How many times is Paradise mentioned in the Quran?

Counted in the Arabic text and in Pickthall‘s English, with the rule beside each number and every verse below. Then search any other word.

In the Arabic

52

times, in 51 verses, as الجنة

Counted: al-jannah, the Garden, with the article. Without vowels the same letters also spell al-jinnah, the jinn, in 11:119, 32:13, 37:158 and 114:6; those verses are left out. The count includes the garden of Adam and Eve and the earthly garden of 68:17. Gardens (jannat) and Firdaws are counted on their own below.

In Pickthall‘s English

13

times, in 13 verses

Counted: paradise. Pickthall writes "the Garden" for al-jannah almost every time, so his English rarely says paradise. Another translation would give another number.

Related words, counted on their own

  • 76 jannat, gardens
  • 2 al-Firdaws

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times

114 surahs
6,236 verses

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The first verses with Paradise

  1. 2:35 Al-Baqarah

    وقلنا يا آدم اسكن أنت وزوجك الجنة وكلا منها رغدا حيث شئتما ولا تقربا هذه الشجرة فتكونا من الظالمين

    And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely (of the fruits) thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers.

  2. 2:82 Al-Baqarah

    والذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات أولئك أصحاب الجنة هم فيها خالدون

    And those who believe and do good works: such are rightful owners of the Garden. They will abide therein.

  3. 2:111 Al-Baqarah

    وقالوا لن يدخل الجنة إلا من كان هودا أو نصارى تلك أمانيهم قل هاتوا برهانكم إن كنتم صادقين

    And they say: None entereth paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian. These are their own desires. Say: Bring your proof (of what ye state) if ye are truthful.

  4. 2:214 Al-Baqarah

    أم حسبتم أن تدخلوا الجنة ولما يأتكم مثل الذين خلوا من قبلكم مستهم البأساء والضراء وزلزلوا حتى يقول الرسول والذين آمنوا معه متى نصر الله ألا إن نصر الله قريب

    Or think ye that ye will enter paradise while yet there hath not come unto you the like of (that which came to) those who passed away before you? Affliction and adversity befell them, they were shaken as with earthquake, till the messenger (of Allah) and those who believed along with him said: When cometh Allah's help? Now surely Allah's help is nigh.

  5. 2:221 Al-Baqarah

    ولا تنكحوا المشركات حتى يؤمن ولأمة مؤمنة خير من مشركة ولو أعجبتكم ولا تنكحوا المشركين حتى يؤمنوا ولعبد مؤمن خير من مشرك ولو أعجبكم أولئك يدعون إلى النار والله يدعو إلى الجنة والمغفرة بإذنه ويبين آياته للناس لعلهم يتذكرون

    Wed not idolatresses till they believe; for lo! a believing bondwoman is better than an idolatress though she please you; and give not your daughters in marriage to idolaters till they believe, for lo! a believing slave is better than an idolater though he please you. These invite unto the Fire, and Allah inviteth unto the Garden, and unto forgiveness by His grace, and expoundeth His revelations to mankind that haply they may remember.

  6. 3:142 Al Imran

    أم حسبتم أن تدخلوا الجنة ولما يعلم الله الذين جاهدوا منكم ويعلم الصابرين

    Or deemed ye that ye would enter paradise while yet Allah knoweth not those of you who really strive, nor knoweth those (of you) who are steadfast?

  7. 3:185 Al Imran

    كل نفس ذائقة الموت وإنما توفون أجوركم يوم القيامة فمن زحزح عن النار وأدخل الجنة فقد فاز وما الحياة الدنيا إلا متاع الغرور

    Every soul will taste of death. And ye will be paid on the Day of Resurrection only that which ye have fairly earned. Whoso is removed from the Fire and is made to enter paradise, he indeed is triumphant. The life of this world is but comfort of illusion.

  8. 4:124 An-Nisa

    ومن يعمل من الصالحات من ذكر أو أنثى وهو مؤمن فأولئك يدخلون الجنة ولا يظلمون نقيرا

    And whoso doeth good works, whether of male or female, and he (or she) is a believer, such will enter paradise and they will not be wronged the dint in a date-stone.

  9. 5:72 Al-Ma'idah

    لقد كفر الذين قالوا إن الله هو المسيح ابن مريم وقال المسيح يا بني إسرائيل اعبدوا الله ربي وربكم إنه من يشرك بالله فقد حرم الله عليه الجنة ومأواه النار وما للظالمين من أنصار

    They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no helpers.

  10. 7:19 Al-A'raf

    ويا آدم اسكن أنت وزوجك الجنة فكلا من حيث شئتما ولا تقربا هذه الشجرة فتكونا من الظالمين

    And (unto man): O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden and eat from whence ye will, but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers.

All 51 verses are in the search above, with the count by surah.

How this was counted

The Arabic count goes through all 6,236 verses of the Tanzil text without vowel marks and counts each written word that is one of the forms named above. Wa (and), fa (so), bi (with), li (for), ka (like) and al (the) are written joined to the next word, so they are allowed in front. The basmala at the top of each surah is not counted; the one that is verse 1 of Al-Fatiha is.

The English count looks for whole words in Pickthall‘s translation. Words he put in brackets are his explanations, not the Arabic, so they are left out. A translation count is a count of the translator‘s choices: use the Arabic number when you quote one.

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Arabic: Tanzil Quran Text (Simple Clean, Hafs), copied verbatim under its terms. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, from Project Gutenberg eBook #16955.

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How many times is Paradise mentioned in the Quran?

In the Arabic, 52 times, in 51 verses. Counted: al-jannah, the Garden, with the article. Without vowels the same letters also spell al-jinnah, the jinn, in 11:119, 32:13, 37:158 and 114:6; those verses are left out. The count includes the garden of Adam and Eve and the earthly garden of 68:17. Gardens (jannat) and Firdaws are counted on their own below. In Pickthall's English translation the count is 13 times (paradise. Pickthall writes "the Garden" for al-jannah almost every time, so his English rarely says paradise).

Why do other sources give a different number?

Because they count other forms of the word, or count in a translation. Arabic joins words such as "and" and "the" to the next word and adds endings for his, their and plurals, and translators use different English words for the same Arabic word. Every number is right for its own rule; this page tells you its rule and lists every verse, so you can check it.

Where is Paradise first mentioned in the Quran?

In mushaf order, the first 10 verses are 2:35, 2:82, 2:111, 2:214, 2:221, 3:142, 3:185, 4:124, 5:72, 7:19. The full list is on this page, each verse in Arabic and in English.