Home Quran Quran roots أ د م
25 times in the Quran · 1 word form · rank 346
The Quran root أ د م ’-d-m
Words built from the root أ د م ([’-d-m]) appear 25 times in the Quran. The most common is آدَم, “Adam”, which comes 25 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| آدَم | aadam | Adam · O Adam | 25 |
Examples from the Quran
وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنبِئُونِي بِأَسْمَاءِ هَٰؤُلَاءِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ٣١
آدَمَ ādama · Adam
And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:31)
قَالَ يَا آدَمُ أَنبِئْهُم بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ فَلَمَّا أَنبَأَهُم بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ ٣٣
يَا آدَمُ yāādamu · O Adam
He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:33)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 7×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 5×
- Surah Taha · 5×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 2×
- Surah Al-Isra · 2×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 1×
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.
