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660 times in the Quran · 22 word forms · rank 7
The Quran root ق و م q-w-m
Words built from the root ق و م ([q-w-m]) appear 660 times in the Quran. The most common is قَوْم, “people”, which comes 383 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| قَوْم | qawm | people · O my people | 383 | |
| قِيامَة | qiyaama | Resurrection · Judgment | 70 | |
| أَقامَ | aqaama | establish · set | 54 | |
| مُسْتَقِيم | mustaqiim | straight · straight path | 37 | |
| قامَ | qaama | stand · will established | 33 | |
| قائِم | qaa’im | standing · means of support | 17 | |
| مَقام | maqaam | place · standing place | 14 | |
| مُقِيم | muqiim | lasting · enduring | 10 | |
| اسْتَقامُ | astaqaamu | stand firm · they are upright | 10 | |
| قائِمَة | qaa’ima | standing · will occur | 5 | |
| قَيِّم | qayyim | right · upright | 5 | |
| أَقْوَم | aqwam | more suitable · more upright | 4 | |
| قَيُّوم | qayyuum | Sustainer of all that exists · Self-Subsisting | 3 | |
| قَوّام | qawwaam | protectors · custodians | 3 | |
| مُقام | muqaam | resting place · stand | 3 | |
| إِقام | iqaam | establishment · establishing | 2 | |
| قَيِّمَة | qayyima | correct | 2 | |
| قِيَم | qiyam | right | 1 | |
| إِقامَت | iqaamat | encampment | 1 | |
| قَوام | qawaam | moderate | 1 | |
| مُقامَة | muqaama | Eternity | 1 | |
| تَقْوِيم | taqwiim | mould | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ أَنفُسَكُم بِاتِّخَاذِكُمُ الْعِجْلَ فَتُوبُوا إِلَىٰ بَارِئِكُمْ فَاقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ عِندَ بَارِئِكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ ٥٤
لِقَوْمِهِ liqawmihi · to his people
And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, indeed you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship]. So repent to your Creator and kill yourselves [i.e., the guilty among you]. That is best for [all of] you in the sight of your Creator." Then He accepted your repentance; indeed, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:54)
وَإِذِ اسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَ فَانفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا مِن رِّزْقِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ٦٠
لِقَوْمِهِ liqawmihi · for his people
And [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allāh, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:60)
ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ هَٰؤُلَاءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَرِيقًا مِّنكُم مِّن دِيَارِهِمْ تَظَاهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِالْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَإِن يَأْتُوكُمْ أُسَارَىٰ تُفَادُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِخْرَاجُهُمْ أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ فَمَا جَزَاءُ مَن يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ٨٥
الْقِيَامَةِ l-qiyāmati · of [the] Resurrection
Then, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes, cooperating against them in sin and aggression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their eviction was forbidden to you. So do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the recompense for those who do that among you except disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent back to the severest of punishment. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:85)
الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ٣
وَيُقِيمُونَ wayuqīmūna · and establish
Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them, (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:3)
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ٦
الْمُسْتَقِيمَ l-mus'taqīma · the straight
Guide us to the straight path - (Surah Al-Fatihah, 1:6)
يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ كُلَّمَا أَضَاءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا فِيهِ وَإِذَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَارِهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ٢٠
قَامُوا qāmū · they stand (still)
The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:20)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 55×
- Surah Hud · 42×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 34×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 33×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 30×
- Surah Al-An'am · 27×
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.