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ز ي د Root z-y-d in the Qur’an 61 occurrences in 59 verses

Occurrences
61
Verses
59
Surahs
32 of 114
Words
4

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 ز ي د (z-y-d) gives 4 words. It appears most in At-Tawbah (5), Al-Isra (5), Fatir (5).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
زادَverb49it increases them, increase, it increased them
ازْدادُverb8they may increase, they increased, increased
زِيادَةnoun2increase, more
مَزِيدnoun2more

زادَ 49 times

  • 2:10 · Al-Baqarahفَزَادَهُمُ so has increased themIn their hearts is disease, so Allah has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie.
  • 2:58 · Al-Baqarahوَسَنَزِيدُ And We will increaseAnd [recall] when We said, "Enter this city and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens.' We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."
  • 2:247 · Al-Baqarahوَزَادَهُۥ and increased himAnd their prophet said to them, "Indeed, Allah has sent to you Saul as a king." They said, "How can he have kingship over us while we are more worthy of kingship than him and he has not been given any measure of wealth?" He said, "Indeed, Allah has chosen him over you and has increased him abundantly in knowledge and stature. And Allah gives His sovereignty to whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing [in favor] and Knowing."
  • 3:173 · Ali 'Imranفَزَادَهُمْ But it increased themThose to whom hypocrites said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs."
  • 4:173 · An-Nisaوَيَزِيدُهُم and give them moreAnd as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them in full their rewards and grant them extra from His bounty. But as for those who disdained and were arrogant, He will punish them with a painful punishment, and they will not find for themselves besides Allah any protector or helper.
  • 5:64 · Al-Ma'idahوَلَيَزِيدَنَّ And surely increaseAnd the Jews say, "The hand of Allah is chained." Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters.
  • 5:68 · Al-Ma'idahوَلَيَزِيدَنَّ And surely increaseSay, "O People of the Scripture, you are [standing] on nothing until you uphold [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord." And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. So do not grieve over the disbelieving people.
  • 7:69 · Al-A'rafوَزَادَكُمْ and increased youThen do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature extensively. So remember the favors of Allah that you might succeed.
  • 7:161 · Al-A'rafسَنَزِيدُ We will increase (reward)And [mention, O Muhammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens,' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."
  • 8:2 · Al-Anfalزَادَتْهُمْ they increase themThe believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts become fearful, and when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith; and upon their Lord they rely -
  • 9:47 · At-Tawbahزَادُوكُمْ they (would) have increased youHad they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
  • 9:124 · At-Tawbahزَادَتْهُ (has) increased [it]And whenever a surah is revealed, there are among the hypocrites those who say, "Which of you has this increased faith?" As for those who believed, it has increased them in faith, while they are rejoicing.
  • 9:124 · At-Tawbahفَزَادَتْهُمْ then it has increased themAnd whenever a surah is revealed, there are among the hypocrites those who say, "Which of you has this increased faith?" As for those who believed, it has increased them in faith, while they are rejoicing.
  • 9:125 · At-Tawbahفَزَادَتْهُمْ (it) increases themBut as for those in whose hearts is disease, it has [only] increased them in evil [in addition] to their evil. And they will have died while they are disbelievers.
  • 11:52 · Hudوَيَزِدْكُمْ and increase youAnd O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength. And do not turn away, [being] criminals."
  • 11:63 · Hudتَزِيدُونَنِى you would increase meHe said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allah if I disobeyed Him? So you would not increase me except in loss.
  • 11:101 · Hudزَادُوهُمْ they increased themAnd We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allah when there came the command of your Lord. And they did not increase them in other than ruin.
  • 14:7 · Ibrahimلَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ surely I will increase youAnd [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.' "
  • 16:88 · An-Nahlزِدْنَـٰهُمْ We will increase themThose who disbelieved and averted [others] from the way of Allah - We will increase them in punishment over [their] punishment for what corruption they were causing.
  • 17:41 · Al-Israيَزِيدُهُمْ it increases themAnd We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur'an that mankind may be reminded, but it does not increase the disbelievers except in aversion.
  • 17:60 · Al-Israيَزِيدُهُمْ it increases themAnd [remember, O Muhammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people." And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur'an. And We threaten them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.
  • 17:82 · Al-Israيَزِيدُ it increasesAnd We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.
  • 17:97 · Al-Israزِدْنَـٰهُمْ We (will) increase (for) themAnd whoever Allah guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection [fallen] on their faces - blind, dumb and deaf. Their refuge is Hell; every time it subsides We increase them in blazing fire.
  • 17:109 · Al-Israوَيَزِيدُهُمْ and it increases themAnd they fall upon their faces weeping, and the Qur'an increases them in humble submission.
  • 18:13 · Al-Kahfوَزِدْنَـٰهُمْ and We increased themIt is We who relate to you, [O Muhammad], their story in truth. Indeed, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
  • 19:76 · Maryamوَيَزِيدُ And Allah increasesAnd Allah increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse.
  • 20:114 · Ta-Haزِدْنِى Increase meSo high [above all] is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth. And, [O Muhammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur'an before its revelation is completed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."
  • 24:38 · An-Nurوَيَزِيدَهُم and increase themThat Allah may reward them [according to] the best of what they did and increase them from His bounty. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without account.
  • 25:60 · Al-Furqanوَزَادَهُمْ And it increases themAnd when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.
  • 33:22 · Al-Ahzabزَادَهُمْ it increased themAnd when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.

Also in 19 more places: 35:1, 35:30, 35:39, 35:39, 35:42, 37:147, 38:61, 42:20, 42:23, 42:26, 47:17, 71:6, 71:21, 71:24, 71:28, 72:6, 73:4, 74:15, 78:30

ازْدادُ 8 times

  • 3:90 · Ali 'Imranٱزْدَادُوا۟ they increasedIndeed, those who reject the message after their belief and then increase in disbelief - never will their [claimed] repentance be accepted, and they are the ones astray.
  • 3:178 · Ali 'Imranلِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ so that they may increaseAnd let not those who disbelieve ever think that [because] We extend their time [of enjoyment] it is better for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment.
  • 4:137 · An-Nisaٱزْدَادُوا۟ increasedIndeed, those who have believed then disbelieved, then believed, then disbelieved, and then increased in disbelief - never will Allah forgive them, nor will He guide them to a way.
  • 12:65 · Yusufوَنَزْدَادُ and get an increaseAnd when they opened their baggage, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said, "O our father, what [more] could we desire? This is our merchandise returned to us. And we will obtain supplies for our family and protect our brother and obtain an increase of a camel's load; that is an easy measurement."
  • 13:8 · Ar-Ra'dتَزْدَادُ ۖ they exceedAllah knows what every female carries and what the wombs lose [prematurely] or exceed. And everything with Him is by due measure.
  • 18:25 · Al-Kahfوَٱزْدَادُوا۟ and addAnd they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.
  • 48:4 · Al-Fathلِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ that they may increaseIt is He who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the believers that they would increase in faith along with their [present] faith. And to Allah belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and ever is Allah Knowing and Wise.
  • 74:31 · Al-Muddaththirوَيَزْدَادَ and may increaseAnd We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.

زِيادَة 2 times

  • 9:37 · At-Tawbahزِيَادَةٌۭ (is) an increaseIndeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray. They make it lawful one year and unlawful another year to correspond to the number made unlawful by Allah and [thus] make lawful what Allah has made unlawful. Made pleasing to them is the evil of their deeds; and Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.
  • 10:26 · Yunusوَزِيَادَةٌۭ ۖ and moreFor them who have done good is the best [reward] and extra. No darkness will cover their faces, nor humiliation. Those are companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally

مَزِيد 2 times

  • 50:30 · Qafمَّزِيدٍۢ moreOn the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more,"
  • 50:35 · Qafمَزِيدٌۭ (is) moreThey will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more.

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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