How many times is gratitude (shukr) mentioned in the Quran?
75 times, counting every form of شُكْر. Here is every word from its root, where it appears most, and the verses that explain it.
times in the Quran
in 35 surahs
Shukr is gratitude shown, not only felt: thanking Allah with the tongue, believing in the heart that every blessing is from Him, and using the blessing in ways that please Him. Every word from its root in the Quran is about thanks.
Every form of the root ش ك ر
| Word | Meaning | Times |
|---|---|---|
| شَكَرَ | to give thanks, to be grateful | 46 |
| شاكِر | grateful, those who give thanks | 14 |
| شَكُور | most grateful; also Ash-Shakur, the Appreciative (a name of Allah) | 10 |
| مَشْكُور | appreciated (of an effort) | 2 |
| شُكُور | thanks, thankfulness | 2 |
| شُكْر | gratitude (the noun, shukr) | 1 |
Counted in the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology: each word is counted once, in every form built from the lemma (singular, dual, plural, with attached letters such as “and” or “the”). Other counting rules give slightly different numbers.
Where it appears most
| Surah | Words from this root |
|---|---|
| 2. Al-Baqarah | 7 |
| 7. Al-A'raf | 5 |
| 27. An-Naml | 5 |
| 31. Luqman | 5 |
| 16. An-Nahl | 4 |
Key verses about gratitude
وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِى لَشَدِيدٌ
And when your Lord proclaimed: If ye give thanks, I will give you more; but if ye are thankless, lo! My punishment is dire.
فَٱذْكُرُونِىٓ أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِى وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ
Therefore remember Me, I will remember you. Give thanks to Me, and reject not Me.
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا لُقْمَـٰنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ ٱشْكُرْ لِلَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ
And verily We gave Luqman wisdom, saying: Give thanks unto Allah; and whosoever giveth thanks, he giveth thanks for (the good of) his soul. And whosoever refuseth - Lo! Allah is Absolute, Owner of Praise.
إِنَّا هَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلسَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا
Lo! We have shown him the way, whether he be grateful or disbelieving.
English: Marmaduke Pickthall (public domain). Arabic: Uthmani script, via quran.com.
What these verses teach
The best-known promise about gratitude is plain: “If ye give thanks, I will give you more” (14:7). Thanks is also put next to remembrance, “remember Me, I will remember you. Give thanks to Me” (2:152), and Luqman is told that whoever gives thanks does so for his own good (31:12). The Quran also says that a human being is shown the way and then is either grateful or not (76:3): gratitude is a choice.
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Frequently asked questions
How many times is shukr mentioned in the Quran?
Shukr (شُكْر) appears 75 times in the Quran, counting every form of the word. Words from its root, ش ك ر, appear 75 times in all.
Which surah mentions shukr the most?
Al-Baqarah (Surah 2), with 7 words from the root ش ك ر.
Why do other websites give different numbers?
Counts depend on the rule used: whether plurals and verb forms are included, and whether the whole root is counted or one word. We count words as written in the Hafs text, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus, and print the rule on the page.