Learn Quran Translation, Word by Word
The 500 most frequent word families in the Quran make up 81.6% of all its words. Learn them ten at a time: see each word in an ayah, hear it, and test yourself. The first 5 lessons are free and need no account.
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The 50 word families in the first 5 lessons make up 48.2% of all the words in the Quran.
How the count works
The Quran has 77,429 words, and they come from 4,774 word families. A word family is one word together with all the forms it is written in, counted as one. That is why a small number of families makes up so much of the text.
Recognising the words is the first step. The full meaning of an ayah also depends on grammar and context, which a teacher explains.
The meanings are taken, unchanged, from a published word-by-word translation of the Quran. See our sources
Lessons 6 to 50
The remaining lessons open with a free account. An account saves your progress, brings the words you have learned back for review on a timetable, and shows how many words of each surah you already know.
- Lesson 6ٱلنَّاسِ · إِذْ · يَشَآءُ50.9% after this lesson
- Lesson 7أُنزِلَ · خَيْرٌۭ · سَبِيلِ53.2% after this lesson
- Lesson 8عَلِيمٌۭ · أَنتَ · بَعْضٍۢ55.1% after this lesson
- Lesson 9نَارًۭا · دُونِ · يَهْدِى56.9% after this lesson
- Lesson 10أَرْسَلَ · ظَـٰلِمِينَ · لَعَلَّ58.6% after this lesson
- Lesson 11رَّحِيمٌۭ · ٱلدُّنْيَا · رَحْمَةًۭ60% after this lesson
- Lesson 12عَزِيزٌ · أَخْرَجَ · حَكِيمٌۭ61.2% after this lesson
- Lesson 13يَفْعَلُ · مَثَلًۭا · مَلَكًۭا62.3% after this lesson
- Lesson 14أَخَافُ · صَلَوٰةِ · قُتِلَ63.3% after this lesson
- Lesson 15يَسْمَعُ · أَمَرَ · جَهَنَّمَ64.3% after this lesson
- Lesson 16نَبِيًّۭا · أَحَدًۭا · خَـٰلِدِينَ65.3% after this lesson
- Lesson 17وُجُوهٌۭ · يُشْرِكْ · أَلْقَى66.2% after this lesson
- Lesson 18وَعَدَ · إِبْرَٰهِيمَ · يُنفِقُ67% after this lesson
- Lesson 19أَصَابَ · يُضْلِلِ · أُمَّةًۭ67.8% after this lesson
- Lesson 20تُتْلَىٰ · يَرْزُقُ · صَـٰدِقِينَ68.6% after this lesson
- Lesson 21ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ · عَيْنًۭا ۖ · قَرْيَةٍ69.3% after this lesson
- Lesson 22ضَرَبَ · أَقِمِ · نُّقَـٰتِلْ70% after this lesson
- Lesson 23مُّجْرِمِينَ · يُحْىِۦ · يُهْلِكَ70.7% after this lesson
- Lesson 24نِعْمَتَ · أَعْلَمُ · يَزِيدُ71.3% after this lesson
- Lesson 25سَاعَةًۭ ۖ · مُلْكُ · سَمِيعٌ71.9% after this lesson
- Lesson 26صِرَٰطٍۢ · قَدِيرٌۭ · تَذَرُ72.5% after this lesson
- Lesson 27إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ · ٱلْحَمْدُ · نُوحٍۢ73% after this lesson
- Lesson 28كَلِمَتُ · بَحْرٍۢ · تَحْمِلُ73.5% after this lesson
- Lesson 29ٱهْتَدَىٰ · بِئْسَ · بَلَغَ74% after this lesson
- Lesson 30بِإِذْنِ · ٱسْمَ · جَبَلٍۢ74.5% after this lesson
- Lesson 31مُحْسِنٌۭ · مَّعْرُوفًۭا · مَّيِّتٍۢ75% after this lesson
- Lesson 32كُفْرًۭا · مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ · نُنَجِّى75.5% after this lesson
- Lesson 33يَسْتَوِى · يُبَيِّنُ · حِينٍۢ76% after this lesson
- Lesson 34أُمِّ · ٱبْتَغَىٰ · فِتْنَةٌۭ76.4% after this lesson
- Lesson 35أَعْرَضَ · خَـٰسِرِينَ · ذُرِّيَّةًۭ76.8% after this lesson
- Lesson 36حَسَنَةًۭ · حَيْثُ · يَنفَعُ77.2% after this lesson
- Lesson 37قُوَّةًۭ · كَرِيمٌۭ · لَبِثَ77.6% after this lesson
- Lesson 38عَرْشٌ · عَهْدًۭا · كَأَنَّمَا77.9% after this lesson
- Lesson 39حَدِيثًۭا · رِجَالًۭا · رَّحِمَ78.3% after this lesson
- Lesson 40أَبْوَٰبَ · جَـٰهِدِ · سَوَآءٌ78.6% after this lesson
- Lesson 41يُوسُفَ · ءَالَ · أَجْمَعِينَ79% after this lesson
- Lesson 42قَرِيبٌۭ · كَيْدًۭا · مَاذَا79.3% after this lesson
- Lesson 43عِيسَى · يَقْدِرُ · لِسَانَ79.6% after this lesson
- Lesson 44طَّآئِفَةٌۭ · طَعَامُ · غَنِىٌّ79.9% after this lesson
- Lesson 45نُّبَدِّلَ · ذِكْرَىٰ · سُجَّدًۭا80.2% after this lesson
- Lesson 46يَتِيمًۭا · أَذَقْنَا · أَسْلَمَ80.5% after this lesson
- Lesson 47سَـٰحِرٍ · سَخَّرَ · سَمْعًا80.8% after this lesson
- Lesson 48أَعْمَىٰ · أَمَاتَ · ٱسْتُهْزِئَ81.1% after this lesson
- Lesson 49كَمْ · مُّسَمًّۭى · يَمْشِى81.3% after this lesson
- Lesson 50أَمِنَ · أَنشَأَ · أَوْفَىٰ81.6% after this lesson
Questions about learning Quran translation
The Quran has 77,429 words, which come from 4,774 word families. The 500 most frequent families account for 81.6% of all the words, and the first 50 alone for 48.2%. Recognising a word is not the same as understanding every ayah: grammar and context matter too, which is where a teacher and a full translation help.
A word family is one word together with the different forms it is written in, such as singular and plural, or the same word with a particle attached. They are counted together because once you know the word, you can recognise its other forms.
Each meaning is taken, unchanged, from a published word-by-word translation of the Quran. The word families and their counts come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. Both are credited on our sources page. One short meaning cannot carry everything a word means in every ayah.
The first 5 lessons are open to everyone without an account. A free account opens all 50 lessons, saves your progress and schedules your reviews.
It helps to know the Arabic letters, because every word is shown as it is written in the Quran. Each word and example ayah also has audio. If you cannot read Arabic yet, a reading course with a teacher is the place to start.
A teacher turns words into understanding
Vocabulary gets you recognising the words. A teacher explains how they fit together in the ayah. The first lesson is free.
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