Quran Word Quest

Learn the 300 most common words in the Quran, level by level, inside the verses they come from. The first 100 alone make up 38.1% of the Quran.

How Quran Word Quest works

The journey has 60 levels in six chapters, from the most frequent words to the less frequent. Each level teaches 5 new words and unlocks the next when you finish it.
Every new word is shown inside a real verse first, with its meaning and how often it appears.
Then you match words to meanings, answer quick-fire questions against the clock, and find the word inside a verse. Each verse then shows the meaning of every word in it.
Levels get harder as you go: more choices, lookalike words, a shorter timer, and verses without the translation. Words you miss come back in later levels until you know them.
Finish a level with no mistakes for three stars, and play every day to grow your streak.

The 100 most common words in the Quran

Counted from the 77,311 words of the Quran in the word-by-word data used on this site. Each written form is counted on its own, so ولا (and not) is listed apart from لا (not). The meaning is the one the word carries most often; click a count to see the word in its first verse.

#	Arabic	Meaning	Times
1	مِن	from	2,754
2	ٱللَّهِ	Allah	2,151
3	إِنَّ	indeed	1,602
4	فِي	in	1,184
5	مَا	what	1,005
6	ٱلَّذِينَ	those who	810
7	لَا	not	810
8	إِلَّا	except	761
9	عَلَىٰ	on	684
10	وَلَا	and not	656
11	وَمَا	and not	642
12	إِلَىٰ	to	431
13	قَالَ	he said	412
14	لَهُمۡ	for them	373
15	وَمَن	and whoever	342
16	ثُمَّ	then	340
17	لَكُمۡ	for you	337
18	كَانَ	was	332
19	بِهِۦ	with it	327
20	وَإِن	and if	322
21	قُلۡ	Say	298
22	بِمَا	of what	296
23	ٱلۡأَرۡضِ	the earth	287
24	ذَٰلِكَ	that	280
25	أَوۡ	or	280
26	لَهُۥ	for him	274
27	ٱلَّذِي	the One Who	267
28	هُوَ	he	265
29	ءَامَنُواْ	believe	263
30	هُمۡ	they	261
31	قَالُواْ	they said	249
32	كُلِّ	every	245
33	فِيهَا	therein	240
34	وَٱللَّهُ	and Allah	239
35	كَانُواْ	they used to	229
36	عَن	from	223
37	إِنَّا	indeed, we	222
38	إِذَا	when	221
39	رَبِّكَ	your Lord	220
40	يَوۡمَ	Day	217
41	عَلَيۡهِمۡ	to them	215
42	شَيۡءٖ	thing	190
43	هَٰذَا	this	190
44	كَفَرُواْ	disbelieved	189
45	كُنتُمۡ	you are	187
46	ٱلنَّاسِ	the people	182
47	ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ	the heavens	182
48	لَمۡ	not	178
49	فَإِنَّ	then indeed	171
50	وَهُوَ	and He	171
51	إِنَّهُۥ	indeed, He	170
52	إِذۡ	when	165
53	وَٱلَّذِينَ	and those who	164
54	عَلَيۡكُمۡ	upon you	164
55	ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ	the Book	163
56	إِنِّي	indeed, I	161
57	وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ	and the earth	157
58	فَلَا	so (do) not	156
59	مِنۡهُمۡ	among them	153
60	عَذَابٌ	a punishment	150
61	بَعۡدِ	after	147
62	عَلَيۡهِ	to him	146
63	يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا	O you	142
64	حَتَّىٰ	until	142
65	بِٱللَّهِ	in Allah	139
66	وَهُمۡ	while they	136
67	وَإِذَا	and when	134
68	أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ	those	133
69	إِنَّمَا	only	132
70	أَمۡ	or	129
71	وَلَقَدۡ	And certainly	129
72	رَبِّ	my Lord	128
73	فِيهِ	in it	127
74	بَلۡ	nay	127
75	قَدۡ	verily	126
76	عِندَ	near	119
77	قَبۡلُ	before	118
78	لِلَّهِ	to Allah	116
79	خَيۡرٞ	better	116
80	يَشَآءُ	He wills	116
81	ٱلدُّنۡيَا	the world	115
82	وَلَٰكِنَّ	but	112
83	رَبِّهِمۡ	their Lord	111
84	وَلَوۡ	and if	111
85	مِمَّا	of what	111
86	ٱلسَّمَآءِ	the sky	109
87	ٱلۡحَقُّ	the truth	108
88	مِنكُمۡ	among you	107
89	رَبَّنَا	our Lord	106
90	عَلِيمٞ	All-Knower	105
91	مُوسَىٰ	Musa	105
92	إِنَّهُمۡ	indeed, they	104
93	رَّبِّكُمۡ	your Lord	102
94	ٱلنَّارِ	the Fire	102
95	فَلَمَّا	But when	101
96	أُنزِلَ	was revealed	95
97	لِمَن	for whom	94
98	رَبِّي	my Lord	94
99	خَلَقَ	created	93
100	دُونِ	besides	91

How much of the Quran these words cover

Top 10 words: 16.1%
Top 50 words: 30.0%
Top 100 words: 38.1%
Top 200 words: 46.7%

Most of the top words are small connecting words: from, in, not, those who. Learning them first means that when you read a verse such as Ayatul Kursi, the words you do not know yet stand out clearly, and the word-by-word view on each verse fills the gaps.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most common word in the Quran?

Counting each written form separately, the most common word in the Quran is مِن (from), which appears 2,754 times. The most common noun is ٱللَّهِ, Allah, with 2,151 appearances in this form alone.

How many words are in the Quran?

This count finds 77,311 words across the 114 surahs, using the word divisions of the Uthmani text. Counts vary slightly between sources depending on how joined words and particles are split.

Is it true that a few hundred words make up most of the Quran?

Yes, in a sense. The 100 most common word forms on this page already make up 38.1% of all the words in the Quran, and the top 200 make up 46.7%. Courses that claim 80% coverage count by root word, so one root such as ك ت ب covers many forms like kataba, kitab and maktub.

How should I learn Quranic Arabic vocabulary?

Start with the most frequent words, because each one you learn unlocks thousands of places in the Quran. Learn a few words a day, review them the next day and the next week, and look for them while you read or listen in prayer.

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