| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 211 (2:211:4) | كَمْ | كم | kem | how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Ask the Children of Israel(232) how many clear (Signs) We have sent them. But if any one, after Allah.s favour has come to him, substitutes (something else), Allah is strict in punishment(233).* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 249 (2:249:49) | كَمْ | كم | kem | How many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When Talut set forth with the armies, he said(284): "(Allah) will test you at the stream: if any drinks of its water, He goes not with my army: Only those who taste not of it go with me: A mere sip out of the hand is excused." but they all drank of it, except a few. When they crossed the river,- He and the faithful ones with him,they said: "This day(285) We cannot cope with Goliath and his forces." but those who were convinced that they must meet Allah, said: "How oft, by Allah.s will, Hath a small force vanquished a big one? Allah is with those who steadfastly persevere."* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 259 (2:259:24) | كَمْ | كم | kem | How long | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins(304) to its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life, after (this) its death?" but Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: (Perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay, thou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy food and thy drink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: And that We may make of thee a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh(305)." When this was shown clearly to him, he said: "I know that Allah hath power over all things."* | |||||
| 4 | An-Nisa Verse 58 (4:58:10) | حَكَمْتُمْ | حكمتم | hakemtum | you judge | ح ك م |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to whom they are due; And when ye judge between man and man, that ye judge with justice: Verily how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! For Allah is He Who heareth and seeth all things. | |||||
| 5 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 42 (5:42:19) | حَكَمْتَ | حكمت | hakemte | you judge | ح ك م |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (They are fond of) listening to falsehood, of devouring(747) anything forbidden. If they do come to thee, either judge between them, or decline to interfere.(748) If thou decline, they cannot hurt thee in the least. If thou judge, judge in equity between them. For Allah loveth those who judge in equity.* | |||||
| 6 | Al-An'am Verse 6 (6:6:3) | كَمْ | كم | kem | how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | See they not how many of those before them We did destroy?-(839) generations We had established on the earth, in strength such as We have not given to you - for whom We poured out rain from the skies in abundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet for their sins We destroyed them, and raised in their wake fresh generations (to succeed them).* | |||||
| 7 | Al-A'raf Verse 4 (7:4:1) | وَكَمْ | وكم | ve kem | and how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest. | |||||
| 8 | Al-Isra Verse 17 (17:17:1) | وَكَمْ | وكم | ve kem | And how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How many generations have We destroyed after Noah?(2194) and enough is thy Lord to note and see the sins of His servants.(2195)* | |||||
| 9 | Al-Kahf Verse 19 (18:19:8) | كَمْ | كم | kem | How long | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Such (being their state), we raised them up (from sleep), that they might question(2352) each other. Said one of them, "How long have ye stayed (here)?" They said, "We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or part of a day." (At length) they (all) said, "(Allah) (alone) knows best how long ye have stayed here.... Now send ye then one of you with this money of yours(2353) to the town: let him find out which is the best(2354) food (to be had) and bring some to you, that (ye may) satisfy your hunger therewith: And let him behave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform any one about you.* | |||||
| 10 | Maryam Verse 74 (19:74:1) | وَكَمْ | وكم | ve kem | And how many | كَمْ |
| 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? | |||||
| 11 | Maryam Verse 98 (19:98:1) | وَكَمْ | وكم | ve kem | And how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But how many (countless) generations before them(2533) have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them?* | |||||
| 12 | Ta-Ha Verse 128 (20:128:4) | كَمْ | كم | kem | how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.(2652)* | |||||
| 13 | Al-Anbiya Verse 11 (21:11:1) | وَكَمْ | وكم | ve kem | And how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because of their iniquities, setting up in their places other peoples? | |||||
| 14 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 112 (23:112:2) | كَمْ | كم | kem | How long | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He will say:(2948) "What number of years did ye stay on earth?"* | |||||
| 15 | Ash-Shu'ara Verse 7 (26:7:5) | كَمْ | كم | kem | how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do they not look at the earth,- how many noble things of all kinds We have produced therein?(3142)* | |||||
| 16 | Al-Qasas Verse 58 (28:58:1) | وَكَمْ | وكم | ve kem | And how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And how many populations We destroyed, which exulted in their life (of ease and plenty)! now those habitations of theirs, after them, are deserted,- All but a (miserable) few! and We are their heirs!(3390)* | |||||
| 17 | As-Sajdah Verse 26 (32:26:4) | كَمْ | كم | kem | (that) how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Does it not teach them a lesson, how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they (now) go to and fro?(3660) Verily in that are Signs: Do they not then listen?(3661)* | |||||
| 18 | Ya-Sin Verse 31 (36:31:3) | كَمْ | كم | kem | how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | See they not how many generations before them we destroyed? Not to them(3976) will they return:* | |||||
| 19 | Sad Verse 3 (38:3:1) | كَمْ | كم | kem | How many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried(4149) (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!* | |||||
| 20 | Az-Zukhruf Verse 6 (43:6:1) | وَكَمْ | وكم | ve kem | And how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But how many were(4608) the prophets We sent amongst the peoples of old?* | |||||
| 21 | Ad-Dukhan Verse 25 (44:25:1) | كَمْ | كم | kem | How many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How many were the gardens(4709) and springs they left behind,* | |||||
| 22 | Qaf Verse 36 (50:36:1) | وَكَمْ | وكم | ve kem | And how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But how many generations before them did We destroy (for their sins),- stronger in power(4973) than they? Then did they wander through the land: was there any place of escape (for them)?* | |||||
| 23 | An-Najm Verse 26 (53:26:1) | وَكَمْ | وكم | ve kem | And how many | كَمْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How many-so-ever be the angels in the heavens,(5100) their intercession will avail nothing except after Allah has given(5101) leave for whom He pleases and that he is acceptable to Him.* | |||||