ض ي ع Root ḍ-y-ʿ in the Qur’an 10 occurrences in 10 verses
- Occurrences
- 10
- Verses
- 10
- Surahs
- 8 of 114
- Words
- 1
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 ي ع (ḍ-y-ʿ) gives 1 word. It appears most in Ali 'Imran (2), Yusuf (2), Al-Baqarah (1).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
| Word | Type | Times | Translated as |
|---|---|---|---|
| أَضاعُ | verb | 10 | let go waste, waste, [We] let go waste |
أَضاعُ 10 times
- 2:143 · Al-Baqarahلِيُضِيعَ let go wasteAnd thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult except for those whom Allah has guided. And never would Allah have caused you to lose your faith. Indeed Allah is, to the people, Kind and Merciful.
- 3:171 · Ali 'Imranيُضِيعُ let go wasteThey receive good tidings of favor from Allah and bounty and [of the fact] that Allah does not allow the reward of believers to be lost -
- 3:195 · Ali 'Imranأُضِيعُ (let go) wasteAnd their Lord responded to them, "Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another. So those who emigrated or were evicted from their homes or were harmed in My cause or fought or were killed - I will surely remove from them their misdeeds, and I will surely admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow as reward from Allah, and Allah has with Him the best reward."
- 7:170 · Al-A'rafنُضِيعُ [We] let go wasteBut those who hold fast to the Book and establish prayer - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of the reformers.
- 9:120 · At-Tawbahيُضِيعُ allow to be lostIt was not [proper] for the people of Madinah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allah or that they prefer themselves over his self. That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allah, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good.
- 11:115 · Hudيُضِيعُ let go wasteAnd be patient, for indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.
- 12:56 · Yusufنُضِيعُ We let go wasteAnd thus We established Joseph in the land to settle therein wherever he willed. We touch with Our mercy whom We will, and We do not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.
- 12:90 · Yusufيُضِيعُ let go wasteThey said, "Are you indeed Joseph?" He said "I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Allah has certainly favored us. Indeed, he who fears Allah and is patient, then indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good."
- 18:30 · Al-Kahfنُضِيعُ will not let go wasteIndeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.
- 19:59 · Maryamأَضَاعُوا۟ who neglectedBut there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -
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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