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194 times in the Quran · 11 word forms · rank 50
The Quran root ح س ن ḥ-s-n
Words built from the root ح س ن ([ḥ-s-n]) appear 194 times in the Quran. The most common is مُحْسِن, “good-doers”, which comes 38 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مُحْسِن | muḥsin | good-doers · good-doer | 38 | |
| أَحْسَن | aḥsan | best · better | 36 | |
| حَسَنَة | ḥasana | good · any good | 31 | |
| أَحْسَنَ | aḥsana | do good · you do good | 21 | |
| حَسَن | ḥasan | good · goodly | 21 | |
| حُسْنَى | ḥusnaa | best · good | 17 | |
| حُسْن | ḥusn | good · excellent | 13 | |
| إِحْسان | iḥsaan | good · kindness | 12 | |
| حَسُنَ | ḥasuna | good · excellent | 3 | |
| حُسْنَيَيْن | ḥusnayayn | two best | 1 | |
| مُحْسِنَة | muḥsina | good-doers | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ادْخُلُوا هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَسَنَزِيدُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ ٥٨
الْمُحْسِنِينَ l-muḥ'sinīna · the good-doers (in reward)
And [recall] when We said, "Enter this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins].' We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:58)
بَلَىٰ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَلَهُ أَجْرُهُ عِندَ رَبِّهِ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ١١٢
مُحْسِنٌ muḥ'sinun · (is) a good-doer
Yes, [on the contrary], whoever submits his face [i.e., self] in Islām to Allāh while being a doer of good will have his reward with his Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:112)
صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ صِبْغَةً وَنَحْنُ لَهُ عَابِدُونَ ١٣٨
أَحْسَنُ aḥsanu · (is) better
[And say, "Ours is] the religion of Allāh. And who is better than Allāh in [ordaining] religion? And we are worshippers of Him." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:138)
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ ٢٠١
حَسَنَةً ḥasanatan · good
But among them is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:201)
وَأَنفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ وَأَحْسِنُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٩٥
وَأَحْسِنُوا wa-aḥsinū · And do good
And spend in the way of Allāh and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]. And do good; indeed, Allāh loves the doers of good. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:195)
مَّن ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً وَاللَّهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْسُطُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ٢٤٥
حَسَنًا ḥasanan · good
Who is it that would loan Allāh a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allāh who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:245)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 13×
- Surah An-Nisa · 13×
- Surah An-Nahl · 13×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 9×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 9×
- Surah Yusuf · 8×
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.