The word(s) "took" appears 63 time(s) in 61 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Habib Shakir translation.

(11) A part has He guided aright and (as for another) part, error is justly their due, surely they took the Shaitans for guardians beside Allah, and they think that they are followers of the right

(12) Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode.

(13) Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode.

(14) And We did not send a prophet in a town but We overtook its people with distress and affliction in order that they might humble themselves.

(15) Then We gave them good in the place of evil until they became many and said: Distress and happiness did indeed befall our fathers. Then We took them by surprise while they did not perceive.

(16) And if the people of the towns had believed and guarded (against evil) We would certainly have opened up for them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they rejected, so We overtook them for what they had earned.

(17) And certainly We overtook Firon's people with droughts and diminution of fruits that they may be mindful.

(18) And Musa's people made of their ornaments a calf after him, a (mere) body, which gave a mooing sound. What! could they not see that it did not speak to them nor guide them in the way? They took it (for worship) and they were unjust.

(19) (As for) those who took the calf (for a god), surely wrath from their Lord and disgrace in this world's life shall overtake them, and thus do We recompense the devisers of lies.

(20) And when Musa's anger calmed down he took up the tablets, and in the writing thereof was guidance and mercy for those who fear for the sake of their Lord.