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129 times in the Quran · 11 word forms · rank 83
The Quran root ج م ع j-m-ʿ
Words built from the root ج م ع ([j-m-ʿ]) appear 129 times in the Quran. The most common is جَمِيع, “all”, which comes 53 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| جَمِيع | jamiiʿ | all · all together | 53 | |
| أَجْمَع | ajmaʿ | all · all together | 26 | |
| جَمَعَ | jamaʿa | they accumulate · He will gather you | 22 | |
| جَمْع | jamʿ | two hosts · Assembly | 13 | |
| أَجْمَعُ | ajmaʿu | you all resolve · agreed | 4 | |
| جامِع | jaamiʿ | will gather · collective action | 3 | |
| مَجْمُوع | majmuuʿ | be gathered · will be gathered | 2 | |
| اجْتَمَعُ | ajtamaʿu | gathered · they gathered together | 2 | |
| مَجْمَع | majmaʿ | junction | 2 | |
| مُجْتَمِع | mujtamiʿ | assemble | 1 | |
| جُمُعَة | jumuʿa | Friday | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَسَوَّاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ٢٩
جَمِيعًا jamīʿan · all
It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:29)
قُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدًى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ٣٨
جَمِيعًا jamīʿan · all (of you)
We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:38)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ ١٦١
أَجْمَعِينَ ajmaʿīna · all together
Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - upon them will be the curse of Allāh and of the angels and the people, all together, (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:161)
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جَمَعْنَاهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ ٢٥
جَمَعْنَاهُمْ jamaʿnāhum · We will gather them
So how will it be when We assemble them for a Day about which there is no doubt? And each soul will be compensated [in full for] what it earned, and they will not be wronged. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:25)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا وَلَقَدْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ ١٥٥
الْجَمْعَانِ l-jamʿāni · the two hosts
Indeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met [at Uḥud] - it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some [blame] they had earned. But Allāh has already forgiven them. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:155)
وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ نُوحٍ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ إِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكُم مَّقَامِي وَتَذْكِيرِي بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ فَعَلَى اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ فَأَجْمِعُوا أَمْرَكُمْ وَشُرَكَاءَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُنْ أَمْرُكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ غُمَّةً ثُمَّ اقْضُوا إِلَيَّ وَلَا تُنظِرُونِ ٧١
فَأَجْمِعُوا fa-ajmiʿū · So you all resolve
And recite to them the news of Noah, when he said to his people, "O my people, if my residence and my reminding of the signs of Allāh has become burdensome upon you - then I have relied upon Allāh. So resolve upon your plan and [call upon] your associates. Then let not your plan be obscure to you. Then carry it out upon me and do not give me respite. (Surah Yunus, 10:71)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 8×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 8×
- Surah An-Nisa · 7×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 7×
- Surah Yunus · 6×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 5×
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.