The word(s) "desert" appears 2 time(s) in 2 verse(s) in Quran in Saheeh International translation.

(1) He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."

(2) They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn. And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little.