The word(s) "desolate" appears 3 time(s) in 3 verse(s) in Quran in Abdullah Yusuf Ali translation.

(1) And We ordained laws for him in the tablets in all matters, both commanding and explaining all things, (and said): "Take and hold these with firmness, and enjoin thy people to hold fast by the best in the precepts: soon shall I show you the homes of the wicked,- (How they lie desolate)."

(2) And among His Signs in this: thou seest the earth barren and desolate; but when We send down rain to it, it is stirred to life and yields increase. Truly, He Who gives life to the (dead) earth can surely give life to (men) who are dead. For He has power over all things.

(3) So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).