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و ذ ر Root w-dh-r in the Qur’an 45 occurrences in 43 verses

Occurrences
45
Verses
43
Surahs
29 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 و ذ ر (w-dh-r) gives 1 word. It appears most in Al-An'am (6), Al-A'raf (6), Nuh (4).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
يَذَرَverb45leave, leave them, leave me

يَذَرَ 45 times

  • 2:234 · Al-Baqarahوَيَذَرُونَ and leave behindAnd those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And when they have fulfilled their term, then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable manner. And Allah is [fully] Acquainted with what you do.
  • 2:240 · Al-Baqarahوَيَذَرُونَ and leave behindAnd those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - for their wives is a bequest: maintenance for one year without turning [them] out. But if they leave [of their own accord], then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable way. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
  • 2:278 · Al-Baqarahوَذَرُوا۟ and give upO you who have believed, fear Allah and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers.
  • 3:179 · Ali 'Imranلِيَذَرَ to leaveAllah would not leave the believers in that [state] you are in [presently] until He separates the evil from the good. Nor would Allah reveal to you the unseen. But [instead], Allah chooses of His messengers whom He wills, so believe in Allah and His messengers. And if you believe and fear Him, then for you is a great reward.
  • 4:129 · An-Nisaفَتَذَرُوهَا and leave her (the other)And you will never be able to be equal [in feeling] between wives, even if you should strive [to do so]. So do not incline completely [toward one] and leave another hanging. And if you amend [your affairs] and fear Allah - then indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
  • 6:70 · Al-An'amوَذَرِ And leaveAnd leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with the Qur'an, lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allah no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve.
  • 6:91 · Al-An'amذَرْهُمْ leave themAnd they did not appraise Allah with true appraisal when they said, "Allah did not reveal to a human being anything." Say, "Who revealed the Scripture that Moses brought as light and guidance to the people? You [Jews] make it into pages, disclosing [some of] it and concealing much. And you were taught that which you knew not - neither you nor your fathers." Say, "Allah [revealed it]." Then leave them in their [empty] discourse, amusing themselves.
  • 6:110 · Al-An'amوَنَذَرُهُمْ And We will leave themAnd We will turn away their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it the first time. And We will leave them in their transgression, wandering blindly.
  • 6:112 · Al-An'amفَذَرْهُمْ so leave themAnd thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent.
  • 6:120 · Al-An'amوَذَرُوا۟ ForsakeAnd leave what is apparent of sin and what is concealed thereof. Indeed, those who earn [blame for] sin will be recompensed for that which they used to commit.
  • 6:137 · Al-An'amفَذَرْهُمْ So leave themAnd likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with confusion in their religion. And if Allah had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them and that which they invent.
  • 7:70 · Al-A'rafوَنَذَرَ and we forsakeThey said, "Have you come to us that we should worship Allah alone and leave what our fathers have worshipped? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."
  • 7:73 · Al-A'rafفَذَرُوهَا So you leave herAnd to the Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allah [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allah 's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.
  • 7:127 · Al-A'rafأَتَذَرُ Will you leaveAnd the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said," Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."
  • 7:127 · Al-A'rafوَيَذَرَكَ and forsake youAnd the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said," Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."
  • 7:180 · Al-A'rafوَذَرُوا۟ And leaveAnd to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. And leave [the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names. They will be recompensed for what they have been doing.
  • 7:186 · Al-A'rafوَيَذَرُهُمْ And He leaves themWhoever Allah sends astray - there is no guide for him. And He leaves them in their transgression, wandering blindly.
  • 9:86 · At-Tawbahذَرْنَا Leave usAnd when a surah was revealed [enjoining them] to believe in Allah and to fight with His Messenger, those of wealth among them asked your permission [to stay back] and said, "Leave us to be with them who sit [at home]."
  • 10:11 · Yunusفَنَذَرُ But We leaveAnd if Allah was to hasten for the people the evil [they invoke] as He hastens for them the good, their term would have been ended for them. But We leave the ones who do not expect the meeting with Us, in their transgression, wandering blindly
  • 11:64 · Hudفَذَرُوهَا so leave herAnd O my people, this is the she-camel of Allah - [she is] to you a sign. So let her feed upon Allah 's earth and do not touch her with harm, or you will be taken by an impending punishment."
  • 12:47 · Yusufفَذَرُوهُ so leave it[Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat.
  • 15:3 · Al-Hijrذَرْهُمْ Leave themLet them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.
  • 19:72 · Maryamوَّنَذَرُ and We will leaveThen We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.
  • 20:106 · Ta-Haفَيَذَرُهَا Then He will leave itAnd He will leave the earth a level plain;
  • 21:89 · Al-Anbyaتَذَرْنِى leave meAnd [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while you are the best of inheritors."
  • 23:54 · Al-Mu'minunفَذَرْهُمْ So leave themSo leave them in their confusion for a time.
  • 26:166 · Ash-Shu'araوَتَذَرُونَ And you leaveAnd leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."
  • 37:125 · As-Saffatوَتَذَرُونَ and you forsakeDo you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators -
  • 40:26 · Ghafirذَرُونِىٓ Leave meAnd Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption in the land."
  • 43:83 · Az-Zukhrufفَذَرْهُمْ So leave themSo leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

Also in 15 more places: 48:15, 51:42, 52:45, 62:9, 68:44, 70:42, 71:23, 71:23, 71:26, 71:27, 73:11, 74:11, 74:28, 75:21, 76:27

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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