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339 times in the Quran · 9 word forms · rank 21
The Quran root ر ح م r-ḥ-m
Words built from the root ر ح م ([r-ḥ-m]) appear 339 times in the Quran. The most common is رَحِيم, “Most Merciful”, which comes 116 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| رَحِيم | raḥiim | Most Merciful · merciful | 116 | |
| رَحْمَة | raḥma | Mercy · Mercy from Us | 114 | |
| رَحْمٰن | raḥmaan | Most Gracious | 57 | |
| رَحِمَ | raḥima | receive mercy · have mercy on us | 28 | |
| أَرْحام | arḥaam | wombs · blood relationship | 12 | |
| راحِم | raaḥim | merciful · those who show mercy | 6 | |
| أَرْحَم | arḥam | Most Merciful | 4 | |
| رُحْم | ruḥm | affection | 1 | |
| مَرْحَمَة | marḥama | compassion | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ١
الرَّحِيمِ l-raḥīmi · the Most Merciful
In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (Surah Al-Fatihah, 1:1)
الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ٣
الرَّحِيمِ l-raḥīmi · the Most Merciful
The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, (Surah Al-Fatihah, 1:3)
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُم مِّن بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ لَكُنتُم مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ ٦٤
وَرَحْمَتُهُ waraḥmatuhu · and His Mercy
Then you turned away after that. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, you would have been among the losers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:64)
وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ الرَّحِيمُ ١٦٣
الرَّحْمَٰنُ l-raḥmānu · the Most Gracious
And your god is one God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:163)
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ ٢٨٦
وَارْحَمْنَا wa-ir'ḥamnā · and have mercy on us
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:286)
وَالْمُطَلَّقَاتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ قُرُوءٍ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَن يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ فِي أَرْحَامِهِنَّ إِن كُنَّ يُؤْمِنَّ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ أَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ إِنْ أَرَادُوا إِصْلَاحًا وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ٢٢٨
أَرْحَامِهِنَّ arḥāmihinna · their wombs
Divorced women remain in waiting [i.e., do not remarry] for three periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allāh has created in their wombs if they believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And their husbands have more right to take them back in this [period] if they want reconciliation. And due to them [i.e., the wives] is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable. But the men [i.e., husbands] have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority]. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:228)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 20×
- Surah Maryam · 20×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 18×
- Surah An-Nisa · 16×
- Surah Al-An'am · 13×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 13×
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.