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What Does Az-zalimin (الظَّالِمِين) Mean in the Quran?

الظَّالِمِين
az-zalimin
the wrongdoers
Word type
plural noun

This page studies الظَّالِمِين as the written form shown in the mushaf. Attached letters and related inflections are studied separately so the examples stay precise.

In the Quran
64 times

Counted from Barakah’s bundled word-by-word Quran data for this exact written form after vowel marks are removed. Forms with attached letters or pronouns may have their own separate count.

Inside the Quran

الظَّالِمِين (az-zalimin) means the wrongdoers. It describes those who commit zulm by putting things out of their proper place, including wronging themselves through disbelief or sin.

Read it inside the complete ayat below. The surrounding words decide the most natural English rendering, so the translation may use more than one English phrase for the same Arabic form.

See it in real ayat
رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى فِى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

My Lord, then do not place me among the wrongdoing people."

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -

Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.

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