The word(s) "deserts" appears 5 time(s) in 5 verse(s) in Quran in Abdullah Yusuf Ali translation.

(1) That Allah may requite each soul according to its deserts; and verily Allah is swift in calling to account.

(2) But the Unbelievers,- their deeds are like a mirage in sandy deserts, which the man parched with thirst mistakes for water; until when he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing: But he finds Allah (ever) with him, and Allah will pay him his account: and Allah is swift in taking account.

(3) They think that the Confederates have not withdrawn; and if the Confederates should come (again), they would wish they were in the deserts (wandering) among the Bedouins, and seeking news about you (from a safe distance); and if they were in your midst, they would fight but little.

(4) We have made it a memorial (of Our handiwork), and an article of comfort and convenience for the denizens of deserts.

(5) And if any of your wives deserts you to the Unbelievers, and ye have an accession (by the coming over of a woman from the other side), then pay to those whose wives have deserted the equivalent of what they had spent (on their dower). And fear Allah, in Whom ye believe.