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75 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 145

The Quran root ش ك ر sh-k-r

Words built from the root ش ك ر ([sh-k-r]) appear 75 times in the Quran. The most common is شَكَرَ, “grateful”, which comes 46 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
شَكَرَshakaragrateful · be grateful46
شاكِرshaakirgrateful ones · grateful14
شَكُورshakuurgrateful · Most Appreciative10
مَشْكُورmashkuurappreciated2
شُكُورshukuurbe thankful · thanks2
شُكْرshukrgratitude1

Examples from the Quran

ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُم مِّن بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ٥٢

تَشْكُرُونَ tashkurūna · (be) grateful

Then We forgave you after that so perhaps you would be grateful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:52)

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاكُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ٥٦

تَشْكُرُونَ tashkurūna · (be) grateful

Then We revived you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:56)

إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ أَوِ اعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ ١٥٨

شَاكِرٌ shākirun · (is) All-Appreciative

Indeed, aṣ-Ṣafā and al-Marwah are among the symbols of Allāh. So whoever makes ḥajj [pilgrimage] to the House or performs ʿumrah - there is no blame upon him for walking between them. And whoever volunteers good - then indeed, Allāh is Appreciative and Knowing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:158)

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِآيَاتِنَا أَنْ أَخْرِجْ قَوْمَكَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَذَكِّرْهُم بِأَيَّامِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ ٥

شَكُورٍ shakūrin · and thankful

And We certainly sent Moses with Our signs, [saying], "Bring out your people from darknesses into the light and remind them of the days of Allāh." Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful. (Surah Ibrahim, 14:5)

وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الْآخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُولَٰئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًا ١٩

مَّشْكُورًا mashkūran · (is) appreciated

But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer - it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allāh]. (Surah Al-Isra, 17:19)

وَهُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًا ٦٢

شُكُورًا shukūran · to be thankful

And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude. (Surah Al-Furqan, 25:62)

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.