ق ر ن
q-r-n
(lit., to pair, to be with)
Definition
- 1قَرِينqarīnan associate, always with someone8
- 2مُقْتَرِنِينَmuqtarinīntogether1
- 3مُقَرَّنِينَmuqarranīntied together3
- 4مُقْرِنِينَmuqrinīnthose putting something under control1
- 5ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِdhā al-qarnaynZul-Qarnayn; the one with two horns3
- 6قَرْنًاqarnanpeople who live in the same generation20
Total uses in the Qur’an: 36
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
الْقَرِين · قُرَنَاء
فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ
What an evil associate!
43:38draft glosses: 2 of 2
Sense 2
مُقْتَرِنِينَ
أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ
... or 'if only' angels would come with him as escorts!
43:53draft glosses: 5 of 5
Sense 3
مُقَرَّنِينَ
مُّقَرَّنِينَ فِى ٱلْأَصْفَادِ
'They will be' bound together in chains.
14:49draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 4
مُقْرِنِينَ
وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ
And we could have not put these 'mounts' under our control 'on our own'.
43:13draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 5
ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ
And they ask you 'O Prophet' about Zul-Qarnayn.
18:83draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 6
قَرْنٍ · قَرْنًا · القُرُون
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ
'Imagine' how many peoples We have destroyed before them!
19:74draft glosses: 5 of 5
Notes
ⓘsee Jinn; see Names; see Peoples.
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed