ح د ث Root ḥ-d-th in the Qur’an 36 occurrences in 36 verses

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

حَدِيث 28 times

• 4:42 · An-Nisaحَدِيثًۭا (any) statementThat Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they could be covered by the earth. And they will not conceal from Allah a [single] statement.
• 4:78 · An-Nisaحَدِيثًۭا any statementWherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. But if good comes to them, they say, "This is from Allah "; and if evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All [things] are from Allah." So what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement?
• 4:87 · An-Nisaحَدِيثًۭا (in) statementAllah - there is no deity except Him. He will surely assemble you for [account on] the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt. And who is more truthful than Allah in statement.
• 4:140 · An-Nisaحَدِيثٍ a conversationAnd it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them. Indeed Allah will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together -
• 6:68 · Al-An'amحَدِيثٍ a talkAnd when you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversation. And if Satan should cause you to forget, then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.
• 7:185 · Al-A'rafحَدِيثٍۭ statementDo they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allah has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement hereafter will they believe?
• 12:6 · Yusufٱلْأَحَادِيثِ (of) the narrativesAnd thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of narratives and complete His favor upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He completed it upon your fathers before, Abraham and Isaac. Indeed, your Lord is Knowing and Wise."
• 12:21 · Yusufٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ the eventsAnd the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, "Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son." And thus, We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.
• 12:101 · Yusufٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ of the eventsMy Lord, You have given me [something] of sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my protector in this world and in the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous."
• 12:111 · Yusufحَدِيثًۭا a narrationThere was certainly in their stories a lesson for those of understanding. Never was the Qur'an a narration invented, but a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of all things and guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
• 18:6 · Al-Kahfٱلْحَدِيثِ [the] narrationThen perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muhammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.
• 20:9 · Ta-Haحَدِيثُ the narrationAnd has the story of Moses reached you? -
• 23:44 · Al-Mu'minunأَحَادِيثَ ۚ narrationsThen We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations. So away with a people who do not believe.
• 31:6 · Luqmanٱلْحَدِيثِ idle talesAnd of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
• 33:53 · Al-Ahzabلِحَدِيثٍ ۚ for a conversationO you who have believed, do not enter the houses of the Prophet except when you are permitted for a meal, without awaiting its readiness. But when you are invited, then enter; and when you have eaten, disperse without seeking to remain for conversation. Indeed, that [behavior] was troubling the Prophet, and he is shy of [dismissing] you. But Allah is not shy of the truth. And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not [conceivable or lawful] for you to harm the Messenger of Allah or to marry his wives after him, ever. Indeed, that would be in the sight of Allah an enormity.
• 34:19 · Sabaأَحَادِيثَ narrationsBut [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
• 39:23 · Az-Zumarٱلْحَدِيثِ (of) [the] statement Allah has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance of Allah. That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom Allah leaves astray - for him there is no guide.
• 45:6 · Al-Jathiyahحَدِيثٍۭ statementThese are the verses of Allah which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement after Allah and His verses will they believe?
• 51:24 · Adh-Dhariyatحَدِيثُ (the) narrationHas there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham? -
• 52:34 · At-Turبِحَدِيثٍۢ a statementThen let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
• 53:59 · An-Najmٱلْحَدِيثِ statementThen at this statement do you wonder?
• 56:81 · Al-Waqi'ahٱلْحَدِيثِ statementThen is it to this statement that you are indifferent
• 66:3 · At-Tahrimحَدِيثًۭا a statementAnd [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement; and when she informed [another] of it and Allah showed it to him, he made known part of it and ignored a part. And when he informed her about it, she said, "Who told you this?" He said, "I was informed by the Knowing, the Acquainted."
• 68:44 · Al-Qalamٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ StatementSo leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.
• 77:50 · Al-Mursalatحَدِيثٍۭ statementThen in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?
• 79:15 · An-Nazi'atحَدِيثُ (the) storyHas there reached you the story of Moses? -
• 85:17 · Al-Burujحَدِيثُ (the) storyHas there reached you the story of the soldiers -
• 88:1 · Al-Ghashiyahحَدِيثُ (the) newsHas there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

تُحَدِّثُ 3 times

• 2:76 · Al-Baqarahأَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم Do you tell themAnd when they meet those who believe, they say, "We have believed"; but when they are alone with one another, they say, "Do you talk to them about what Allah has revealed to you so they can argue with you about it before your Lord?" Then will you not reason?
• 93:11 · Ad-Duhaفَحَدِّثْ narrateBut as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].
• 99:4 · Az-Zalzalahتُحَدِّثُ it will reportThat Day, it will report its news

يُحْدِثُ 3 times

• 18:70 · Al-Kahfأُحْدِثَ I presentHe said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention."
• 20:113 · Ta-Haيُحْدِثُ it may causeAnd thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance.
• 65:1 · At-Talaqيُحْدِثُ will bring aboutO Prophet, when you [Muslims] divorce women, divorce them for [the commencement of] their waiting period and keep count of the waiting period, and fear Allah, your Lord. Do not turn them out of their [husbands'] houses, nor should they [themselves] leave [during that period] unless they are committing a clear immorality. And those are the limits [set by] Allah. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah has certainly wronged himself. You know not; perhaps Allah will bring about after that a [different] matter.

مُحْدَث 2 times

• 21:2 · Al-Anbyaمُّحْدَثٍ anewNo mention comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play
• 26:5 · Ash-Shu'araمُحْدَثٍ newAnd no revelation comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.

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.