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201 times in the Quran · 8 word forms · rank 46

The Quran root ج ن ن j-n-n

Words built from the root ج ن ن ([j-n-n]) appear 201 times in the Quran. The most common is جَنَّة, “Gardens”, which comes 147 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
جَنَّةjannaGardens · Paradise147
جِنّjinnjinn22
مَجْنُونmajnuunmad · madman11
جِنَّةjinnaJinn · madness10
جانّjaannany jinn · jinn7
جُنَّةjunnacover2
جَنَّjannacovered1
أَجِنَّةajinnafetuses1

Examples from the Quran

وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ كُلَّمَا رُزِقُوا مِنْهَا مِن ثَمَرَةٍ رِّزْقًا قَالُوا هَٰذَا الَّذِي رُزِقْنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَأُتُوا بِهِ مُتَشَابِهًا وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا أَزْوَاجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ ٢٥

جَنَّاتٍ jannātin · (will be) Gardens

And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:25)

وَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ ٣٥

الْجَنَّةَ l-janata · (in) Paradise

And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:35)

وَجَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ شُرَكَاءَ الْجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمْ وَخَرَقُوا لَهُ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٠٠

الْجِنَّ l-jina · jinn

But they have attributed to Allāh partners - the jinn, while He has created them - and have fabricated for Him sons and daughters without knowledge. Exalted is He and high above what they describe. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:100)

وَقَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ ٦

لَمَجْنُونٌ lamajnūnun · (are) surely mad

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad. (Surah Al-Hijr, 15:6)

أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا مَا بِصَاحِبِهِم مِّن جِنَّةٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ١٨٤

جِنَّةٍ jinnatin · (is) any madness

Then do they not give thought? There is in their companion [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] no madness. He is not but a clear warner. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:184)

وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ ٢٧

وَالْجَانَّ wal-jāna · And the jinn

And the jinn We created before from scorching fire. (Surah Al-Hijr, 15:27)

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.