م ه د Root m-h-d in the Qur’an 16 occurrences in 15 verses
- Occurrences
- 16
- Verses
- 15
- Surahs
- 13 of 114
- Words
- 6
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 م ه د (m-h-d) gives 6 words. It appears most in Ali 'Imran (3), Al-Muddaththir (2), Al-Baqarah (1).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
مِهاد 7 times
- 2:206 · Al-Baqarahٱلْمِهَادُ [the] resting-placeAnd when it is said to him, "Fear Allah," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place.
- 3:12 · Ali 'Imranٱلْمِهَادُ [the] resting placeSay to those who disbelieve, "You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place."
- 3:197 · Ali 'Imranٱلْمِهَادُ [the] resting place[It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
- 7:41 · Al-A'rafمِهَادٌۭ (is) a bedThey will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
- 13:18 · Ar-Ra'dٱلْمِهَادُ (is) the resting placeFor those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
- 38:56 · Sadٱلْمِهَادُ the resting placeHell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.
- 78:6 · An-Nabaمِهَـٰدًۭا a resting placeHave We not made the earth a resting place?
مَهْد 5 times
- 3:46 · Ali 'Imranٱلْمَهْدِ the cradleHe will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous."
- 5:110 · Al-Ma'idahٱلْمَهْدِ the cradle[The Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic."
- 19:29 · Maryamٱلْمَهْدِ the cradleSo she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"
- 20:53 · Ta-Haمَهْدًۭا (as) a bed[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.
- 43:10 · Az-Zukhrufمَهْدًۭا a bed[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided
تَمْهِيد 1 time
- 74:14 · Al-Muddaththirتَمْهِيدًۭا easeAnd spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ماهِد 1 time
- 51:48 · Adh-Dhariyatٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ (are) the SpreadersAnd the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.
مَهَّد 1 time
- 74:14 · Al-Muddaththirوَمَهَّدتُّ And I spreadAnd spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
يَمْهَدُ 1 time
- 30:44 · Ar-Rumيَمْهَدُونَ they are preparingWhoever disbelieves - upon him is [the consequence of] his disbelief. And whoever does righteousness - they are for themselves preparing,
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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