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11 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 562
The Quran root ج م ل j-m-l
Words built from the root ج م ل ([j-m-l]) appear 11 times in the Quran. The most common is جَمِيل, “good”, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| جَمِيل | jamiil | good · beautiful | 7 | |
| جَمَل | jamal | camel | 1 | |
| جَمال | jamaal | beauty | 1 | |
| جُمْلَة | jumla | all at once | 1 | |
| جِمالَت | jimaalat | camels | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ ١٨
جَمِيلٌ jamīlun · (is) beautiful
And they brought upon his shirt false blood. [Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allāh is the one sought for help against that which you describe." (Surah Yusuf, 12:18)
قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِيَنِي بِهِمْ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ ٨٣
جَمِيلٌ jamīlun · (is) beautiful
[Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allāh will bring them to me all together. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise." (Surah Yusuf, 12:83)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُجْرِمِينَ ٤٠
الْجَمَلُ l-jamalu · the camel
Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle [i.e., never]. And thus do We recompense the criminals. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:40)
وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ ٦
جَمَالٌ jamālun · (is) beauty
And for you in them is [the enjoyment of] beauty when you bring them in [for the evening] and when you send them out [to pasture]. (Surah An-Nahl, 16:6)
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ وَرَتَّلْنَاهُ تَرْتِيلًا ٣٢
جُمْلَةً jum'latan · all at once
And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly. (Surah Al-Furqan, 25:32)
كَأَنَّهُ جِمَالَتٌ صُفْرٌ ٣٣
جِمَالَتٌ jimālatun · camels
As if they were yellowish [black] camels. (Surah Al-Mursalat, 77:33)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Yusuf · 2×
- Surah Al-Ahzab · 2×
- Surah Al-Hijr · 1×
- Surah Al-Ma'arij · 1×
- Surah Al-Muzzammil · 1×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 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.