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18 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 430

The Quran root م ك ن m-k-n

Words built from the root م ك ن ([m-k-n]) appear 18 times in the Quran. The most common is مَكَّ, “We established”, which comes 13 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
مَكَّmakkaWe established · We had established them13
مَكِينmakiinfirmly established · firm4
أَمْكَنَamkanaHe gave power1

Examples from the Quran

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ مَّكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمْ وَأَرْسَلْنَا السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْهِم مِّدْرَارًا وَجَعَلْنَا الْأَنْهَارَ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَنشَأْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا آخَرِينَ ٦

مَّكَّنَّاهُمْ makkannāhum · We had established them

Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:6)

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ ١٠

مَكَّنَّاكُمْ makkannākum · We established you

And We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein ways of livelihood. Little are you grateful. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:10)

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُونِي بِهِ أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِي فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُ قَالَ إِنَّكَ الْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌ ٥٤

مَكِينٌ makīnun · firmly established

And the king said, "Bring him to me; I will appoint him exclusively for myself." And when he spoke to him, he said, "Indeed, you are today established [in position] and trusted." (Surah Yusuf, 12:54)

وَإِن يُرِيدُوا خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدْ خَانُوا اللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ فَأَمْكَنَ مِنْهُمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ٧١

فَأَمْكَنَ fa-amkana · So He gave (you) power

But if they intend to betray you - then they have already betrayed Allāh before, and He empowered [you] over them. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise. (Surah Al-Anfal, 8:71)

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.