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غ د و Root gh-d-w in the Qur’an 16 occurrences in 16 verses

Occurrences
16
Verses
16
Surahs
13 of 114
Words
5

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 غ د و (gh-d-w) gives 5 words. It appears most in Al-Kahf (3), Al-Qalam (2), Ali 'Imran (1).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
غَدnoun5tomorrow
غُدُوّnoun5mornings, its morning course, morning
غَدَverb3you left early morning, Go early, they went early
غَداةnoun2morning
غَداءnoun1our morning meal

غَد 5 times

  • 12:12 · Yusufغَدًۭا tomorrowSend him with us tomorrow that he may eat well and play. And indeed, we will be his guardians.
  • 18:23 · Al-Kahfغَدًا tomorrowAnd never say of anything, "Indeed, I will do that tomorrow,"
  • 31:34 · Luqmanغَدًۭا ۖ tomorrowIndeed, Allah [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.
  • 54:26 · Al-Qamarغَدًۭا tomorrowThey will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
  • 59:18 · Al-Hashrلِغَدٍۢ ۖ for tomorrowO you who have believed, fear Allah. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow - and fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.

غُدُوّ 5 times

  • 7:205 · Al-A'rafبِٱلْغُدُوِّ in the morningsAnd remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech - in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.
  • 13:15 · Ar-Ra'dبِٱلْغُدُوِّ in the morningsAnd to Allah prostrates whoever is within the heavens and the earth, willingly or by compulsion, and their shadows [as well] in the mornings and the afternoons.
  • 24:36 · An-Nurبِٱلْغُدُوِّ in the mornings[Such niches are] in mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings
  • 34:12 · Sabaغُدُوُّهَا its morning courseAnd to Solomon [We subjected] the wind - its morning [journey was that of] a month - and its afternoon [journey was that of] a month, and We made flow for him a spring of [liquid] copper. And among the jinn were those who worked for him by the permission of his Lord. And whoever deviated among them from Our command - We will make him taste of the punishment of the Blaze.
  • 40:46 · Ghafirغُدُوًّۭا morningThe Fire, they are exposed to it morning and evening. And the Day the Hour appears [it will be said], "Make the people of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment."

غَدَ 3 times

  • 3:121 · Ali 'Imranغَدَوْتَ you left early morningAnd [remember] when you, [O Muhammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uhud] - and Allah is Hearing and Knowing -
  • 68:22 · Al-Qalamٱغْدُوا۟ Go early[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
  • 68:25 · Al-Qalamوَغَدَوْا۟ And they went earlyAnd they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.

غَداة 2 times

  • 6:52 · Al-An'amبِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ in the morningAnd 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.
  • 18:28 · Al-Kahfبِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ in the morningAnd keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.

غَداء 1 time

  • 18:62 · Al-Kahfغَدَآءَنَا our morning mealSo when they had passed beyond it, [Moses] said to his boy, "Bring us our morning meal. We have certainly suffered in this, our journey, [much] fatigue."

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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