Home Quran Quran roots أ ب د
28 times in the Quran · 1 word form · rank 322
The Quran root أ ب د ’-b-d
Words built from the root أ ب د ([’-b-d]) appear 28 times in the Quran. The most common is أَبَدًا, “ever”, which comes 28 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَبَدًا | abadan | ever · forever | 28 |
Examples from the Quran
وَلَن يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَدًا بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ ٩٥
أَبَدًا abadan · ever
But never will they wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:95)
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا لَّهُمْ فِيهَا أَزْوَاجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَنُدْخِلُهُمْ ظِلًّا ظَلِيلًا ٥٧
أَبَدًا abadan · forever
But those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide forever. For them therein are purified spouses, and We will admit them to deepening shade. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:57)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah At-Tawbah · 5×
- Surah Al-Kahf · 4×
- Surah An-Nisa · 3×
- Surah An-Nur · 3×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 2×
- Surah Al-Ahzab · 2×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.
