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ل د ن Root l-d-n in the Qur’an 18 occurrences in 17 verses

Occurrences
18
Verses
17
Surahs
10 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 ل د ن (l-d-n) gives 1 word. It appears most in An-Nisa (4), Al-Kahf (4), Ali 'Imran (2).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
لَدُنnoun18Yourself, Us, near Him

لَدُن 18 times

  • 3:8 · Ali 'Imranلَّدُنكَ Yourself[Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.
  • 3:38 · Ali 'Imranلَّدُنكَ YourselfAt that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."
  • 4:40 · An-Nisaلَّدُنْهُ near HimIndeed, Allah does not do injustice, [even] as much as an atom's weight; while if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.
  • 4:67 · An-Nisaلَّدُنَّآ OurselvesAnd then We would have given them from Us a great reward.
  • 4:75 · An-Nisaلَّدُنكَ YourselfAnd what is [the matter] with you that you fight not in the cause of Allah and [for] the oppressed among men, women, and children who say, "Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper?"
  • 4:75 · An-Nisaلَّدُنكَ YourselfAnd what is [the matter] with you that you fight not in the cause of Allah and [for] the oppressed among men, women, and children who say, "Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper?"
  • 11:1 · Hudلَّدُنْ from (he One Who)Alif, Lam, Ra. [This is] a Book whose verses are perfected and then presented in detail from [one who is] Wise and Acquainted.
  • 17:80 · Al-Israلَّدُنكَ near YouAnd say, "My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority."
  • 18:2 · Al-Kahfلَّدُنْهُ near Him[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward
  • 18:10 · Al-Kahfلَّدُنكَ Yourself[Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance."
  • 18:65 · Al-Kahfلَّدُنَّا UsAnd they found a servant from among Our servants to whom we had given mercy from us and had taught him from Us a [certain] knowledge.
  • 18:76 · Al-Kahfلَّدُنِّى from me[Moses] said, "If I should ask you about anything after this, then do not keep me as a companion. You have obtained from me an excuse."
  • 19:5 · Maryamلَّدُنكَ YourselfAnd indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir
  • 19:13 · Maryamلَّدُنَّا UsAnd affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allah
  • 20:99 · Ta-Haلَّدُنَّا UsThus, [O Muhammad], We relate to you from the news of what has preceded. And We have certainly given you from Us the Qur'an.
  • 21:17 · Al-Anbyaلَّدُنَّآ UsHad We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
  • 27:6 · An-Namlلَّدُنْ from [near]And indeed, [O Muhammad], you receive the Qur'an from one Wise and Knowing.
  • 28:57 · Al-Qasasلَّدُنَّا UsAnd they say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have we not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.

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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