قَرْيَة
qar-yah
society, city, town
Definition
- 1قَرْيَةqar-yahsociety; city; town57
Total uses in the Qur’an: 57
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
الْقَرْيَة · الْقَرْيَةِ · قَرْيَةً · قَرْيَةٍ · قَرْيَتِكَ · قَرْيَتِكُمْ · الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ · الْقُرَىٰ
وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ
And ask them about that town.
7:163draft glosses: 3 of 3
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ
'Imagine' how many societies We have destroyed ...
28:58draft glosses: 4 of 4
وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ
And they said, "If only this Quran was revealed to a great man from one of the two cities."
43:31draft glosses: 10 of 10
لِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ ٱلْقُرَىٰ
... so you may warn the Mother of Cities.
42:7draft glosses: 3 of 3
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed