What Does Duna (دُون) Mean in the Quran?
This page studies دُون as the written form shown in the mushaf. Attached letters and related inflections are studied separately so the examples stay precise.
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
دُون (duna) means besides, apart from, below. Its meaning is shaped by context and often describes taking something besides Allah (SWT).
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.
“Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.”
“Is it falsehood [as] gods other than Allāh you desire?”
“Other than Allāh? Can they help you or help themselves?"”
Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.
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