ض ح ك Root ḍ-ḥ-k in the Qur’an 10 occurrences in 10 verses
- Occurrences
- 10
- Verses
- 10
- Surahs
- 8 of 114
- Words
- 4
Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ض ح ك (ḍ-ḥ-k) gives 4 words. It appears most in An-Najm (2), Al-Mutaffifin (2), At-Tawbah (1).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
ضَحِكَتْ 7 times
- 9:82 · At-Tawbahفَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ So let them laughSo let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.
- 11:71 · Hudفَضَحِكَتْ and she laughedAnd his Wife was standing, and she smiled. Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob.
- 23:110 · Al-Mu'minunتَضْحَكُونَ laughBut you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.
- 43:47 · Az-Zukhrufيَضْحَكُونَ laughedBut when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.
- 53:60 · An-Najmوَتَضْحَكُونَ And you laughAnd you laugh and do not weep
- 83:29 · Al-Mutaffifinيَضْحَكُونَ laughIndeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
- 83:34 · Al-Mutaffifinيَضْحَكُونَ they will laughSo Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
أَضْحَكَ 1 time
- 53:43 · An-Najmأَضْحَكَ makes (one) laughAnd that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep
ضاحِك 1 time
- 27:19 · An-Namlضَاحِكًۭا laughingSo [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants."
ضاحِكَة 1 time
- 80:39 · Abasaضَاحِكَةٌۭ LaughingLaughing, rejoicing at good news.
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.
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