How many types of water did the Noble Quran mention?
كم وصف للماء في القرآن الكريم؟
1. Decreased water (Ghad) | الماء المغيض
Water that falls and is sucked into the earth. From the verb (Ghad - means becomes less).
(And it was said, "O earth! Swallow up your water. And O sky! Withhold your rain." The floodwater receded and the decree was carried out.) [Hud 11: 44]
(وَغِيضَ الْمَاءُ وَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ) [هود: ٤٤]
2. Oozing pus (Sadeed) | الماء الصديد
The drink of the people of Hell-Fire.
(Awaiting them is Hell, and they will be left to drink oozing pus) [Ibrahim 14: 16]
(مِّن وَرَائِهِ جَهَنَّمُ وَيُسْقَىٰ مِن مَّاءٍ صَدِيدٍ) [إبراهيم: ١٦]
3. Murky water (Muhl) | ماء المهل
Melted minerals or boiling oil.
(When they cry for aid, they will be aided with water like molten metal, which will burn their faces.) [Al-Kahf 18: 29]
(وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوهَ) [الكهف: ٢٩]
4. Water from the earth | ماء الأرض
Created with the earth and stays until Doomsday.
(We sent down rain from the sky in perfect measure, causing it to soak into the earth.) [Al-Mu'uminun 23: 18]
(وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً بِقَدَرٍ فَأَسْكَنَّاهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ) [المؤمنون: ١٨]
5. Pure water (Tahur) | الماء الطهور
Sweet, purifying water.
(and We send down from the sky pure water) [Al-Furqan 25: 48]
(وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً طَهُورًا) [الفرقان: ٤٨]
6. Drinking water | ماء الشرب
(He is the One Who sends down rain from the sky, from which you drink) [Al-Nahl 16: 10]
(هُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً ۖ لَّكُم مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ) [النحل: ١٠]
7. Salty-Bitter Water (Ajaj) | الماء الأجاج
Extremely salty water which is not potable.
(And He is the One Who merges the two bodies of water: one fresh and palatable and the other salty and bitter) [Al-Furqan 25: 53]
(هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ) [الفرقان: ٥٣]
8. Worthless water (Maheen) | الماء المهين
Human fluid (semen) named for its vulnerability.
(Then He made his descendants from an extract of a humble fluid) [As-Sajdah 32: 8]
(ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن مَّاءٍ مَّهِينٍ) [السجدة: ٨]
9. Unaltered Water (Ghayr Asin) | الماء غير الآسن
Fresh running water that does not change in smell or taste.
(in it are rivers of fresh water, rivers of milk that never changes in taste,) [Muhammad 47: 15]
(فِيهَا أَنْهَارٌ مِّن مَّاءٍ غَيْرِ آسِنٍ) [محمد: ١٥]
10. Scalding Water (Hameem) | الماء الحميم
Boiling water.
(left to drink boiling water that will tear apart their insides?) [Muhammad 47: 15]
(وَسُقُوا مَاءً حَمِيمًا فَقَطَّعَ أَمْعَاءَهُمْ) [محمد: ١٥]
11. Blessed Water (Mubarak) | الماء المبـارك
Water that brings growth and goodness.
(And We send down blessed rain from the sky, bringing forth gardens and grains for harvest,) [Qaf 50: 9]
(وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً مُّبَارَكًا فَأَنبَتْنَا بِهِ جَنَّاتٍ وَحَبَّ الْحَصِيدِ) [ق: ٩]
12. Water pouring abundantly (Munhamir) | الماء المنهـمر
Heavy flow that destroys crops.
(So We opened the gates of the sky with pouring rain.) [Al-Qamar 54: 11]
(فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ) [القمر: ١١]
13. Pouring water (Maskub) | الماء المسكوب
Gentle flow that provides comfort.
(And water poured out) [Al-Waqi'ah 56: 31]
(وَمَاءٍ مَّسْكُوبٍ) [الواقعة: ٣١]
14. Sunken Water (Ghawr) | الماء الغور
Water that sinks deep and becomes unusable.
(Or its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it.) [Al-Kahf 18: 41]
(أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَاؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَن تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُ طَلَبًا) [الكهف: ٤١]
15. Flowing water (Ma'een) | الماء المعين
Accessible and usable water.
(Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken, then who could bring you flowing water?") [Al-Mulk 67: 30]
(فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَاءٍ مَّعِينٍ) [الملك: ٣٠]
16. Abundant Water (Ghadaq) | الماء الغـدق
(We should surely have bestowed on them water in abundance) [Al-Jinn 72: 16]
(لَّأَسْقَيْنَاهُم مَّاءً غَدَقًا) [الجن: ١٦]
17. Sweet Water (Furatan) | الماء الفرات
(Did We not create you from a liquid disdained? ... and given you sweet water to drink?) [Al-Mursalat 77: 27]
(وَأَسْقَيْنَاكُم مَّاءً فُرَاتًا) [المرسلات: ٢٧]
18. Pouring Water (Thajjajan) | الماء الثجاج
(And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water) [Al-Naba'a 78: 14]
(وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا) [النبأ: ١٤]
19. Ejected Water (Dafiq) | الماء الدافق
(He was created from a fluid, ejected) [At-Tareq 86: 6]
(خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ) [الطارق: ٦]
20. River and Springs Water | ماء الأنهار والينابيع
(Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs in the earth;) [Az-Zummar 39: 21]
(فَسَلَكَهُ يَنَابِيعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ) [الزمر: ٢١]
21. Salsabeel Water | الماء السلسبيل
Easy-to-swallow water of Paradise.
(a fountain within Paradise named Salsabeel) [Al-Insan 76: 18]
(عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا) [الإنسان: ١٨]
Scholarly Insight: The linguistic miracle of the Quran is clearly seen in its 21 different descriptions of water. Each term provides a specific scientific or spiritual context, whether describing the formation of life, the cycles of earthly nature, or the eternal rewards and punishments in the Hereafter.