71 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 154

The Quran root ي م ن y-m-n

Words built from the root ي م ن ([y-m-n]) appear 71 times in the Quran. The most common is يَمِين, “oaths”, which comes 65 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
يَمِين	yamiin	oaths · right	65
أَيْمَن	ayman	right	3
مَيْمَنَة	maymana	right	3

Examples from the Quran

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا اللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِّأَيْمَانِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوا وَتَتَّقُوا وَتُصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٢٤

لِّأَيْمَانِكُمْ li-aymānikum · in your oaths

And do not make [your oath by] Allāh an excuse against being righteous and fearing Allāh and making peace among people. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:224)

لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ ٢٢٥

أَيْمَانِكُمْ aymānikum · your oaths

Allāh does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:225)

وَنَادَيْنَاهُ مِن جَانِبِ الطُّورِ الْأَيْمَنِ وَقَرَّبْنَاهُ نَجِيًّا ٥٢

الْأَيْمَنِ l-aymani · the right

And We called him from the side of the mount at [his] right and brought him near, confiding [to him]. (Surah Maryam, 19:52)

فَأَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ٨

الْمَيْمَنَةِ l-maymanati · (of) the right

Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:8)

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.