Tuesday, November 15, 2016

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

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

4
11:22
أَخْفَى

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

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

3
87:11
أَظْلَمُ

16
2:114
أَعَزُّ

3
11:92
الْأَذَلَّ

2
63:8
أَكْبَرُ
greater
أَكَابِرَ
25***
2:217
الْكُبْرَى

7
20:23
أَكْرَم

2
49:13
أَوْسَط
Average, most moderate

2
5:89
الْوُسْطَىٰ
middle

1
2:238
أَوْلَى

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.