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47 times in the Quran · 8 word forms · rank 210
The Quran root ك ر م k-r-m
Words built from the root ك ر م ([k-r-m]) appear 47 times in the Quran. The most common is كَرِيم, “noble”, which comes 30 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| كَرِيم | kariim | noble · Honorable | 30 | |
| مُكْرَم | mukram | honored · honored ones | 5 | |
| أَكْرَمَ | akrama | Make comfortable · is generous to him | 4 | |
| كَرَّمْ | karram | You have honored · We have honored | 2 | |
| أَكْرَم | akram | most noble of you · Most Generous | 2 | |
| إِكْرام | ikraam | Honor | 2 | |
| مُكْرِم | mukrim | bestower of honor | 1 | |
| مُكَرَّمَة | mukarrama | honored | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
إِن تَجْتَنِبُوا كَبَائِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَنُدْخِلْكُم مُّدْخَلًا كَرِيمًا ٣١
كَرِيمًا karīman · noble
If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We will remove from you your lesser sins and admit you to a noble entrance [into Paradise]. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:31)
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَّهُمْ دَرَجَاتٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ ٤
كَرِيمٌ karīmun · noble
Those are the believers, truly. For them are degrees [of high position] with their Lord and forgiveness and noble provision. (Surah Al-Anfal, 8:4)
وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًا سُبْحَانَهُ بَلْ عِبَادٌ مُّكْرَمُونَ ٢٦
مُّكْرَمُونَ muk'ramūna · honored
And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they are [but] honored servants. (Surah Al-Anbya, 21:26)
وَقَالَ الَّذِي اشْتَرَاهُ مِن مِّصْرَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ أَكْرِمِي مَثْوَاهُ عَسَىٰ أَن يَنفَعَنَا أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَدًا وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُ مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ وَاللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٢١
أَكْرِمِي akrimī · Make comfortable
And the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, "Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son." And thus, We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events [i.e., dreams]. And Allāh is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know. (Surah Yusuf, 12:21)
قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ٦٢
كَرَّمْتَ karramta · You have honored
[Iblees] said, "Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me [i.e., my death] until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few." (Surah Al-Isra, 17:62)
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ ١٣
أَكْرَمَكُمْ akramakum · (the) most noble of you
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allāh is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware. (Surah Al-Hujurat, 49:13)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Isra · 3×
- Surah Ad-Dukhan · 3×
- Surah Al-Fajr · 3×
- Surah Al-Anfal · 2×
- Surah Yusuf · 2×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 2×
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.