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275 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 34

The Quran root ع ب د ʿ-b-d

Words built from the root ع ب د ([ʿ-b-d]) appear 275 times in the Quran. The most common is عَبْد, “slaves”, which comes 131 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
عَبْدʿabdslaves · slave131
عَبَدَʿabadaworship · You worship122
عابِدʿaabidworshippers · those who worship11
عِبادَتʿibaadatworship · worship Him9
عَبَّدʿabbadyou have enslaved1
عابِدَةʿaabidawho worship1

Examples from the Quran

وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِّن مِّثْلِهِ وَادْعُوا شُهَدَاءَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ٢٣

عَبْدِنَا ʿabdinā · Our slave

And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [i.e., the Qur’ān] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], then produce a sūrah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses [i.e., supporters] other than Allāh, if you should be truthful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:23)

بِئْسَمَا اشْتَرَوْا بِهِ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُوا بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بَغْيًا أَن يُنَزِّلَ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ فَبَاءُوا بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍ وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ ٩٠

عِبَادِهِ ʿibādihi · His servants

How wretched is that for which they sold themselves - that they would disbelieve in what Allāh has revealed through [their] outrage that Allāh would send down His favor upon whom He wills from among His servants. So they returned having [earned] wrath upon wrath. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:90)

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ٥

نَعْبُدُ naʿbudu · we worship

It is You we worship and You we ask for help. (Surah Al-Fatihah, 1:5)

صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ صِبْغَةً وَنَحْنُ لَهُ عَابِدُونَ ١٣٨

عَابِدُونَ ʿābidūna · (are) worshippers

[And say, "Ours is] the religion of Allāh. And who is better than Allāh in [ordaining] religion? And we are worshippers of Him." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:138)

لَّن يَسْتَنكِفَ الْمَسِيحُ أَن يَكُونَ عَبْدًا لِّلَّهِ وَلَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ وَمَن يَسْتَنكِفْ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ وَيَسْتَكْبِرْ فَسَيَحْشُرُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعًا ١٧٢

عِبَادَتِهِ ʿibādatihi · His worship

Never would the Messiah disdain to be a servant of Allāh, nor would the angels near [to Him]. And whoever disdains His worship and is arrogant - He will gather them to Himself all together. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:172)

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٢٢

عَبَّدتَّ ʿabbadtta · you have enslaved

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?" (Surah Ash-Shu'ara, 26:22)

Surahs where it comes most

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.