| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 138 (2:138:4) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) better | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Our religion is) the Colour of Allah(137): And who can baptize better than Allah. And it is He Whom we worship.* | |||||
| 2 | Ali 'Imran Verse 172 (3:172:11) | اَحْسَنُوا | احسنوا | ahsenû | did good | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Of those who answered the call of Allah and the Messenger, even after being wounded,(479) those who do right and refrain from wrong have a great reward;-* | |||||
| 3 | An-Nisa Verse 59 (4:59:28) | وَاَحْسَنُ | واحسن | ve ahsenu | and more suitable | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those charged with authority among you.(580) If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe in Allah and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final determination.* | |||||
| 4 | An-Nisa Verse 125 (4:125:2) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) better | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to Allah, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith? For Allah did take Abraham for a friend.(634)* | |||||
| 5 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 50 (5:50:5) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | better | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do they then seek after a judgment of (the days(763) of) ignorance? But who, for a people whose faith is assured, can give better judgment than Allah.* | |||||
| 6 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 93 (5:93:21) | وَاَحْسَنُواۜ | واحسنوا | ve ahsenû | and do good | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | On those who believe and do deeds of righteousness there is no blame for what they ate (in the past), when they guard themselves from evil, and believe, and do deeds of righteousness,- (or) again, guard themselves from evil and believe,- (or) again, guard themselves from evil and do good. For Allah loveth those who do good.(798)* | |||||
| 7 | Al-An'am Verse 152 (6:152:8) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And come not nigh to the orphan´s property, except to improve it, until he attain the age of full strength; give measure and weight with (full) justice;- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear;- whenever ye speak, speak justly, even if a near relative is concerned; and fulfil the covenant of Allah;(978) thus doth He command you, that ye may remember.* | |||||
| 8 | Yunus Verse 26 (10:26:0) | اَحْسَنُوا | احسنوا | ahsenû | do good | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To those who do right is a goodly (reward)- Yea, more (than in measure)!(1414) No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces!(1415) they are companions of the garden; they will abide therein (for aye)!* | |||||
| 9 | Hud Verse 7 (11:7:15) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days(1501) - and His Throne was over the Waters - (1502) that He might try you,(1503) which of you is best in conduct. But if thou wert to say to them, "Ye shall indeed be raised up after death", the Unbelievers would be sure to say,(1504) "This is nothing but obvious sorcery!"* | |||||
| 10 | An-Nahl Verse 30 (16:30:10) | اَحْسَنُوا | احسنوا | ahsenû | do good | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To the righteous (when) it is said, "What is it that your Lord(2053) has revealed?" they say, "All that is good." To those who do good, there is good in this world, and the Home of the Hereafter is even better(2054) and excellent indeed is the Home of the righteous,-* | |||||
| 11 | An-Nahl Verse 125 (16:125:11) | اَحْسَنُۜ | احسن | ahsen(u) | (is) best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious:(2161) for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.(2162)* | |||||
| 12 | Al-Isra Verse 34 (17:34:8) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Come not nigh to the orphan´s property except to improve it,(2217) until he attains the age(2218) of full strength; and fulfil (Every)(2219) engagement, for (every) engagement will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).(2220)* | |||||
| 13 | Al-Isra Verse 35 (17:35:10) | وَاَحْسَنُ | واحسن | ve ahsenu | and best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Give full measure when ye measure, and weigh with a balance that is straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in the final determination.(2221)* | |||||
| 14 | Al-Isra Verse 53 (17:53:6) | اَحْسَنُۜ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say to My servants that they should (only) say those things that are best:(2238) for Satan doth sow dissensions among them: For Satan is to man an avowed enemy.* | |||||
| 15 | Al-Kahf Verse 7 (18:7:10) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | That which is on earth we have made but as a glittering show for the earth,(2332) in order that We may test them - as to which of them are best in conduct.* | |||||
| 16 | Maryam Verse 73 (19:73:15) | وَاَحْسَنُ | واحسن | ve ahsenu | and best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers say to those who believe, "Which of the two sides is best in point of position? Which makes the best show in council?"(2519)* | |||||
| 17 | Maryam Verse 74 (19:74:7) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (were) better | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye? | |||||
| 18 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 14 (23:14:20) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (the) Best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump; then we made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh; then we developed out of it another creature.(2874) So blessed be Allah, the best to create!* | |||||
| 19 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 96 (23:96:4) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Repel evil with that(2934) which is best: We are well acquainted with the things they say.* | |||||
| 20 | Al-Furqan Verse 24 (25:24:6) | وَاَحْسَنُ | واحسن | ve ahsenu | and a better | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Companions of the Garden will be well, that Day, in their abode, and have the fairest of places for repose.(3081)* | |||||
| 21 | Al-'Ankabut Verse 46 (29:46:8) | اَحْسَنُۗ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with means better(3472) (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong (and injury):(3473) but say, "We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam)."(3474)* | |||||
| 22 | Az-Zumar Verse 10 (39:10:9) | اَحْسَنُوا | احسنوا | ahsenû | do good | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "O ye my servants who believe! Fear your Lord,(4260) good is (the reward) for those who do good in this world. Spacious is Allah's earth!(4261) those who patiently persevere will truly receive a reward without measure!"* | |||||
| 23 | Fussilat Verse 33 (41:33:2) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) better | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Who is better in speech(4503) than one who calls (men) to Allah, works righteousness, and says, "I am of those who bow in Islam"?* | |||||
| 24 | Fussilat Verse 34 (41:34:9) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) better | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Nor can goodness and Evil(4504) be equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better: Then will he between whom and thee was hatred become as it were thy friend and intimate!(4505)* | |||||
| 25 | An-Najm Verse 31 (53:31:15) | اَحْسَنُوا | احسنوا | ahsenû | do good | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Yea, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: so that He rewards those who do(5105) evil, according to their deeds, and He rewards those who do good, with what is best.* | |||||
| 26 | Al-Mulk Verse 2 (67:2:7) | اَحْسَنُ | احسن | ahsenu | (is) best | ح س ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He Who created Death(5556) and Life, that He may try which of you is best in deed:(5557) and He is the Exalted(5558) in Might, Oft-Forgiving;-* | |||||