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373 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 18
The Quran root ع ذ ب ʿ-dh-b
Words built from the root ع ذ ب ([ʿ-dh-b]) appear 373 times in the Quran. The most common is عَذاب, “punishment”, which comes 322 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| عَذاب | ʿadhaab | punishment · torment | 322 | |
| عَذَّبَ | ʿadhdhaba | punishes · punish them | 41 | |
| مُعَذِّب | muʿadhdhib | punish them · One Who punishes them | 4 | |
| مُعَذَّب | muʿadhdhab | will be punished · ones to be punished | 4 | |
| عَذْب | ʿadhb | palatable · fresh | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
خَتَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ أَبْصَارِهِمْ غِشَاوَةٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ٧
عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun · (is) a punishment
Allāh has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:7)
فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَرَضًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ ١٠
عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun · (is) a punishment
In their hearts is disease, so Allāh has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:10)
لِّلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِن تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُم بِهِ اللَّهُ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ٢٨٤
وَيُعَذِّبُ wayuʿadhibu · and He will punish
To Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allāh will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:284)
وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا اللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا قَالُوا مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ ١٦٤
مُعَذِّبُهُمْ muʿadhibuhum · punish them
And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allāh is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:164)
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ١٣٨
بِمُعَذَّبِينَ bimuʿadhabīna · (are) the ones to be punished
And we are not to be punished." (Surah Ash-Shu'ara, 26:138)
وَهُوَ الَّذِي مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا ٥٣
عَذْبٌ ʿadhbun · palatable
And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition. (Surah Al-Furqan, 25:53)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 19×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 19×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 19×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 15×
- Surah An-Nisa · 13×
- Surah Hud · 13×
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.