ر ش د Root r-sh-d in the Qur’an 19 occurrences in 19 verses

Words from this root

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

رُشْد 6 times

• 2:256 · Al-Baqarahٱلرُّشْدُ the right (path)There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
• 4:6 · An-Nisaرُشْدًۭا sound judgementAnd test the orphans [in their abilities] until they reach marriageable age. Then if you perceive in them sound judgement, release their property to them. And do not consume it excessively and quickly, [anticipating] that they will grow up. And whoever, [when acting as guardian], is self-sufficient should refrain [from taking a fee]; and whoever is poor - let him take according to what is acceptable. Then when you release their property to them, bring witnesses upon them. And sufficient is Allah as Accountant.
• 7:146 · Al-A'rafٱلرُّشْدِ (of) the righteousnessI will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness, they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they have denied Our signs and they were heedless of them.
• 18:66 · Al-Kahfرُشْدًۭا (of) right guidanceMoses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement?"
• 21:51 · Al-Anbyaرُشْدَهُۥ his guidanceAnd We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing
• 72:2 · Al-Jinnٱلرُّشْدِ the right wayIt guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.

رَشَد 5 times

• 18:10 · Al-Kahfرَشَدًۭا (in the) right way[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."
• 18:24 · Al-Kahfرَشَدًۭا right wayExcept [when adding], "If Allah wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."
• 72:10 · Al-Jinnرَشَدًۭا a right pathAnd we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.
• 72:14 · Al-Jinnرَشَدًۭا (the) right pathAnd among us are Muslims [in submission to Allah], and among us are the unjust. And whoever has become Muslim - those have sought out the right course.
• 72:21 · Al-Jinnرَشَدًۭا right pathSay, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."

رَشِيد 3 times

• 11:78 · Hudرَّشِيدٌۭ right-mindedAnd his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds. He said, "O my people, these are my daughters; they are purer for you. So fear Allah and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"
• 11:87 · Hudٱلرَّشِيدُ the right-mindedThey said, "O Shu'ayb, does your prayer command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"
• 11:97 · Hudبِرَشِيدٍۢ was rightTo Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.

رَشاد 2 times

• 40:29 · Ghafirٱلرَّشَادِ the rightO my people, sovereignty is yours today, [your being] dominant in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of Allah if it came to us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of right conduct."
• 40:38 · Ghafirٱلرَّشَادِ the rightAnd he who believed said, "O my people, follow me, I will guide you to the way of right conduct.

راشِد 1 time

• 49:7 · Al-Hujuratٱلرَّٰشِدُونَ the guided onesAnd know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.

مُرْشِد 1 time

• 18:17 · Al-Kahfمُّرْشِدًۭا a guideAnd [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [laying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allah. He whom Allah guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He leaves astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.

يَرْشُدُ 1 time

• 2:186 · Al-Baqarahيَرْشُدُونَ (be) led arightAnd when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.

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.