ب د أ Root b-d-ʾ in the Qur’an 15 occurrences in 14 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

بَدَأَ 12 times

• 7:29 · Al-A'rafبَدَأَكُمْ He originated youSay, [O Muhammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you maintain yourselves [in worship of Him] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] -
• 9:13 · At-Tawbahبَدَءُوكُمْ began (to attack) youWould you not fight a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allah has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers.
• 10:4 · Yunusيَبْدَؤُا۟ originatesTo Him is your return all together. [It is] the promise of Allah [which is] truth. Indeed, He begins the [process of] creation and then repeats it that He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds, in justice. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment for what they used to deny.
• 10:34 · Yunusيَبْدَؤُا۟ originatesSay, "Are there of your 'partners' any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, "Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?"
• 10:34 · Yunusيَبْدَؤُا۟ originatesSay, "Are there of your 'partners' any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, "Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?"
• 12:76 · Yusufفَبَدَأَ So he beganSo he began [the search] with their bags before the bag of his brother; then he extracted it from the bag of his brother. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother within the religion of the king except that Allah willed. We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.
• 21:104 · Al-Anbyaبَدَأْنَآ We beganThe Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.
• 27:64 · An-Namlيَبْدَؤُا۟ originatesIs He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
• 29:20 · Al-'Ankabutبَدَأَ He originatedSay, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allah will produce the final creation. Indeed Allah, over all things, is competent."
• 30:11 · Ar-Rumيَبْدَؤُا۟ originatesAllah begins creation; then He will repeat it; then to Him you will be returned.
• 30:27 · Ar-Rumيَبْدَؤُا۟ originatesAnd it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest attribute in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
• 32:7 · As-Sajdahوَبَدَأَ and He beganWho perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.

يُبْدِئُ 3 times

• 29:19 · Al-'Ankabutيُبْدِئُ Allah originatesHave they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.
• 34:49 · Sabaيُبْدِئُ (can) originateSay, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]."
• 85:13 · Al-Burujيُبْدِئُ originatesIndeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.