Home Quran Quran roots ع ي ن
65 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 168
The Quran root ع ي ن ʿ-y-n
Words built from the root ع ي ن ([ʿ-y-n]) appear 65 times in the Quran. The most common is عَيْن, “eyes”, which comes 57 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| عَيْن | ʿayn | eyes · springs | 57 | |
| مَعِين | maʿiin | water springs · flowing spring | 4 | |
| عِين | ʿiin | large eyes · beautiful eyes | 4 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذِ اسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَ فَانفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا مِن رِّزْقِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ٦٠
عَيْنًا ʿaynan · springs
And [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allāh, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:60)
قَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ آيَةٌ فِي فِئَتَيْنِ الْتَقَتَا فِئَةٌ تُقَاتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَأُخْرَىٰ كَافِرَةٌ يَرَوْنَهُم مِّثْلَيْهِمْ رَأْيَ الْعَيْنِ وَاللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصْرِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّأُولِي الْأَبْصَارِ ١٣
الْعَيْنِ l-ʿayni · (of) their eyes
Already there has been for you a sign in the two armies which met [in combat at Badr] - one fighting in the cause of Allāh and another of disbelievers. They saw them [to be] twice their [own] number by [their] eyesight. But Allāh supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed in that is a lesson for those of vision. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:13)
وَجَعَلْنَا ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُ آيَةً وَآوَيْنَاهُمَا إِلَىٰ رَبْوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ وَمَعِينٍ ٥٠
وَمَعِينٍ wamaʿīnin · and water springs
And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign and sheltered them within a high ground having level [areas] and flowing water. (Surah Al-Mu'minun, 23:50)
وَعِندَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ عِينٌ ٤٨
عِينٌ ʿīnun · (having) beautiful eyes
And with them will be women limiting [their] glances, with large, [beautiful] eyes, (Surah As-Saffat, 37:48)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 4×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 3×
- Surah Al-Kahf · 3×
- Surah Taha · 3×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 3×
- Surah Ad-Dukhan · 3×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.