د ع و Root d-ʿ-w in the Qur’an 212 occurrences in 182 verses

Words from this root

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

دَعا 170 times

• 2:23 · Al-Baqarahوَٱدْعُوا۟ and callAnd if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful.
• 2:61 · Al-Baqarahفَٱدْعُ so prayAnd [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allah [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.
• 2:68 · Al-Baqarahٱدْعُ PrayThey said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allah] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded."
• 2:69 · Al-Baqarahٱدْعُ PrayThey said, "Call upon your Lord to show us what is her color." He said, "He says, 'It is a yellow cow, bright in color - pleasing to the observers.' "
• 2:70 · Al-Baqarahٱدْعُ PrayThey said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is. Indeed, [all] cows look alike to us. And indeed we, if Allah wills, will be guided."
• 2:186 · Al-Baqarahدَعَانِ ۖ he calls MeAnd when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
• 2:221 · Al-Baqarahيَدْعُونَ they inviteAnd do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses to the people that perhaps they may remember.
• 2:221 · Al-Baqarahيَدْعُوٓا۟ invitesAnd do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses to the people that perhaps they may remember.
• 2:260 · Al-Baqarahٱدْعُهُنَّ call themAnd [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [Allah] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [Allah] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself. Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them - they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise."
• 2:282 · Al-Baqarahدُعُوا۟ ۚ they are calledO you who have believed, when you contract a debt for a specified term, write it down. And let a scribe write [it] between you in justice. Let no scribe refuse to write as Allah has taught him. So let him write and let the one who has the obligation dictate. And let him fear Allah, his Lord, and not leave anything out of it. But if the one who has the obligation is of limited understanding or weak or unable to dictate himself, then let his guardian dictate in justice. And bring to witness two witnesses from among your men. And if there are not two men [available], then a man and two women from those whom you accept as witnesses - so that if one of the women errs, then the other can remind her. And let not the witnesses refuse when they are called upon. And do not be [too] weary to write it, whether it is small or large, for its [specified] term. That is more just in the sight of Allah and stronger as evidence and more likely to prevent doubt between you, except when it is an immediate transaction which you conduct among yourselves. For [then] there is no blame upon you if you do not write it. And take witnesses when you conclude a contract. Let no scribe be harmed or any witness. For if you do so, indeed, it is [grave] disobedience in you. And fear Allah. And Allah teaches you. And Allah is Knowing of all things.
• 3:23 · Ali 'Imranيُدْعَوْنَ They are invitedDo you not consider, [O Muhammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allah that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.
• 3:38 · Ali 'Imranدَعَا invokedAt that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."
• 3:61 · Ali 'Imranنَدْعُ let us callThen whoever argues with you about it after [this] knowledge has come to you - say, "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate earnestly [together] and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars [among us]."
• 3:104 · Ali 'Imranيَدْعُونَ invitingAnd let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.
• 3:153 · Ali 'Imranيَدْعُوكُمْ was calling you[Remember] when you [fled and] climbed [the mountain] without looking aside at anyone while the Messenger was calling you from behind. So Allah repaid you with distress upon distress so you would not grieve for that which had escaped you [of victory and spoils of war] or [for] that which had befallen you [of injury and death]. And Allah is [fully] Acquainted with what you do.
• 4:117 · An-Nisaيَدْعُونَ they invokeThey call upon instead of Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan.
• 4:117 · An-Nisaيَدْعُونَ they invokeThey call upon instead of Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan.
• 6:40 · Al-An'amتَدْعُونَ you callSay, "Have you considered: if there came to you the punishment of Allah or there came to you the Hour - is it other than Allah you would invoke, if you should be truthful?"
• 6:41 · Al-An'amتَدْعُونَ you callNo, it is Him [alone] you would invoke, and He would remove that for which you invoked Him if He willed, and you would forget what you associate [with Him].
• 6:41 · Al-An'amتَدْعُونَ you callNo, it is Him [alone] you would invoke, and He would remove that for which you invoked Him if He willed, and you would forget what you associate [with Him].
• 6:52 · Al-An'amيَدْعُونَ callAnd do not send away those who call upon their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His countenance. Not upon you is anything of their account and not upon them is anything of your account. So were you to send them away, you would [then] be of the wrongdoers.
• 6:56 · Al-An'amتَدْعُونَ you callSay, "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allah." Say, "I will not follow your desires, for I would then have gone astray, and I would not be of the [rightly] guided."
• 6:63 · Al-An'amتَدْعُونَهُۥ you call HimSay, "Who rescues you from the darknesses of the land and sea [when] you call upon Him imploring [aloud] and privately, 'If He should save us from this [crisis], we will surely be among the thankful.' "
• 6:71 · Al-An'amأَنَدْعُوا۟ Shall we callSay, "Shall we invoke instead of Allah that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allah has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], 'Come to us.' " Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.
• 6:71 · Al-An'amيَدْعُونَهُۥٓ who call himSay, "Shall we invoke instead of Allah that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allah has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], 'Come to us.' " Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.
• 6:108 · Al-An'amيَدْعُونَ they invokeAnd do not insult those they invoke other than Allah, lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do.
• 7:29 · Al-A'rafوَٱدْعُوهُ and invoke HimSay, [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] -
• 7:37 · Al-A'rafتَدْعُونَ invokeAnd who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree until when Our messengers come to them to take them in death, they will say, "Where are those you used to invoke besides Allah?" They will say, "They have departed from us," and will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
• 7:55 · Al-A'rafٱدْعُوا۟ Call uponCall upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.
• 7:56 · Al-A'rafوَٱدْعُوهُ And call HimAnd cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good.

Also in 140 more places: 7:134, 7:180, 7:189, 7:193, 7:193, 7:194, 7:194, 7:195, 7:197, 7:198, 8:24, 10:12, 10:12, 10:22, 10:25, 10:38, 10:66, 10:106, 11:13, 11:62, 11:101, 12:33, 12:108, 13:14, 13:36, 14:9, 14:10, 14:22, 16:20, 16:86, 16:125, 17:11, 17:52, 17:56, 17:57, 17:67, 17:71, 17:110, 17:110, 17:110, 18:14, 18:28, 18:52, 18:57, 19:48, 19:48, 19:91, 21:90, 22:12, 22:13, 22:62, 22:67, 22:73, 23:73, 23:117, 24:48, 24:51, 25:13, 25:14, 25:14, 25:68, 26:72, 26:213, 27:62, 28:25, 28:41, 28:64, 28:64, 28:87, 28:88, 29:42, 29:65, 30:25, 30:33, 31:21, 31:30, 31:32, 32:16, 33:5, 33:53, 34:22, 35:6, 35:13, 35:14, 35:18, 35:40, 37:125, 38:51, 39:8, 39:8, 39:38, 39:49, 40:10, 40:12, 40:14, 40:20, 40:26, 40:41, 40:41, 40:42, 40:42, 40:43, 40:49, 40:50, 40:60, 40:65, 40:66, 40:74, 41:5, 41:33, 41:48, 42:13, 42:15, 43:49, 43:86, 44:22, 44:55, 45:28, 46:4, 46:5, 47:35, 47:38, 48:16, 52:28, 54:6, 54:10, 57:8, 61:7, 68:42, 68:43, 70:17, 71:5, 71:7, 71:8, 72:18, 72:19, 72:20, 84:11, 96:17, 96:18

دُعاء 22 times

• 2:171 · Al-Baqarahدُعَآءًۭ callsThe example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries cattle or sheep - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.
• 3:38 · Ali 'Imranٱلدُّعَآءِ (of) the prayerAt that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."
• 13:14 · Ar-Ra'dدُعَآءُ (is) the supplicationTo Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus]. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e. futility].
• 14:39 · Ibrahimٱلدُّعَآءِ (of) the prayerPraise to Allah, who has granted to me in old age Ishmael and Isaac. Indeed, my Lord is the Hearer of supplication.
• 14:40 · Ibrahimدُعَآءِ my prayerMy Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.
• 17:11 · Al-Israدُعَآءَهُۥ (as) he praysAnd man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.
• 19:4 · Maryamبِدُعَآئِكَ in (my) supplication (to) YouHe said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy.
• 19:48 · Maryamبِدُعَآءِ in invocationAnd I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allah and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy."
• 21:45 · Al-Anbyaٱلدُّعَآءَ the callSay, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.
• 24:63 · An-Nurدُعَآءَ (the) callingDo not make [your] calling of the Messenger among yourselves as the call of one of you to another. Already Allah knows those of you who slip away, concealed by others. So let those beware who dissent from the Prophet's order, lest fitnah strike them or a painful punishment.
• 24:63 · An-Nurكَدُعَآءِ as (the) callDo not make [your] calling of the Messenger among yourselves as the call of one of you to another. Already Allah knows those of you who slip away, concealed by others. So let those beware who dissent from the Prophet's order, lest fitnah strike them or a painful punishment.
• 25:77 · Al-Furqanدُعَآؤُكُمْ ۖ your prayer (is to Him)Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so your denial is going to be adherent.
• 27:80 · An-Namlٱلدُّعَآءَ the callIndeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.
• 30:52 · Ar-Rumٱلدُّعَآءَ the callSo indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs, retreating.
• 33:4 · Al-Ahzabأَدْعِيَآءَكُمْ your adopted sonsAllah has not made for a man two hearts in his interior. And He has not made your wives whom you declare unlawful your mothers. And he has not made your adopted sons your [true] sons. That is [merely] your saying by your mouths, but Allah says the truth, and He guides to the [right] way.
• 33:37 · Al-Ahzabأَدْعِيَآئِهِمْ (of) their adopted sonsAnd [remember, O Muhammad], when you said to the one on whom Allah bestowed favor and you bestowed favor, "Keep your wife and fear Allah," while you concealed within yourself that which Allah is to disclose. And you feared the people, while Allah has more right that you fear Him. So when Zayd had no longer any need for her, We married her to you in order that there not be upon the believers any discomfort concerning the wives of their adopted sons when they no longer have need of them. And ever is the command of Allah accomplished.
• 35:14 · Fatirدُعَآءَكُمْ your callIf you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection they will deny your association. And none can inform you like [one] Acquainted [with all matters].
• 40:50 · Ghafirدُعَـٰٓؤُا۟ (is the) callThey will say, "Did there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?" They will say, "Yes." They will reply, "Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error."
• 41:49 · Fussilatدُعَآءِ prayingMan is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.
• 41:51 · Fussilatدُعَآءٍ (of) supplicationAnd when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication.
• 46:5 · Al-Ahqafدُعَآئِهِمْ their callsAnd who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allah those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection, and they, of their invocation, are unaware.
• 71:6 · Nuhدُعَآءِىٓ my invitationBut my invitation increased them not except in flight.

دَعْوَة 6 times

• 2:186 · Al-Baqarahدَعْوَةَ (to the) invocationAnd when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
• 10:89 · Yunusدَّعْوَتُكُمَا (the) invocation of both of you[Allah] said, "Your supplication has been answered." So remain on a right course and follow not the way of those who do not know."
• 13:14 · Ar-Ra'dدَعْوَةُ (is) supplicationTo Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus]. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e. futility].
• 14:44 · Ibrahimدَعْوَتَكَ Your callAnd, [O Muhammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call and follow the messengers." [But it will be said], "Had you not sworn, before, that for you there would be no cessation?
• 30:25 · Ar-Rumدَعْوَةًۭ (with) a callAnd of His signs is that the heaven and earth remain by His command. Then when He calls you with a [single] call from the earth, immediately you will come forth.
• 40:43 · Ghafirدَعْوَةٌۭ a claimAssuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allah, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire.

داعِي 4 times

• 20:108 · Ta-Haٱلدَّاعِىَ the callerThat Day, everyone will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].
• 33:46 · Al-Ahzabوَدَاعِيًا And as one who invitesAnd one who invites to Allah, by His permission, and an illuminating lamp.
• 46:31 · Al-Ahqafدَاعِىَ (to the) callerO our people, respond to the Messenger of Allah and believe in him; Allah will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.
• 46:32 · Al-Ahqafدَاعِىَ (to the) callerBut he who does not respond to the Caller of Allah will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."

دَعْوَى 4 times

• 7:5 · Al-A'rafدَعْوَىٰهُمْ their pleaAnd their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"
• 10:10 · Yunusدَعْوَىٰهُمْ Their prayerTheir call therein will be, "Exalted are You, O Allah," and their greeting therein will be, "Peace." And the last of their call will be, "Praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds!"
• 10:10 · Yunusدَعْوَىٰهُمْ (of) their callTheir call therein will be, "Exalted are You, O Allah," and their greeting therein will be, "Peace." And the last of their call will be, "Praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds!"
• 21:15 · Al-Anbyaدَعْوَىٰهُمْ their cryAnd that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

داع 3 times

• 2:186 · Al-Baqarahٱلدَّاعِ (of) the supplicantAnd when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
• 54:6 · Al-Qamarٱلدَّاعِ the callerSo leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,
• 54:8 · Al-Qamarٱلدَّاعِ ۖ the callerRacing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

يَدَّعُ 3 times

• 36:57 · Ya-Sinيَدَّعُونَ they call forFor them therein is fruit, and for them is whatever they request [or wish]
• 41:31 · Fussilatتَدَّعُونَ you askWe [angels] were your allies in worldly life and [are so] in the Hereafter. And you will have therein whatever your souls desire, and you will have therein whatever you request [or wish]
• 67:27 · Al-Mulkتَدَّعُونَ callBut when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."

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.