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رِجْس

rij'sun

(are an) abomination

অপবিত্র

Root letters: ر ج سAppears 10 times in the Qur'an#823 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 83

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ر ج س

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)رِجْسٌۭ10 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلرِّجْسَthe filthl-rij'sa · 4 times
  • رِجْسٌۭ(are an) abominationrij'sun · 2 times
  • رِجْسٌ(is) filthrij'sun · 1 times
  • رِجْسٌۭ ۖ(are) impurerij'sun · 1 times
  • رِجْسًا(in) evilrij'san · 1 times
  • رِجْسِهِمْtheir evilrij'sihim · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

But as for those in whose hearts is disease, it has [only] increased them in evil [in addition] to their evil. And they will have died while they are disbelievers.

Surah 9:125 — Read full ayah

And it is not for a soul [i.e., anyone] to believe except by permission of Allāh, and He will place defilement upon those who will not use reason.

Surah 10:100 — Read full ayah

O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allāh], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.

Surah 5:90 — Read full ayah