سجن

s-j-n

Sijjeen refers to a place where the records of the wicked are kept, often described as a valley in Hell or a stone beneath the seventh earth. It can also mean a register of evil deeds.

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س-ج-ن

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س-ج-ن

Root Meaning

Sijjeen refers to a place where the records of the wicked are kept, often described as a valley in Hell or a stone beneath the seventh earth. It can also mean a register of evil deeds.

Derived forms

ٱلسِّجۡنُ6سِجِّينࣲ‏2يُسۡجَنَ1لَيُسۡجَنَنَّ1لَيَسۡجُنُنَّهُۥ1ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)

Yusuf 12:25

يُسْجَنَMeaning here: Sijjeen refers to a place where the records of the wicked are kept, often described as a valley in Hell or a stone beneath the seventh earth. It can also mean a register of evil deeds.

And they raced with one another to the door, and she tore his shirt from behind, and they met her lord and master at the door. She said: What shall be his reward, who wisheth evil to thy folk, save prison or a painful doom

Yusuf 12:32

لَيُسْجَنَنَّMeaning here: Sijjeen refers to a place where the records of the wicked are kept, often described as a valley in Hell or a stone beneath the seventh earth. It can also mean a register of evil deeds.

She said: This is he on whose account ye blamed me. I asked of him an evil act, but he proved continent, but if he do not my behest he verily shall be imprisoned, and verily shall be of those brought low

Yusuf 12:33

ٱلسِّجْنُMeaning here: Sijjeen refers to a place where the records of the wicked are kept, often described as a valley in Hell or a stone beneath the seventh earth. It can also mean a register of evil deeds.

He said: O my Lord! Prison is more dear than that unto which they urge me, and if Thou fend not off their wiles from me I shall incline unto them and become of the foolish

Yusuf 12:35

لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥMeaning here: Sijjeen refers to a place where the records of the wicked are kept, often described as a valley in Hell or a stone beneath the seventh earth. It can also mean a register of evil deeds.

And it seemed good to them (the men-folk) after they had seen the signs (of his innocence) to imprison him for a time

Yusuf 12:36

ٱلسِّجْنَMeaning here: Sijjeen refers to a place where the records of the wicked are kept, often described as a valley in Hell or a stone beneath the seventh earth. It can also mean a register of evil deeds.

And two young men went to prison with him. One of them said: I dreamed that I was pressing wine. The other said: I dreamed that I was carrying upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating. Announce unto us the interpretation, for we see thee of those good (at interpretation)

Yusuf 12:41

ٱلسِّجْنِMeaning here: Sijjeen refers to a place where the records of the wicked are kept, often described as a valley in Hell or a stone beneath the seventh earth. It can also mean a register of evil deeds.

O my two fellow-prisoners! As for one of you, he will pour out wine for his lord to drink; and as for the other, he will be crucified so that the birds will eat from his head. Thus is the case judged concerning which ye did inquire

Yusuf 12:42

And he said unto him of the twain who he knew would be released: Mention me in the presence of thy lord. But Satan caused him to forget to mention it to his lord, so he (Joseph) stayed in prison for some years

Yusuf 12:100

And he placed his parents on the dais and they fell down before him prostrate, and he said: O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream of old. My Lord hath made it true, and He hath shown me kindness, since He took me out of the prison and hath brought you from the desert after Satan had made strife between me and my brethren. Lo! my Lord is tender unto whom He will. He is the Knower, the Wise

Ash-Shu'ara 26:29

ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَMeaning here: Sijjeen refers to a place where the records of the wicked are kept, often described as a valley in Hell or a stone beneath the seventh earth. It can also mean a register of evil deeds.

(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners

Al-Mutaffifin 83:7

سِجِّينٍMeaning here: Sijjeen refers to a place where the records of the wicked are kept, often described as a valley in Hell or a stone beneath the seventh earth. It can also mean a register of evil deeds.

Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin

🔎 Across the Quran (2)

Yusuf 12:39

يَٰصَٰحِبَيِ ءَأَرۡبَابࣱ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيۡرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّارُ

Fellow-prisoners! Is it better that there be diverse lords, or just Allah, the One, the Irresistible

Al-Mutaffifin 83:8

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا

And how would you know what the Record of the prison-house is