Where do these meanings come from?

The English meanings follow the sense used in Pickthall's translation, and the Roman Urdu follows the Urdu translation of Maulana Muhammad Junagarhi. The counts come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.

Why are these words numbered 51 to 150?

Words are ranked by how often they appear in the Quran. Ranks 1 to 50 are the very most common words, covered in our separate top-50 list. This page continues with the next 100.

Is it better to learn Quran words by topic or by frequency?

Both help. Frequency tells you which words to learn first; topics help you remember them, because related words like Jannah, Nar and Jahannam support each other in memory.

Does one Arabic word always have one meaning?

No. Many words have a main meaning and a few related ones. Din, for example, means 'judgment' in 'Master of the Day of Judgment' but 'religion' in other verses. The verse always decides.

Quran Words Meaning List: 100 Words in English & Urdu

Here are 100 of the most-used words in the Quran, ranks 51 to 150 by frequency, sorted by topic. Each one has its Arabic, how to say it, its meaning in English and in Roman Urdu, and the number of times it appears in the Quran. If you have not seen the first 50 yet, start with our list of the most common words in the Quran and come back here.

A quick note on the meanings. They are short dictionary meanings, following the sense used in Pickthall's English translation and Maulana Junagarhi's Urdu translation. Many Arabic words carry more than one shade of meaning, so treat each entry as the main meaning to remember, not the only one.

Quran words about Allah and His names

These are the words that describe Allah. You will hear raḥīm at the start of almost every surah, in the Bismillah.

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
عَلِيم	ʿalīm	all-knowing	khoob jaanne wala	163
إِلٰه	ilāh	god, deity	maabood	147
رَحِيم	raḥīm	most merciful	nihaayat rahm karne wala	116
رَحْمَة	raḥma	mercy	rahmat	114
عَزِيز	ʿazīz	mighty, dear	ghaalib, zabardast	101
غَفُور	ghafūr	Most Forgiving	bahut bakhshne wala	91
أَحَد	aḥad	one; anyone	ek; koi	74

Aḥad, "One", is the word in the first verse of Surah Al-Ikhlas:

قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

Say: He is Allah, the One!

Aap keh dijiye ke woh Allah Ta'ala ek (hi) hai

Surah Al-Ikhlāṣ · 112:1

The full word-by-word meaning of that surah is in our Surah Ikhlas meaning guide.

Words about faith and belief (with Urdu meaning)

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
مُؤْمِن	muʾmin	believer	momin, imaan wala	202
كَذَّبَ	kadhdhaba	he denied	jhutlaaya	176
اتَّقَى	ittaqā	he feared (Allah)	Allah se dara, taqwa ikhtiyaar kiya	166
كافِر	kāfir	disbeliever	kaafir, inkaar karne wala	156
قَلْب	qalb	heart	dil	132
مَلَك	malak	angel	farishta	88
خافَ	khāfa	he feared	dara	83

Ittaqā is the verb behind taqwā. Pickthall translates it in different ways, such as "keep your duty to Allah" (26:110) and "those who ward off (evil)" (2:2). Junagarhi's Urdu uses phrases like Allah ka khauf rakho and parhezgaar.

Worship and good deeds

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
عَبَدَ	ʿabada	he worshipped	ibaadat ki	122
أَجْر	ajr	reward, wage	ajr, badla	105
ذَكَرَ	dhakara	he remembered	yaad kiya, zikr kiya	84
صَلاة	ṣalāh	prayer (ṣalāh)	namaz	83
ذِكْر	dhikr	remembrance, reminder	zikr, naseehat	76

Prophets and revelation

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
أَنزَلَ	anzala	he sent down	naazil kiya, utaara	183
مُوسَى	Mūsā	Moses (Mūsā)	Moosa	136
أَرْسَلَ	arsala	he sent	bheja	130
نَبِيّ	nabiyy	prophet	Nabi	75
فِرْعَوْن	firʿawn	Pharaoh	Firaun	74

The Hereafter: Jannah, Jahannam and the Last Day

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
آخِر	ākhir	last, the Hereafter	aakhri; aakhirat	155
جَنَّة	janna	garden, Paradise	baagh, jannat	147
نار	nār	fire	aag	145
دُنْيا	dunyā	world, this life	duniya	115
دِين	dīn	judgment; religion	badla; deen	92
جَهَنَّم	jahannam	Hell	jahannam	77
خالِد	khālid	abiding forever	hamesha rehne wala	74

Dīn is a good example of a word with two meanings. In Surah Al-Fatiha, yawmi d-dīn is "the Day of Judgment", the day of recompense. Elsewhere, dīn means "religion" or "way of life".

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

Enter thou My Garden!

Aur meri Jannat mein chali ja

Surah Al-Fajr · 89:30

Guidance, good and evil

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
خَيْر	khayr	good, better	bhalaai, behtar	178
سَبِيل	sabīl	way, path	raah, raasta	176
هَدَى	hadā	he guided	hidaayat di, raah dikhaai	144
اتَّبَعَ	ittabaʿa	he followed	pairvi ki, peeche chala	136
ظالِم	ẓālim	wrongdoer	zaalim	129
ظَلَمَ	ẓalama	he wronged	zulm kiya	110
شَيْطان	shayṭān	Satan, devil	shaitaan	88
هُدًى	hudā	guidance	hidaayat	85
صالِح	ṣāliḥ	righteous, good	nek	74

Speaking, knowing and thinking

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
دَعا	daʿā	he called, prayed	pukaara, dua ki	170
سَأَلَ	saʾala	he asked	poochha, maanga	106
قَوْل	qawl	saying, word	baat	92
سَمِعَ	samiʿa	he heard	suna	78
أَمَرَ	amara	he commanded	hukm diya	77
شاءَ	shāʾa	he willed, wished	chaaha	236
أَرادَ	arāda	he wanted, intended	iraada kiya, chaaha	139
عِلْم	ʿilm	knowledge	ilm	105
مَثَل	mathal	example, parable	misaal	88
نَظَرَ	naẓara	he looked	dekha, nazar ki	87

Doing, taking, giving and moving

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
أَمْر	amr	command, matter	hukm, kaam	166
أَخَذَ	akhadha	he took	pakda, liya	127
اتَّخَذَ	ittakhadha	he took (for himself)	bana liya, ikhtiyaar kiya	124
وَجَدَ	wajada	he found	paaya	106
أَخْرَجَ	akhraja	he brought out	nikaala	99
أَكَلَ	akala	he ate	khaaya	93
فَعَلَ	faʿala	he did	kiya	88
مال	māl	wealth, property	maal	86
فَضْل	faḍl	bounty, grace	fazl	84
قَتَلَ	qatala	he killed	qatl kiya	83
رَجَعَ	rajaʿa	he returned	lauta	79
تَوَلَّى	tawallā	he turned away	munh mod liya	78
دَخَلَ	dakhala	he entered	daakhil hua	76

Creation, people and relationships

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
خَلَقَ	khalaqa	he created	paida kiya	184
يَد	yad	hand	haath	120
حَياة	ḥayāh	life	zindagi	76
عالَم	ʿālam	world	jahaan, duniya	73
عَبْد	ʿabd	servant, slave	banda	131
أَهْل	ahl	people, family	log, ghar wale	127
وَلِيّ	waliyy	friend, protector	dost, madadgaar	86
بُنَىّ	bunayy	son; (pl.) sons	beta, bete	80
أَصْحاب	aṣḥāb	companions, people of	saathi, wale	78
زَوْج	zawj	spouse, pair	joda; biwi ya shauhar	76
أَخ	akh	brother	bhai	75

Time, amount and descriptions

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
بَعْد	baʿd	after	baad	199
بَعْض	baʿḍ	some, part	kuch, baaz	157
لَيْل	layl	night	raat	84
أَوَّل	awwal	first, former	pehla	82
أَكْثَر	akthar	most, more	aksar, zyaada	80
ذُو	dhū	owner of, possessing	wala, maalik	156
مُبِين	mubīn	clear, plain	saaf, khula hua	119
عَظِيم	ʿaẓīm	great, mighty	bada, azmat wala	107
حَكِيم	ḥakīm	wise	hikmat wala	97
مِثْل	mithl	like, similar	jaisa, misl	75

Little words: questions, "if" and "but"

These are short, but you will meet them in almost every page of the Quran.

Arabic	Say it	Meaning	Roman Urdu	Times in the Quran
أَيّ	ayy	which, what	kaun sa, kaunsi	215
لَو	law	if (only), would that	agar, kaash	201
عِند	ʿinda	with, near, at	paas	197
مَع	maʿa	with	saath	164
لَمّا	lammā	when	jab	154
غَيْر	ghayr	other than, not	siwa, alaawa	147
دُون	dūn	besides, other than	siwa, chhod kar	144
حَتَّى	ḥattā	until, till	yahan tak ke, tak	142
أَم	am	or	ya	137
لَعَلّ	laʿalla	perhaps, so that	shaayad, taake	129
بَل	bal	rather, nay	balki	127
لَن	lan	will never, not	hargiz nahi	106
هَل	hal	is? does? (question)	kya?	93
لَيْسَ	laysa	is not	nahi hai	89
كَيْف	kayfa	how?	kaise?	83
لَوْلا	lawlā	if not for; why not	agar na hota; kyon nahi	75

Notice the family of "not" words: lan "will never", laysa "is not" and ghayr "other than". Each one says "not" in a different way, and together with lā, mā and lam from the top 50 they make up a small toolkit for negative sentences.

How to use this list

One topic a day. A topic table has five to sixteen words. Read the Arabic aloud, say the meaning, then cover the meaning column and test yourself.
Link each word to a sound you already know. Qalb is the Urdu qalb (heart), ilm is ilm, duniya is duniya, ajr is ajr. Urdu has taken many words from Arabic, so a lot of these will feel familiar.
Watch for pairs from one root. Hadā "he guided" and hudā "guidance"; ẓalama "he wronged" and ẓālim "wrongdoer"; dhakara "he remembered" and dhikr "remembrance". Learning one makes the other almost free.
See them in a verse. A word sticks far better when you meet it inside an ayah you recite. Our guide on how to understand the Quran word by word shows how to break a verse into its words.
Review on Friday. Once a week, go back over every table you have covered. Words you miss go on a small card in your pocket.

If you would rather follow a fixed path with verses for every word, our book 600 Words of the Quran takes you through all 600 words in 30 lessons, with meanings in English and Roman Urdu. You can see sample pages on the book page. And if you are wondering how much of the Quran these words really cover, read Is it true 600 words make up 80% of the Quran?