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قِرَدَة

qiradatan

apes

বানর

Root letters: ق ر دAppears 3 times in the Qur'an#1,951 most frequentNoun (ism)
Learn it in lesson 196

About this word

Noun (ism)Root letters: ق ر د

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Plural (jamʿ)قِرَدَةً3 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • قِرَدَةًapesqiradatan · 2 times
  • ٱلْقِرَدَةَ[the] apesl-qiradata · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

Surah 7:166 — Read full ayah

And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

Surah 2:65 — Read full ayah

Say, "Shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that as penalty from Allāh? [It is that of] those whom Allāh has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs and slaves of ṭāghūt. Those are worse in position and further astray from the sound way."

Surah 5:60 — Read full ayah