Superlative / Comparative Degrees Used in the Quran

Complete List of Superlative / Comparative  Degrees Used in the Quran

Superlative / Comparative  degrees mainly come in two forms:  أفعل (Afa’lu) for masculine and فعلى (Fu'la) for feminine gender. There are frequently used 3 words considered to be superlatives: (خير، شر، حب) although أَحَبُّ is found in the Quran.

Words	Meanings	Plural	Frequency	Reference
أَحَبُّ	dearer		3	12:8
أَحْرَص	(the) most greedy		1	2:96
أَحْسَنُ	Better, best		36	2:138, 9:121
حُسْنَىٰ	the most beautiful		17	7:180
أَرْبَىٰ	more numerous		1	16:92***
أَسْفَلَ	the lowest		6	33:10, 95:5
السُّفْلَىٰ	the lowest		1	9:40
أَضَلُّ	more astray		9	5:60, 7:179
أَقْرَبُ	nearer		19	2:237
أَكْثَرَ	most		80	2:100, 6:116
أَلَدُّ	the most quarrelsome		1	2:204
أَوْهَنَ	the weakest		1	29:41
شَرٌّ	worse		30	2:216
أَبْقَىٰ	more lasting, everlasting		7	20:71
أَتْقَى	the righteous		2	49:13, 92:17
أَحْصَىٰ	best calculated		1	18:12
أَحَقُّ	better right, more entitled		10	2:228
أَخْسَرُ	the greatest loser		4	11:22
أَخْفَى	the more hidden		1	20:7
أَدْنَىٰ	inferior		12	2:61
الدُّنْيَا	the nearer, the world		115	2:85
أَزْكَىٰ	Purer, purest		4	2:232
أَطْهَرُ	Purer		4	2:232
أَعْلَمُ	Better knowing, most knowing		49	2:140
أَعْمَىٰ	blind		21	6:50
أَقْسَطُ	more just		2	2:282, 33:5
أَقْوَمُ	most straight, upright		4	2:282
أَهْوَنُ	easier		1	30:27
أَوَّلُ	the first		82	2:41
الْأُولَىٰ	The first		20	7:38
أَرْذَل	The lowest, worst		4	11:27
أَسْرَعُ	swiftest		2	6:62
أَسْوَأَ	The worst		2	39:35
أَشَدُّ	Severest, strongest		31	2:74
أَشْقَى	the most wretched		3	87:11
أَظْلَمُ	more unjust		16	2:114
أَعَزُّ	Mightier, stronger, more honorable		3	11:92
الْأَذَلَّ	more humble, most humiliated		2	63:8
أَكْبَرُ	greater	أَكَابِرَ	25***	2:217
الْكُبْرَى	Greatest		7	20:23
أَكْرَم	most noble		2	49:13
أَوْسَط	Average, most moderate		2	5:89
الْوُسْطَىٰ	middle		1	2:238
أَوْلَى	nearer		11	3:68
خَيْرٌ	better		178	2:54

*** In QAC أَرْبَىٰ has been tagged as verb, but actually it will be a comparative noun.

*** The word أَكْبَرُ occurs 24 times plus once as its plural أَكَابِرَ totaling 25.