Laughter

الضحك

17 verses in the Holy Quran

Al-Baqarah 2:212

زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَيَسۡخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْۘ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ٢١٢

Beautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allah are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without account.

At-Taubah 9:82

فَلۡيَضۡحَكُواْ قَلِيلٗا وَلۡيَبۡكُواْ كَثِيرٗا جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٨٢

So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.

Hūd 11:71

وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٞ فَضَحِكَتۡ فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهَا بِإِسۡحَٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسۡحَٰقَ يَعۡقُوبَ ٧١

And his Wife was standing, and she smiled. Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob.

Al-Mu’minūn 23:110

فَٱتَّخَذۡتُمُوهُمۡ سِخۡرِيًّا حَتَّىٰٓ أَنسَوۡكُمۡ ذِكۡرِي وَكُنتُم مِّنۡهُمۡ تَضۡحَكُونَ ١١٠

But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.

An-Naml 27:19

فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكٗا مِّن قَوۡلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَيَّ وَأَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَٰلِحٗا تَرۡضَىٰهُ وَأَدۡخِلۡنِي بِرَحۡمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٩

So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants."

Aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:12

بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ ١٢

But you wonder, while they mock,

Aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:14

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ ١٤

And when they see a sign, they ridicule

Az-Zukhruf 43:47

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَضۡحَكُونَ ٤٧

But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.

Az-Zukhruf 43:57

۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوۡمُكَ مِنۡهُ يَصِدُّونَ ٥٧

And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.

An-Najm 53:43

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ ٤٣

And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep

An-Najm 53:59

أَفَمِنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ ٥٩

Then at this statement do you wonder?

An-Najm 53:60

وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ ٦٠

And you laugh and do not weep

An-Najm 53:61

وَأَنتُمۡ سَٰمِدُونَ ٦١

While you are proudly sporting?

‘Abasa 80:38

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ ٣٨

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

‘Abasa 80:39

ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ ٣٩

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

Al-Muṭaffifīn 83:29

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٢٩

Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

Al-Muṭaffifīn 83:34

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٣٤

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,