was you who deluded us away from what is right.
37:28draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ
And what is that in your right hand, O Musa?
20:17draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ
and those bondwomen your right hands possess.
4:36draft glosses: 3 of 3
﴿ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَائِلِهِمْ ﴾
and from their right, and from their left.
7:17
وَنَٰدَيْنَٰهُ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ
And We called him from the right side of Mount Tur.
19:52draft glosses: 5 of 5
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
These are the people of the right.
90:18draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 2
أَيْمَان · الْأَيْمَان · أَيْمَانًا · أَيْمَانِهِمْ · أَيْمَانَكُمْ · أَيْمَانُكُمْ
إِنَّهُمْ لَآ أَيْمَٰنَ لَهُمْ
They certainly have no regard for their own oaths.
9:12draft glosses: 4 of 4
وَلَا تَنقُضُوا۟ ٱلْأَيْمَٰنَ
And do not break your oaths.
16:91draft glosses: 3 of 3
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ
And they swear by Allah their most solemn oaths.
6:109draft glosses: 4 of 4
وَٱلَّذِينَ عَقَدَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ
As for those you are bound with in a pledge.
4:33draft glosses: 3 of 3
ذَٰلِكَ كَفَّٰرَةُ أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ
This is the atonement for your broken oaths.
5:89draft glosses: 3 of 3
Notes
ⓘUnlike the people of the left, the people of the right are those who receive their records of deeds with their right hands and are led to Paradise.
ⓘMeaning, bondwomen in your possession.
ⓘThose who receive their records of deeds with their right hands on Judgment Day.
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed