List of Urdu Terms Found in Quran

Sunday, February 1, 2015

By Muhammad Iqbal Malik

This is in continuation to Urdu as a Blessing to Learn Quran. The vocabulary given below comprises Urdu words with Arabic origin. And these words are used in Quran as is or in a variant form.

If you have a keen interest in language (Urdu), read literature, or have strong ties with your culture (Pakistani, Indian), then you may recognize most, if not all of the words listed below and feel excited about the idea to learn Quran through the gateway of Urdu. If you are among those unfortunate souls who are swayed away from their roots with the tide of so called "globalization", then, you might find your lot to be rather constricted.

This is not an exhaustive list. I have used only one or few forms of each word that are found in Quran. In reality, additional variants of the Urdu terms might appear in Quran. To illustrate the concept, some of the words that can be derived from the word (علم) are:

Similarly, in some cases, I have used a form which itself is not present in Quran, but one or more of its derivative forms are used in Quran.

The Common Vocabulary