| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 148 (2:148:6) | الْخَيْرَاتِۜ | الخيرات | l-ḣayrât(i) | (to) the good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To each is a goal to which Allah(153) turns him; then strive together (as in a race) Towards all that is good. Wheresoever ye are, Allah will bring you Together. For Allah Hath power over all things.* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 158 (2:158:20) | خَيْرًاۙ | خيرا | ḣayran | good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! Safa and Marwa are among the Symbols(160) of Allah. So if those who visit the House(161) in the Season or at other times, should compass them round, it is no sin in them. And if any one obeyeth his own impulse to good(162),- be sure that Allah is He Who recogniseth and knoweth.* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 180 (2:180:9) | خَيْرًاۚ | خيرا | ḣayran | good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is prescribed, when death approaches any of you, if he leave any goods that he make a bequest to parents and next of kin(186), according to reasonable usage; this is due from the Allah.fearing.* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Baqarah Verse 184 (2:184:22) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Fasting) for a fixed(189) number of days; but if any of you is ill, or on a journey(190), the prescribed number (Should be made up) from days later. For those who can do it(191) (With hardship), is a ransom, the feeding of one that is indigent. But he that will give more, of his own free will,- it is better for him. And it is better for you that ye fast, if ye only knew.* | |||||
| 5 | Al-Baqarah Verse 269 (2:269:10) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He granteth wisdom to whom He pleaseth; and he to whom wisdom is granted receiveth indeed a benefit overflowing; but none will grasp the Message but men of understanding. | |||||
| 6 | Ali 'Imran Verse 110 (3:110:18) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah.(434) If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors.* | |||||
| 7 | Ali 'Imran Verse 114 (3:114:12) | الْخَيْرَاتِۜ | الخيرات | l-ḣayrâti | the good deeds | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They believe in Allah and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right, and forbid what is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good works: They are in the ranks of the righteous. | |||||
| 8 | Ali 'Imran Verse 180 (3:180:11) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | (is) good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And let not those who covetously withhold of the gifts which Allah Hath given them of His Grace(483), think that it is good for them: Nay, it will be the worse for them: soon shall the things which they covetously withheld be tied to their necks Like a twisted collar,(484) on the Day of Judgment. To Allah belongs the heritage(485) of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.* | |||||
| 9 | An-Nisa Verse 19 (4:19:34) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will.(527) Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower(528) ye have given them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good.* | |||||
| 10 | An-Nisa Verse 46 (4:46:28) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right) places, and say: "We hear and we disobey";(565) and "Hear what is not Heard"; and "Ra´ina";(566) with a twist of their tongues and a slander to Faith. If only they had said: "We hear and we obey"; and "Do hear"; and "Do look at us"; it would have been better for them, and more proper; but Allah hath cursed them for their Unbelief; and but few of them will believe.* | |||||
| 11 | An-Nisa Verse 66 (4:66:24) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If We had ordered them to sacrifice their lives or to leave their homes, very few of them would have done it:(584) But if they had done what they were (actually) told, it would have been best for them, and would have gone farthest to strengthen their (faith);* | |||||
| 12 | An-Nisa Verse 149 (4:149:3) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | a good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Whether ye publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil with pardon, verily Allah doth blot out (sins) and hath power (in the judgment of values).(655)* | |||||
| 13 | An-Nisa Verse 170 (4:170:11) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | (it is) better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O Mankind! The Messenger hath come to you in truth from Allah. believe in him: It is best for you.(674) But if ye reject Faith, to Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth: And Allah is All-knowing, Allwise.* | |||||
| 14 | An-Nisa Verse 171 (4:171:34) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | (it is) better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O People of the Book! Commit no excesses(675) in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His messengers. Say not "Trinity" : desist:(676) it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.* | |||||
| 15 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 48 (5:48:42) | الْخَيْرَاتِۜ | الخيرات | l-ḣayrât(i) | (to) the good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it(759) in safety: so judge between them by what Allah hath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging from the Truth that hath come to thee. To each among you have we prescribed a law and an open way.(760) If Allah had so willed, He would have made you(761) a single people, but (His plan is) to test you in what He hath given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all is to Allah. it is He that will show you the truth of the matters in which ye dispute;(762)* | |||||
| 16 | Al-An'am Verse 158 (6:158:33) | خَيْرًاۜ | خيرا | ḣayrâ(an) | any good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or thy Lord (Himself), or certain of the signs of thy Lord! the day that certain of the signs of thy Lord do come, no good will it do to a soul(983) to believe in them then if it believed not before nor earned righteousness through its faith. Say: "Wait ye: we too are waiting."(984)* | |||||
| 17 | Al-Anfal Verse 23 (8:23:0) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | any good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If Allah had found in them any good. He would indeed have made them listen: (As it is), if He had made them listen, they would but have turned back and declined (Faith). | |||||
| 18 | Al-Anfal Verse 70 (8:70:0) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | any good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O Messenger. say to those who are captives in your hands: "If Allah findeth any good(1237) in your hearts, He will give you something better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful."* | |||||
| 19 | Al-Anfal Verse 70 (8:70:0) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O Messenger. say to those who are captives in your hands: "If Allah findeth any good(1237) in your hearts, He will give you something better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful."* | |||||
| 20 | At-Tawbah Verse 74 (9:74:0) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They swear by Allah that they said nothing (evil), but indeed they uttered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam; and they meditated(1331) a plot which they were unable to carry out: this revenge of theirs was (their) only return for the bounty with which Allah and His Messenger had enriched them! If they repent, it will be best for them; but if they turn back (to their evil ways), Allah will punish them with a grievous penalty in this life and in the Hereafter: They shall have none on earth to protect or help them.* | |||||
| 21 | At-Tawbah Verse 88 (9:88:0) | الْخَيْرَاتُۘ | الخيرات | l-ḣayrât(u) | (are) the good things | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But the Messenger, and those who believe with him, strive and fight with their wealth and their persons: for them are (all) good things(1340): and it is they who will prosper.* | |||||
| 22 | Hud Verse 31 (11:31:22) | خَيْرًاۜ | خيرا | ḣayrâ(an) | any good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "I tell you not that(1522) with me are the Treasures(1523) of Allah, nor do I know what is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel. Nor yet do I say, of those whom your eyes do despise(1524) that Allah will not grant them (all) that is good: Allah knoweth best what is in their souls: I should, if I did, indeed be a wrong-doer."* | |||||
| 23 | An-Nahl Verse 30 (16:30:8) | خَيْرًاۜ | خيرا | ḣayrâ(an) | Good | خ ي ر |
| 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,-* | |||||
| 24 | Al-Kahf Verse 36 (18:36:10) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Nor do I deem that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) come: Even if I am brought back to my Lord, I shall surely find (there) something better in exchange."(2378)* | |||||
| 25 | Al-Kahf Verse 40 (18:40:5) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "It may be that my Lord will give me something better than thy garden, and that He will send on thy garden thunderbolts (by way of reckoning) from heaven, making it (but) slippery sand!(2381)-* | |||||
| 26 | Al-Kahf Verse 81 (18:81:5) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | a better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange (a son) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection.(2424)* | |||||
| 27 | Al-Anbiya Verse 73 (21:73:8) | الْخَيْرَاتِ | الخيرات | l-ḣayrâti | (of) good deeds | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command, and We sent them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regular prayers, and to practise regular charity; and they constantly served Us (and Us only).(2729)* | |||||
| 28 | Al-Anbiya Verse 90 (21:90:13) | الْخَيْرَاتِ | الخيرات | l-ḣayrâti | good deeds | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So We listened to him: and We granted him Yahya: We cured his wife´s(2747) (Barrenness) for him. These (three) were ever quick in emulation in good works; they used to call on Us with love and reverence, and humble themselves before Us.* | |||||
| 29 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 56 (23:56:4) | الْخَيْرَاتِۜ | الخيرات | l-ḣayrât(i) | the good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We would hasten them on in every good? Nay, they do not understand.(2911)* | |||||
| 30 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 61 (23:61:4) | الْخَيْرَاتِ | الخيرات | l-ḣayrâti | the good (deeds) | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is these who hasten in every good work, and these who are foremost in them. | |||||
| 31 | An-Nur Verse 12 (24:12:8) | خَيْرًاۙ | خيرا | ḣayran | good of themselves | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Why did not the believers - men and women(2965) - when ye heard of the affair,- put the best construction on it in their own minds and say, "This (charge) is an obvious lie" ?* | |||||
| 32 | An-Nur Verse 33 (24:33:21) | خَيْرًاۗ | خيرا | ḣayrâ(an) | any good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah gives them means(2990) out of His grace. And if any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed(2991) if ye know any good in them: yea, give them something yourselves out of the means which Allah has given to you. But force not your maids(2992) to prostitution when(2993) they desire chastity, in order that ye may make a gain in the goods of this life. But if anyone compels them, yet, after such compulsion, is Allah, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to them).(2994)* | |||||
| 33 | Al-Furqan Verse 10 (25:10:7) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Blessed is He Who,(3064) if that were His will, could give thee better (things) than those,- Gardens beneath which(3065) rivers flow; and He could give thee palaces (secure to dwell in).* | |||||
| 34 | Al-Ahzab Verse 25 (33:25:8) | خَيْرًاۜ | خيرا | ḣayrâ(an) | any good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And Allah turned back the Unbelievers for (all) their fury: no advantage(3699) did they gain; and enough is Allah for the believers in their fight. And Allah is full of Strength, able to enforce His Will.(3700)* | |||||
| 35 | Fatir Verse 32 (35:32:15) | بِالْخَيْرَاتِ | بالخيرات | bil-ḣayrâti | in good deeds | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then(3919) We have given the Book for inheritance to such of Our Servants as We have chosen: but there are among them(3920) some who wrong their own souls; some who follow a middle course; and some who are, by Allah.s leave, foremost in good deeds; that is the highest Grace.* | |||||
| 36 | Al-Ahqaf Verse 11 (46:11:8) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Unbelievers say of those who believe: "If (this Message) were(4785) a good thing, (such men) would not have gone to it first, before us!" And seeing that they guide not themselves thereby, they will say, "this is an (old,) falsehood!"* | |||||
| 37 | Muhammad Verse 21 (47:21:11) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Were it to obey and say what is just, and when a matter(4846) is resolved on, it were best for them if they were true to Allah.* | |||||
| 38 | Al-Hujurat Verse 5 (49:5:8) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If only they had patience until thou couldst come out to them, it would be best for them: but Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful. | |||||
| 39 | Al-Hujurat Verse 11 (49:11:13) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others:(4929) It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women laugh at others: It may be that the (latter are better than the (former): Nor defame nor be(4930) sarcastic to each other, nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who do not desist are (indeed) doing wrong.* | |||||
| 40 | Al-Hujurat Verse 11 (49:11:22) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others:(4929) It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women laugh at others: It may be that the (latter are better than the (former): Nor defame nor be(4930) sarcastic to each other, nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who do not desist are (indeed) doing wrong.* | |||||
| 41 | Ar-Rahman Verse 70 (55:70:2) | خَيْرَاتٌ | خيرات | ḣayrâtun | (are) good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | In them will be fair (Companions), good, beautiful;- (5217)* | |||||
| 42 | At-Taghabun Verse 16 (64:16:8) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | (it is) better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So fear Allah(5497) as much as ye can; listen and obey and spend in charity for the benefit of your own souls.(5498) And those saved from the covetousness of their own souls,- they are the ones that achieve prosperity.(5499)* | |||||
| 43 | At-Tahrim Verse 5 (66:5:8) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It may be, if he divorced you (all),(5536) that Allah will give him in exchange Consorts better than you,- who submit (their wills), who believe, who are devout, who turn to Allah in repentance, who worship (in humility), who are given to fasting(5537) previously married or virgins.* | |||||
| 44 | Al-Qalam Verse 32 (68:32:5) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | a better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"(5615)* | |||||
| 45 | Al-Ma'arij Verse 41 (70:41:4) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | (with) better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan). | |||||
| 46 | Al-Muzzammil Verse 20 (73:20:70) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | (will be) better | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Thy Lord doth know that thou standest forth (to prayer) nigh two-thirds of the night, or half the night, or a third(5771) of the night, and so doth a party of those with thee. But Allah doth appoint night and day in due measure He knoweth that ye are unable to keep count thereof.(5772) So He hath turned to you (in mercy): read ye, therefore, of the Qur´an(5773) as much as may be easy for you. He knoweth that there may be (some) among you in ill-health; others travelling through the land, seeking of Allah's bounty; yet others fighting(5774) in Allah's Cause, read ye, therefore, as much of the Qur´an as may be easy (for you); and establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and loan to Allah a Beautiful Loan.(5775) And whatever good ye send forth for your souls,(5776) ye shall find it in Allah's Presence,- yea, better and greater, in Reward and seek ye the Grace of Allah: for Allah is(5777) Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.* | |||||
| 47 | Az-Zalzalah Verse 7 (99:7:5) | خَيْرًا | خيرا | ḣayran | good | خ ي ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then shall anyone who has done an atom´s weight(6240) of good, see it!* | |||||