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28 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 324

The Quran root ر ج و r-j-w

Words built from the root ر ج و ([r-j-w]) appear 28 times in the Quran. The most common is يَرْجُوا۟, “expect”, which comes 22 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
يَرْجُوا۟yarjuwaa۟expect · hope22
تُرْجِيturjiiPostpone him · You may defer3
مُرْجَوْنmurjawndeferred1
مَرْجُوّmarjuwwone in whom hope was placed1
أَرْجائarjaa’edges1

Examples from the Quran

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أُولَٰئِكَ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ٢١٨

يَرْجُونَ yarjūna · they hope

Indeed, those who have believed and those who have emigrated and fought in the cause of Allāh - those expect the mercy of Allāh. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:218)

وَلَا تَهِنُوا فِي ابْتِغَاءِ الْقَوْمِ إِن تَكُونُوا تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمُونَ وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَرْجُونَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا ١٠٤

وَتَرْجُونَ watarjūna · while you (have) hope

And do not weaken in pursuit of the enemy. If you should be suffering - so are they suffering as you are suffering, but you expect from Allāh that which they expect not. And Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:104)

قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ ١١١

أَرْجِهْ arjih · Postpone him

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:111)

وَآخَرُونَ مُرْجَوْنَ لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ إِمَّا يُعَذِّبُهُمْ وَإِمَّا يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ١٠٦

مُرْجَوْنَ mur'jawna · deferred

And [there are] others deferred until the command of Allāh - whether He will punish them or whether He will forgive them. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:106)

قَالُوا يَا صَالِحُ قَدْ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّا قَبْلَ هَٰذَا أَتَنْهَانَا أَن نَّعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَا إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ ٦٢

مَرْجُوًّا marjuwwan · the one in whom hope was placed

They said, "O Ṣāliḥ, you were among us a man of promise before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? And indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt." (Surah Hud, 11:62)

وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ ١٧

أَرْجَائِهَا arjāihā · its edges

And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them]. (Surah Al-Haqqah, 69:17)

Surahs where it comes most

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.