Home Quran Quran roots ش ط ن
88 times in the Quran · 1 word form · rank 125
The Quran root ش ط ن sh-ṭ-n
Words built from the root ش ط ن ([sh-ṭ-n]) appear 88 times in the Quran. The most common is شَيْطان, “Shaitaan”, which comes 88 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| شَيْطان | shayṭaan | Shaitaan · devils | 88 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا إِلَىٰ شَيَاطِينِهِمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ ١٤
شَيَاطِينِهِمْ shayāṭīnihim · their evil ones
And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:14)
فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ٣٦
الشَّيْطَانُ l-shayṭānu · the Shaitaan
But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:36)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 8×
- Surah An-Nisa · 8×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 8×
- Surah Al-An'am · 6×
- Surah Al-Isra · 5×
- Surah Maryam · 5×
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.
