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16 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 445
The Quran root ج ه ر j-h-r
Words built from the root ج ه ر ([j-h-r]) appear 16 times in the Quran. The most common is جَهْر, “public mention”, which comes 7 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| جَهْر | jahr | public mention · what you make public | 7 | |
| جَهَرَ | jahara | be loud · publicizes | 5 | |
| جَهْرَة | jahra | manifestly · openly | 3 | |
| جِهار | jihaar | publicly | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
لَّا يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ الْجَهْرَ بِالسُّوءِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ إِلَّا مَن ظُلِمَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ سَمِيعًا عَلِيمًا ١٤٨
الْجَهْرَ l-jahra · the public mention
Allāh does not like the public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged. And ever is Allāh Hearing and Knowing. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:148)
وَهُوَ اللَّهُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَفِي الْأَرْضِ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّكُمْ وَجَهْرَكُمْ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُونَ ٣
وَجَهْرَكُمْ wajahrakum · and what you make public
And He is Allāh, [the only deity] in the heavens and the earth. He knows your secret and what you make public, and He knows that which you earn. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:3)
سَوَاءٌ مِّنكُم مَّنْ أَسَرَّ الْقَوْلَ وَمَن جَهَرَ بِهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍ بِاللَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌ بِالنَّهَارِ ١٠
جَهَرَ jahara · publicizes
It is the same [to Him] concerning you whether one conceals [his] speech or publicizes it and whether one is hidden by night or conspicuous [among others] by day. (Surah Ar-Ra'd, 13:10)
وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسَىٰ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ٥٥
جَهْرَةً jahratan · manifestly
And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allāh outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:55)
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا ٨
جِهَارًا jihāran · publicly
Then I invited them publicly. (Surah Nuh, 71:8)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah An-Nisa · 2×
- Surah Al-An'am · 2×
- Surah Al-Hujurat · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 1×
- Surah An-Nahl · 1×
- Surah Al-Anbya · 1×
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.