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Assabile

The word كرب in the Quran

4 times in 4 verses

Every form of the word is counted (with article, prefix or pronoun), in the Hafs reading.

The word

Surahs where it occurs most

  1. 37. As-Saffat2
  2. 6. Al-An’am1
  3. 21. Al-Anbya1

The 4 verses

Al-An’am6:64

قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُنَجِّيكُم مِّنْهَا وَمِن كُلِّ كَرْبٍ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ ۝٦٤

Say, "It is Allāh who saves you from it and from every distress; then you [still] associate others with Him."

Al-Anbya21:76

وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٧٦

And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].

As-Saffat37:76

وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٧٦

And We saved him and his family from the great affliction.

As-Saffat37:115

وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝١١٥

And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,

Why do the numbers differ from one website to another?

  • Some count the root (every word built on it), others a single word, others the exact form as written in the Mushaf: all three numbers are given here.
  • Prefixes and suffixes (و، ب، ال…) are taken into account; a search on the raw text may miss some, or count words from another root that are spelled the same way.
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