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ق د س Root q-d-s in the Qur’an 10 occurrences in 10 verses

Occurrences
10
Verses
10
Surahs
7 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 ق د س (q-d-s) gives 5 words. It appears most in Al-Baqarah (3), Al-Ma'idah (2), An-Nahl (1).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
قُدُسnoun4Holy Spirit, [the] Holy, Holy
قُدُّوسadjective2Holy One, Holy
مُقَدَّسadjective2sacred
مُقَدَّسَةadjective1Holy
نُقَدِّسُverb1we sanctify

قُدُس 4 times

  • 2:87 · Al-Baqarahٱلْقُدُسِ ۗ the Holy SpiritAnd We did certainly give Moses the Torah and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied and another party you killed.
  • 2:253 · Al-Baqarahٱلْقُدُسِ ۗ [the] HolyThose messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the Son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit. If Allah had willed, those [generations] succeeding them would not have fought each other after the clear proofs had come to them. But they differed, and some of them believed and some of them disbelieved. And if Allah had willed, they would not have fought each other, but Allah does what He intends.
  • 5:110 · Al-Ma'idahٱلْقُدُسِ the Holy[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."
  • 16:102 · An-Nahlٱلْقُدُسِ the Holy SpiritSay, [O Muhammad], "The Pure Spirit has brought it down from your Lord in truth to make firm those who believe and as guidance and good tidings to the Muslims."

قُدُّوس 2 times

  • 59:23 · Al-Hashrٱلْقُدُّوسُ the Holy OneHe is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
  • 62:1 · Al-Jumu'ahٱلْقُدُّوسِ the HolyWhatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth is exalting Allah, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

مُقَدَّس 2 times

  • 20:12 · Ta-Haٱلْمُقَدَّسِ the sacredIndeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
  • 79:16 · An-Nazi'atٱلْمُقَدَّسِ the sacredWhen his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,

مُقَدَّسَة 1 time

  • 5:21 · Al-Ma'idahٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ the HolyO my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you and do not turn back [from fighting in Allah 's cause] and [thus] become losers."

نُقَدِّسُ 1 time

  • 2:30 · Al-Baqarahوَنُقَدِّسُ and we sanctifyAnd [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which you 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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