The word(s) "thing" appears 644 time(s) in 587 verse(s) in Quran in Abdullah Yusuf Ali translation.

(321) Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.

(322) Nay, We gave the good things of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them; See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will win?

(323) He said, "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He Who created them (from nothing): and I am a witness to this (Truth).

(324) (Abraham) said, "Do ye then worship, besides Allah, things that can neither be of any good to you nor do you harm?

(325) "Fie upon you, and upon the things that ye worship besides Allah! Have ye no sense?"..

(326) They said, "Burn him and protect your gods, If ye do (anything at all)!"

(327) To Solomon We inspired the (right) understanding of the matter: to each (of them) We gave Judgment and Knowledge; it was Our power that made the hills and the birds celebrate Our praises, with David: it was We Who did (all these things).

(328) (It was Our power that made) the violent (unruly) wind flow (tamely) for Solomon, to his order, to the land which We had blessed: for We do know all things.

(329) So We listened to him: We removed the distress that was on him, and We restored his people to him, and doubled their number,- as a Grace from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who serve Us.

(330) O mankind! fear your Lord! for the convulsion of the Hour (of Judgment) will be a thing terrible!