Common questions about the Quranic Dashboard and about the Arabic of the Quran. All numbers are counted from the Quranic Arabic Corpus data the site uses.
What is Quranic Dashboard?
A free website for studying the Arabic of the Quran word by word. For every one of the 77,429 words it shows the root (جذر), the dictionary form (lemma), the part of speech, the verb form (وزن), and the case or mood (إعراب). Search tools, statistics, grammar quizzes and a pattern lab are built on the same data.
Where does the grammatical data come from?
The word-by-word morphology is the Quranic Arabic Corpus (version 0.4) by Kais Dukes, University of Leeds. It splits the Quran into 128,218 morphological segments and tags each with its root, lemma and grammatical features. The Arabic text itself is the Uthmani text from Tanzil.
How many words, roots and lemmas are in the Quran?
In this data the Quran has 6,236 verses and 77,429 words. The words come from about 1,602 roots and 4,832 lemmas (dictionary forms). The counts depend on how words are segmented, so other sources can differ slightly.
What are the most frequent roots in the Quran?
By number of words built on them: أ ل ه (2,851, mostly the name Allah), ق و ل "to say" (1,722), ك و ن "to be" (1,390), ر ب ب "lord" (980), أ م ن "to believe, be safe" (879) and ع ل م "to know" (854). The Statistics page ranks every root.
How many times does a root appear, for example رحم (mercy)?
Root ر ح م appears 339 times, root ك ت ب 319 times and root ص ب ر 103 times. To check any root, open Root Search, pick its three letters, and you will see every form it takes, grouped by verb form, tense, noun type and case, with all the verses.
What is the difference between a root and a lemma?
A root is the set of three (sometimes four) consonants that a family of words shares, such as ق و م. A lemma is one dictionary word from that family. Root ق و م gives 22 lemmas, including قَامَ "to stand", قَوْم "people" and قِيَامَة "resurrection". Use Root Search for the whole family and Lemma Search for one word in all its inflections.
What are the verb forms (أوزان) and which are most common in the Quran?
Arabic verbs are built on patterns called forms (أوزان), numbered I to X: Form I فَعَلَ, Form II فَعَّلَ, Form IV أَفْعَلَ, Form VIII اِفْتَعَلَ, Form X اِسْتَفْعَلَ, and so on. Of the 19,356 verbs in the Quran, 12,346 are Form I (about 64%), 3,487 Form IV, 1,301 Form II and 963 Form VIII.
How can I see the i'rab (إعراب) of a verse?
Open the Dashboard, choose the surah and verse, and click any word. You get its case or mood (مرفوع، منصوب، مجرور، مجزوم), part of speech, gender, number and root. Click one part of a word, such as an attached بِـ or pronoun, to see that part alone. The References bar also opens the verse's full i'rab on tafsir.app.
Can I search for grammatical constructions such as إضافة, شرط or نفي?
Yes. The Pattern Lab has a Constructions tool for إضافة, نداء, استثناء, شرط, توكيد, نفي and كان وإنّ وأخواتهما, plus a Grammar Pattern Search where you chain categories, for example "preposition + definite noun + matching adjective". These are found by rules on the corpus tags, so treat them as a guide rather than a final i'rab.
Which phrases are repeated most in the Quran?
The Repeated Phrases tool in the Pattern Lab lists them. For example يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ occurs 89 times, مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ 71 times and جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ 27 times. It can match by word (ignoring prefixes such as وَ / فَ) or by exact spelling, and can be limited to one surah.
Do I need an Arabic keyboard?
No. Root Search uses a grid of clickable letters, Lemma Search has an on-screen keyboard with Buckwalter labels, and every Arabic search box in the Pattern Lab has a ⌨️ button that opens an on-screen Arabic keyboard. Searches ignore short vowels, so ملك finds مَلِك.
Can I link to a specific verse or word?
Yes. https://quranicdashboard.online/?s=2&v=255 opens Ayat al-Kursi (2:255), and adding &w=3 also selects its third word. Root Search accepts /search.html?root=ktb and Lemma Search /lemsearch.html?lem=…, using the Buckwalter spelling.
Is Quranic Dashboard free?
Yes. All tools are free, with no advertising and no account needed. Grammar game scores are stored only in your own browser.
How accurate is the analysis?
The morphology comes from the Quranic Arabic Corpus, which was reviewed by its authors but can still contain errors. Some features here, such as the Constructions tool and Person Shift, are rule-based approximations built on top of it. Quranic Dashboard is a study aid, not a tafsir or a fatwa: for meaning and rulings, rely on qualified scholars. If you find a mistake, please tell us through the Contact page.
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