| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yusuf Verse 105 (12:105:11) | مُعْرِضُونَ | معرضون | mu’ridûn(e) | the ones who turn away | ع ر ض |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And how many Signs in the heavens and the earth do they pass by? Yet they turn (their faces) away from them!(1788)* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 144 (2:144:19) | وُجُوهَكُمْ | وجوهكم | vucûhekum | your faces | و ج ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We see the turning of thy face (for guidance) To the heavens(147): now Shall We turn thee to a Qiblah that shall please thee. Turn then Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque(148): Wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction. The people of the Book(149) know well that that is the truth from their Lord. Nor is Allah unmindful of what they do.* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 177 (2:177:5) | وُجُوهَكُمْ | وجوهكم | vucûhekum | your faces | و ج ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness(177)- to believe in Allah(178) and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance(179), out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer(180), and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient(181), in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah.fearing.* | |||||
| 4 | An-Nisa Verse 43 (4:43:43) | بِوُجُوهِكُمْ | بوجوهكم | bivucûhikum | your faces | و ج ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged,(562) until ye can understand all that ye say,- nor in a state of ceremonial impurity (Except when travelling on the road), until after washing your whole body. If ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water,(563) then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands. For Allah doth blot out sins and forgive again and again.* | |||||
| 5 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 6 (5:6:10) | وُجُوهَكُمْ | وجوهكم | vucûhekum | your faces | و ج ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! when(702) ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity,(703) bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth,(704) and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be grateful.* | |||||
| 6 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 6 (5:6:45) | بِوُجُوهِكُمْ | بوجوهكم | bi-vucûhikum | your faces | و ج ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! when(702) ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity,(703) bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth,(704) and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be grateful.* | |||||
| 7 | Al-A'raf Verse 29 (7:29:6) | وُجُوهَكُمْ | وجوهكم | vucûhekum | your faces | و ج ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "My Lord hath commanded justice; and that ye set your whole selves (to Him)(1010) at every time and place of prayer, and call upon Him, making your devotion sincere as in His sight: such as He created you(1011) in the beginning, so shall ye return."* | |||||
| 8 | Yunus Verse 26 (10:26:0) | وُجُوهَهُمْ | وجوههم | vucûhehum | their faces | و ج ه |
| 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 | Ibrahim Verse 50 (14:50:5) | وُجُوهَهُمُ | وجوههم | vucûhehumu | their faces | و ج ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Their garments(1927) of liquid pitch,(1928) and their faces covered with Fire;* | |||||
| 10 | Al-Isra Verse 7 (17:7:13) | وُجُوهَكُمْ | وجوهكم | vucûhekum | your faces | و ج ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If ye did well, ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil, (ye did it) against yourselves.(2177) So when the second of the warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to disfigure your faces,(2178) and to enter your Temple(2179) as they had entered it before, and to visit with destruction all that fell into their power.(2180)* | |||||
| 11 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 104 (23:104:2) | وُجُوهَهُمُ | وجوههم | vucûhehumu | their faces | و ج ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Fire will burn their faces, and they will therein grin, with their lips displaced.(2944)* | |||||
| 12 | Az-Zumar Verse 60 (39:60:8) | وُجُوهُهُمْ | وجوههم | vucûhuhum | their faces | و ج ه |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | On the Day of Judgment wilt thou see those who told lies against Allah.- their faces will be turned black;(4332) Is there not in Hell an abode(4333) for the Haughty?* | |||||