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104 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 108

The Quran root ر ج ع r-j-ʿ

Words built from the root ر ج ع ([r-j-ʿ]) appear 104 times in the Quran. The most common is رَجَعَ, “return”, which comes 79 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
رَجَعَrajaʿareturn · you will be returned79
مَرْجِعmarjiʿreturn · you will return16
راجِعraajiʿwill return · return4
رَجْعrajʿreturn · return him3
يَتَراجَعَyataraajaʿathey return to each other1
رُجْعَىrujʿaareturn1

Examples from the Quran

صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ ١٨

يَرْجِعُونَ yarjiʿūna · [they] will not return

Deaf, dumb and blind - so they will not return [to the right path]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:18)

كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ٢٨

تُرْجَعُونَ tur'jaʿūna · you will be returned

How can you disbelieve in Allāh when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:28)

إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَىٰ إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَيَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ ٥٥

مَرْجِعُكُمْ marjiʿukum · (is) your return

[Mention] when Allāh said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify [i.e., free] you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allāh alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:55)

الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَاقُو رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ٤٦

رَاجِعُونَ rājiʿūna · will return

Who are certain that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:46)

أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ ٣

رَجْعٌ rajʿun · (is) a return

When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return." (Surah Qaf, 50:3)

فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ مِن بَعْدُ حَتَّىٰ تَنكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَن يَتَرَاجَعَا إِن ظَنَّا أَن يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ ٢٣٠

يَتَرَاجَعَا yatarājaʿā · they return to each other

And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him. And if he [i.e., the latter husband] divorces her [or dies], there is no blame upon them [i.e., the woman and her former husband] for returning to each other if they think that they can keep [within] the limits of Allāh. These are the limits of Allāh, which He makes clear to a people who know [i.e.,understand]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:230)

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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.