Home Quran Quran roots ج ن ن
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
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| جَنَّة | janna | Gardens · Paradise | 147 | |
| جِنّ | jinn | jinn | 22 | |
| مَجْنُون | majnuun | mad · madman | 11 | |
| جِنَّة | jinna | Jinn · madness | 10 | |
| جانّ | jaann | any jinn · jinn | 7 | |
| جُنَّة | junna | cover | 2 | |
| جَنَّ | janna | covered | 1 | |
| أَجِنَّة | ajinna | fetuses | 1 |
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
- Surah Al-A'raf · 13×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 8×
- Surah Al-Kahf · 8×
- Surah Saba · 8×
- Surah Ar-Rahman · 8×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 7×
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.