The word “Tree” in the Quran

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The word “ Tree ” is from the triliteral root shīn jīm rā (ش ج ر) , the root occurs 27 times in the Quran, in three derived forms:

• once as the form I verb shajara (شَجَرَ)
• seven times as the noun shajar (شَجَر)
• 19 times as the noun shajarat (شَجَرَة)

From the Quranic Arabic Corpus – Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Tree (شجرة) is one of the types of plant mentioned in the Quran . This concept is part of the following classification in the ontology : Concept (root) Living Creation Organic Object Biological Organism Plant Tree (شجرة)

Quranic Concept Tree شجرة Translation Tree Transliteration shajarah Category Plant

Tree is referred to in verse ( 36:80 ) of chapter (36) sūrat yā sīn :

Sahih International : [It is] He who made for you from the green tree, fire, and then from it you ignite.

There are a total of 25 occurrences of the word Tree in the Quran, listed below:

(2:35:15) l-shajarata	[the] tree	وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
(7:19:13) l-shajarata	[the] tree	وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
(7:20:17) l-shajarati	[the] tree	مَا نَهَاكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ
(7:22:5) l-shajarata	the tree	فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْآتُهُمَا
(7:22:21) l-shajarati	[the] tree	وَنَادَاهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَنْ تِلْكُمَا الشَّجَرَةِ
(13:4:10) ṣin’wānun	trees (growing) from a single root	وَجَنَّاتٌ مِنْ أَعْنَابٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخِيلٌ صِنْوَانٌ
(13:4:12) ṣin’wānin	trees (growing) from a single root	وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقَىٰ بِمَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ
(14:24:9) kashajaratin	(is) like a tree	أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ
(14:26:4) kashajaratin	(is) like a tree	وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ
(16:68:11) l-shajari	the trees	أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ
(17:60:16) wal-shajarata	and the tree	وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي أَرَيْنَاكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَالشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ
(20:120:9) shajarati	(the) tree	قَالَ يَا آدَمُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ الْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَا يَبْلَىٰ
(22:18:17) wal-shajaru	and the trees	وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ وَالنُّجُومُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ وَكَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ
(23:20:1) washajaratan	And a tree	وَشَجَرَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ طُورِ سَيْنَاءَ تَنْبُتُ بِالدُّهْنِ
(24:35:19) shajaratin	a tree	كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ
(27:60:20) shajarahā	their trees	فَأَنْبَتْنَا بِهِ حَدَائِقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍ مَا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُنْبِتُوا شَجَرَهَا
(28:30:12) l-shajarati	the tree	فَلَمَّا أَتَاهَا نُودِيَ مِنْ شَاطِئِ الْوَادِ الْأَيْمَنِ فِي الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ مِنَالشَّجَرَةِ
(31:27:6) shajaratin	(the) trees	وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ
(36:80:5) l-shajari	the tree	الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ الْأَخْضَرِ نَارًا فَإِذَا أَنْتُمْ مِنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ
(37:62:5) shajaratu	(the) tree	أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ
(37:64:2) shajaratun	(is) a tree	إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِي أَصْلِ الْجَحِيمِ
(48:18:9) l-shajarati	the tree	لَقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ
(55:6:2) wal-shajaru	and the trees	وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
(56:52:3) shajarin	(the) tree	لَآكِلُونَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مِنْ زَقُّومٍ
(56:72:3) shajaratahā	its tree	أَأَنْتُمْ أَنْشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَا أَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْشِئُونَ

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