| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-An'am Verse 56 (6:56:5) | اَعْبُدَ | اعبد | a’bude | I worship | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say:(876) "I am forbidden to worship those - others than Allah - whom ye call upon." Say: "I will not follow your wain desires: If I did, I would stray from the path, and be not of the company of those who receive guidance."* | |||||
| 2 | Yunus Verse 106 (10:106:0) | تَدْعُ | تدع | ted’u | invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "´Nor call on any, other than Allah.- Such will neither profit thee nor hurt thee: if thou dost, behold! thou shalt certainly be of those who do wrong.´" | |||||
| 3 | Hud Verse 62 (11:62:12) | نَعْبُدَ | نعبد | na’bude | we worship | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "O Salih! thou hast been of us! a centre of our hopes(1558) hitherto! dost thou (now) forbid us the worship of what our fathers worshipped? But we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to that to which thou invitest us."* | |||||
| 4 | Hud Verse 109 (11:109:9) | يَعْبُدُونَ | يعبدون | ya’budûne | they worship | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. They worship nothing(1611) but what their fathers worshipped before (them): but verily We shall pay them back (in full) their portion(1612) without (the least) abatement.* | |||||
| 5 | Yusuf Verse 40 (12:40:22) | تَعْبُدُٓوا | تعبدوا | ta’budû | you worship | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "If not Him, ye worship nothing but names which ye have named,-(1693) ye and your fathers,- for which Allah hath sent down no authority: the command is for none but Allah. He hath commanded that ye worship none but Him: that is the right religion, but most men understand not...* | |||||
| 6 | Ibrahim Verse 35 (14:35:12) | نَعْبُدَ | نعبد | na’bude | we worship | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Remember Abraham said:(1912) "O my Lord! make this city one of peace and security: and preserve me and my sons from worshipping idols.(1913)* | |||||
| 7 | An-Nahl Verse 35 (16:35:8) | عَبَدْنَا | عبدنا | ‘abednâ | we (would) have worshipped | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The worshippers of false gods say: "If Allah had so willed, we should not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we(2057) nor our fathers,- nor should we have prescribed prohibitions(2058) other than His." So did those who went before them. But what is the mission of messengers but to preach the Clear Message?(2059)* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Isra Verse 23 (17:23:4) | تَعْبُدُٓوا | تعبدوا | ta’budû | worship | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life,(2204) say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honour.* | |||||
| 9 | Maryam Verse 44 (19:44:4) | تَعْبُدِ | تعبد | ta’budi | worship | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "O my father! serve not Satan: for Satan is a rebel against ((Allah)) Most Gracious.(2496)* | |||||
| 10 | Maryam Verse 82 (19:82:3) | بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ | بعبادتهم | bi-’ibâdetihim | their worship (of them) | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Instead, they shall reject their worship, and become adversaries against them.(2526)* | |||||
| 11 | Ta-Ha Verse 91 (20:91:5) | عَاكِف۪ينَ | عاكفين | ‘âkifîne | being devoted to it | ع ك ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They had said:(2615) "We will not abandon this cult, but we will devote ourselves to it until Moses returns to us."(2616)* | |||||
| 12 | Ya-Sin Verse 60 (36:60:9) | تَعْبُدُوا | تعبدوا | ta’budû | worship | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Did I not enjoin(4006) on you, O ye Children of Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed?-* | |||||
| 13 | Ghafir Verse 66 (40:66:5) | اَعْبُدَ | اعبد | a’bude | worship | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "I have been forbidden(4443) to invoke those whom ye invoke besides Allah,- seeing that the Clear Sings have come to me from my Lord; and I have been commanded to bow (in Islam) to the Lord of the Worlds."* | |||||
| 14 | Az-Zukhruf Verse 20 (43:20:6) | عَبَدْنَاهُمْۜ | عبدناهم | ‘abednâhum | we would not have worshipped them | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | ("Ah!") they say, "If it had been the Will(4625) of (Allah) Most Gracious, we should not have worshipped such (deities)!" Of that they have no knowledge! they do nothing but lie!(4626)* | |||||
| 15 | Al-Ahqaf Verse 6 (46:6:8) | بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ | بعبادتهم | bi-’ibâdetihim | of their worship | ع ب د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And when mankind are gathered together (at the Resurrection), they will be hostile to them and reject their worship (altogether)! | |||||