39 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 244

The Quran root ذ ن ب dh-n-b

Words built from the root ذ ن ب ([dh-n-b]) appear 39 times in the Quran. The most common is ذَنب, “sins”, which comes 37 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
ذَنب	dhanb	sins · sin	37
ذَنُوب	dhanuub	portion	2

Examples from the Quran

كَدَأْبِ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا فَأَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ ١١

بِذُنُوبِهِمْ bidhunūbihim · for their sins

[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied Our signs, so Allāh seized them for their sins. And Allāh is severe in penalty. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:11)

الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ ١٦

ذُنُوبَنَا dhunūbanā · our sins

Those who say, "Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire," (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:16)

فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ٥٩

ذَنُوبًا dhanūban · (is) a portion

And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their companions [i.e., predecessors], so let them not impatiently urge Me. (Surah Adh-Dhariyat, 51:59)

Surahs where it comes most

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.