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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

WordSay itMeaningTimes
قَوْمqawmpeople · O my people383
قِيامَةqiyaamaResurrection · Judgment70
أَقامَaqaamaestablish · set54
مُسْتَقِيمmustaqiimstraight · straight path37
قامَqaamastand · will established33
قائِمqaa’imstanding · means of support17
مَقامmaqaamplace · standing place14
مُقِيمmuqiimlasting · enduring10
اسْتَقامُastaqaamustand firm · they are upright10
قائِمَةqaa’imastanding · will occur5
قَيِّمqayyimright · upright5
أَقْوَمaqwammore suitable · more upright4
قَيُّومqayyuumSustainer of all that exists · Self-Subsisting3
قَوّامqawwaamprotectors · custodians3
مُقامmuqaamresting place · stand3
إِقامiqaamestablishment · establishing2
قَيِّمَةqayyimacorrect2
قِيَمqiyamright1
إِقامَتiqaamatencampment1
قَوامqawaammoderate1
مُقامَةmuqaamaEternity1
تَقْوِيمtaqwiimmould1

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)

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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.