| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 93 (2:93:13) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | We heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (the towering height) of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): "Hold firmly to what We have given you, and hearken (to the Law)(97)": They said:" We hear, and we disobey(98):" And they had to drink(99) into their hearts (of the taint) of the calf because of their Faithlessness. Say: "Vile indeed are the behests of your Faith if ye have any faith!"* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 285 (2:285:22) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | We heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah, His angels, His books, and His Messengers(337). "We make no distinction (they say) between one and another(338) of His messengers." And they say: "We hear, and we obey: (We seek) Thy forgiveness(339), our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys."* | |||||
| 3 | Ali 'Imran Verse 193 (3:193:3) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | [we] heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Our Lord! we have heard the call of one calling (Us) to Faith, ´Believe ye in the Lord,´ and we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from us our iniquities, and take to Thyself our souls in the company of the righteous. | |||||
| 4 | An-Nisa Verse 46 (4:46:9) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | We hear[d] | س م ع |
| 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.* | |||||
| 5 | An-Nisa Verse 46 (4:46:23) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | We hear[d] | س م ع |
| 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.* | |||||
| 6 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 7 (5:7:11) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | We heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And call in remembrance the favour of Allah unto you, and His Covenant,(705) which He ratified with you, when ye said: "We hear and we obey": And fear Allah, for Allah knoweth well the secrets of your hearts.* | |||||
| 7 | Al-Anfal Verse 21 (8:21:0) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | We heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Nor be like those who say, "We hear," but listen not:(1194)* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Anfal Verse 31 (8:31:0) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | we have heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients."(1204)* | |||||
| 9 | Al-Anbiya Verse 60 (21:60:2) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | We heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said, "We heard a youth talk of them:(2719) He is called Abraham."* | |||||
| 10 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 24 (23:24:22) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | we heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "He is no more than a man like yourselves: his wish is to assert his superiority over you: if Allah had wished(2885) (to send messengers), He could have sent down angels; never did we hear such a thing (as he says), among our ancestors of old."* | |||||
| 11 | An-Nur Verse 51 (24:51:14) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | We hear | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The answer of the Believers, when summoned to Allah and His Messenger, in order that He may judge between them, is no other than this: they say, "We hear and we obey":(3027) it is such as these that will attain felicity.(3028)* | |||||
| 12 | Al-Qasas Verse 36 (28:36:13) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | we heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When Moses came to them with Our clear signs, they said: "This is nothing but sorcery(3367) faked up: never did we head the like among our fathers of old!"(3368)* | |||||
| 13 | As-Sajdah Verse 12 (32:12:11) | وَسَمِعْنَا | وسمعنا | ve semi’nâ | and we have heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If only thou couldst see when the guilty ones will bend low their heads before their Lord, (saying:) "Our Lord! We have seen and we have heard:(3643) Now then send us back (to the world): we will work righteousness: for we do indeed (now) believe."* | |||||
| 14 | Sad Verse 7 (38:7:2) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | we heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "We never heard (the like) of this among the people of these latter days:(4153) this is nothing but a madeup tale!"* | |||||
| 15 | Al-Ahqaf Verse 30 (46:30:5) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | [we] have heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said, "O our people! We have heard a Book revealed after Moses, confirming what came before it: it guides (men) to the Truth and to a Straight Path. | |||||
| 16 | Al-Jinn Verse 1 (72:1:11) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: It has been revealed(5727) to me that a company of Jinns(5728) listened (to the Qur´an). They said, ´We have really heard a wonderful Recital!(5729)* | |||||
| 17 | Al-Jinn Verse 13 (72:13:3) | سَمِعْنَا | سمعنا | semi’nâ | we heard | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | ´And as for us, since we have listened to the Guidance, we have accepted it: and any who believes in his Lord has no fear, either(5737) of a short (account) or of any injustice.* | |||||