Home Quran Quran roots ج و ر
13 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 499
The Quran root ج و ر j-w-r
Words built from the root ج و ر ([j-w-r]) appear 13 times in the Quran. The most common is يُجِيرُ, “grant him protection”, which comes 6 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| يُجِيرُ | yujiiru | grant him protection · protects | 6 | |
| جار | jaar | neighbor | 3 | |
| اسْتَجارَ | astajaara | seek your protection | 1 | |
| مُتَجاوِرَة | mutajaawira | neighboring | 1 | |
| جائِر | jaa’ir | crooked | 1 | |
| يُجاوِرُ | yujaawiru | they will remain your neighbors | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِنْ أَحَدٌ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ اسْتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبْلِغْهُ مَأْمَنَهُ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ٦
فَأَجِرْهُ fa-ajir'hu · then grant him protection
And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allāh [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:6)
قُلْ مَن بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ يُجِيرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيْهِ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ٨٨
يُجِيرُ yujīru · protects
Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?" (Surah Al-Mu'minun, 23:88)
وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَبِذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْجَارِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْجَارِ الْجُنُبِ وَالصَّاحِبِ بِالْجَنبِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَ مُخْتَالًا فَخُورًا ٣٦
وَالْجَارِ wal-jāri · and the neighbor
Worship Allāh and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allāh does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful, (Surah An-Nisa, 4:36)
وَفِي الْأَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُّتَجَاوِرَاتٌ وَجَنَّاتٌ مِّنْ أَعْنَابٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخِيلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقَىٰ بِمَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِي الْأُكُلِ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ٤
مُّتَجَاوِرَاتٌ mutajāwirātun · neighboring
And within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise, watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason. (Surah Ar-Ra'd, 13:4)
وَعَلَى اللَّهِ قَصْدُ السَّبِيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَائِرٌ وَلَوْ شَاءَ لَهَدَاكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٩
جَائِرٌ jāirun · (are) crooked
And upon Allāh is the direction of the [right] way, and among them [i.e., the various paths] are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all. (Surah An-Nahl, 16:9)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah At-Tawbah · 2×
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 2×
- Surah An-Nisa · 2×
- Surah Al-Ahqaf · 1×
- Surah Al-Mulk · 1×
- Surah Al-Jinn · 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.