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قمر

q-m-r

The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

Root

ق-م-ر

27

Total uses

26

Verses

23

Surahs

4

Forms

Root

ق-م-ر

Root Meaning

The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

Derived forms

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)

Al-An'am 6:77

ٱلْقَمَرَMeaning here: The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

And when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall become one of the folk who are astray

Al-A'raf 7:54

وَٱلْقَمَرَMeaning here: The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then mounted He the Throne. He covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by His command. His verily is all creation and commandment. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds

Ar-Ra'd 13:2

وَٱلْقَمَرَMeaning here: The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

Allah it is Who raised up the heavens without visible supports, then mounted the Throne, and compelled the sun and the moon to be of service, each runneth unto an appointed term; He ordereth the course; He detaileth the revelations, that haply ye may be certain of the meeting with your Lord

An-Nahl 16:12

وَٱلْقَمَرَMeaning here: The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

And He hath constrained the night and the day and the sun and the moon to be of service unto you, and the stars are made subservient by His command. Lo! herein indeed are portents for people who have sense

Al-Furqan 25:61

وَقَمَرًاMeaning here: The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

Blessed be He Who hath placed in the heaven mansions of the stars, and hath placed therein a great lamp and a moon giving light

Fatir 35:13

وَٱلْقَمَرَMeaning here: The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

He maketh the night to pass into the day and He maketh the day to pass into the night. He hath subdued the sun and moon to service. Each runneth unto an appointed term. Such is Allah, your Lord; His is the Sovereignty; and those unto whom ye pray instead of Him own not so much as the white spot on a date-stone

Ya-Sin 36:40

ٱلْقَمَرَMeaning here: The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit

Al-Qamar 54:1

ٱلْقَمَرُMeaning here: The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain

Nuh 71:16

ٱلْقَمَرَMeaning here: The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp

Al-Qiyamah 75:9

وَٱلْقَمَرُMeaning here: The root قمر (qmr) primarily means to contend for stakes or wagers, often in games of chance, and to overcome an opponent in such a contest.

And sun and moon are united

🔎 Across the Quran (16)

Al-An'am 6:96

فَالِقُ ٱلۡإِصۡبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيۡلَ سَكَنࣰ ا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ حُسۡبَانࣰ اۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ

It is He Who causes the dawn to split forth, and has ordained the night for repose, and the sun and the moon for reckoning time. All this is determined by Allah the Almighty, the All-Knowing

Yunus 10:5

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ ضِيَآءࣰ نُورࣰ ا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعۡلَمُواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمࣲ يَعۡلَمُونَ

He it is Who gave the sun radiance and the moon light, and determined the stages (for the waxing and waning of the moon) that you may learn the calculation of years and the reckoning of time. Allah has created all this with a rightful purpose (rather than out of play). He expounds His signs for the people who know

Yusuf 12:4

إِذۡ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيۡتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوۡكَبࣰ ا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ رَأَيۡتُهُمۡ لِي سَٰجِدِينَ

Call to mind when Joseph said to his father: "My father! I saw (in a dream) eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrating themselves before me

Ibrahim 14:33

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلشَّمۡسَ دَآئِبَيۡنِۖ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ

Who subjected for you the sun and the moon and both of them are constant on their courses, Who subjected for you the night and the day

Al-Anbiya 21:33

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ كُلࣱّ فِي فَلَكࣲ يَسۡبَحُونَ

It is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Each of them is floating in its orbit

Al-Hajj 22:18

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَسۡجُدُۤ لَهُۥۤ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلنُّجُومُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ وَٱلدَّوَآبُّ وَكَثِيرࣱ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِۖ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡعَذَابُۗ وَمَن يُهِنِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكۡرِمٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ۩

Have you not seen that all those who are in the heavens and all those who are in the earth prostrate themselves before Allah; and so do the sun and the moon, and the stars and the mountains, and the trees, and the beasts, and so do many human beings, and even many of those who are condemned to chastisement? And he whom Allah humiliates, none can give him honour. Allah does whatever He wills

Al-Ankabut 29:61

وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ

If you were to ask them: “Who created the heavens and the earth and Who has kept the sun and the moon in subjection?” they will certainly say: “Allah.” How come, then, they are being deluded from the Truth

Luqman 31:29

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ كُلࣱّ يَجۡرِيٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلࣲ مُّسَمࣰّ ى وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرࣱ‏

Do you not see that Allah makes the night phase into the day and makes the day phase into the night and has subjected the sun and the moon to His will so that each of them is pursuing its course till an appointed time? (Do you not know that) Allah is well aware of all that you do

Ya-Sin 36:39

قَدَّرۡنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِ ٱلۡقَدِيمِ

We have appointed stages for the moon till it returns in the shape of a dry old branch of palm-tree

Az-Zumar 39:5

خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيۡلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيۡلِۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ كُلࣱّ يَجۡرِي لِأَجَلࣲ مُّسَمًّىۗ أَلَا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفَّٰرُ

He created the heavens and the earth with Truth, and He folds up the day over the night and folds up the night over the day. He has subjected the sun and the moon, each is running its course until an appointed time. Lo, He is the Most Mighty, the Most Forgiving

Fussilat 41:37

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيۡلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ لَا تَسۡجُدُواْ لِلشَّمۡسِ وَلَا لِلۡقَمَرِ وَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمۡ إِيَّاهُ تَعۡبُدُونَ

And of His Signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Do not prostrate yourselves before the sun, nor before the moon, but prostrate yourselves before Allah Who created them, if it is Him that you serve

Ar-Rahman 55:5

ٱلشَّمۡسُ بِحُسۡبَانࣲ‏

The sun and the moon follow a reckoning

Al-Muddaththir 74:32

كَلَّا

Nay, by the moon

Al-Qiyamah 75:8

وَخَسَفَ

and the moon is eclipsed

Al-Inshiqaq 84:18

إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

and by the moon, when it reaches its fullness

Ash-Shams 91:2

إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

and by the moon as it follows it