Home Quran Quran roots ر ج م
14 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 474
The Quran root ر ج م r-j-m
Words built from the root ر ج م ([r-j-m]) appear 14 times in the Quran. The most common is رَجِيم, “accursed”, which comes 6 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| رَجِيم | rajiim | accursed · rejected | 6 | |
| رَجَمْ | rajam | we would have stoned you · they will stone you | 5 | |
| رَجْم | rajm | guessing | 1 | |
| مَرْجُوم | marjuum | those who are stoned | 1 | |
| رُجُوم | rujuum | missiles | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَضَعْتُهَا أُنثَىٰ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالْأُنثَىٰ وَإِنِّي سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ٣٦
الرَّجِيمِ l-rajīmi · the rejected
But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allāh was most knowing of what she delivered, and the male is not like the female. "And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:36)
وَحَفِظْنَاهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ ١٧
رَّجِيمٍ rajīmin · accursed
And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh] (Surah Al-Hijr, 15:17)
قَالُوا يَا شُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَاكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفًا وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَاكَ وَمَا أَنتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَزِيزٍ ٩١
لَرَجَمْنَاكَ larajamnāka · surely we would have stoned you
They said, "O Shuʿayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]; and you are not to us one respected." (Surah Hud, 11:91)
سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمًا بِالْغَيْبِ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ قُل رَّبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِم مَّا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا مِرَاءً ظَاهِرًا وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيهِم مِّنْهُمْ أَحَدًا ٢٢
رَجْمًا rajman · guessing
They [i.e., people] will say there were three, the fourth of them being their dog; and they will say there were five, the sixth of them being their dog - guessing at the unseen; and they will say there were seven, and the eighth of them was their dog. Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord is most knowing of their number. None knows them except a few. So do not argue about them except with an obvious argument and do not inquire about them among [the speculators] from anyone." (Surah Al-Kahf, 18:22)
قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ ١١٦
الْمَرْجُومِينَ l-marjūmīna · those who are stoned
They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned." (Surah Ash-Shu'ara, 26:116)
وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ ٥
رُجُومًا rujūman · (as) missiles
And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars] and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze. (Surah Al-Mulk, 67:5)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Hijr · 2×
- Surah Al-Kahf · 2×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 1×
- Surah An-Nahl · 1×
- Surah Sad · 1×
- Surah At-Takwir · 1×
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.