The word(s) "sought" appears 17 time(s) in 16 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Habib Shakir translation.

(11) He said: O my Lord! judge Thou with truth; and our Lord is the Beneficent Allah, Whose help is sought against what you ascribe (to Him).

(12) And when the children among you have attained to puberty, let them seek permission as those before them sought permission; thus does Allah make clear to you His communications, and Allah is knowing, Wise.

(13) And the chief persons of them break forth, saying: Go and steadily adhere to your gods; this is most surely a thing sought after.

(14) He said: Surely he has been unjust to you in demanding your ewe (to add) to his own ewes; and most surely most of the partners act wrongfully towards one another, save those who believe and do good, and very few are they; and Dawood was sure that We had tried him, so he sought the protection of his Lord and he fell down bowing and turned time after time (to Him).

(15) So when they saw it as a cloud appearing in the sky advancing towards their valleys, they said: This is a cloud which will give us rain. Nay! it is what you sought to hasten on, a blast of wind in which is a painful punishment,

(16) And that we sought to reach heaven, but we found it filled with strong guards and flaming stars.