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46 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 211
The Quran root ع ه د ʿ-h-d
Words built from the root ع ه د ([ʿ-h-d]) appear 46 times in the Quran. The most common is عَهْد, “Covenant”, which comes 29 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| عَهْد | ʿahd | Covenant · promise | 29 | |
| عاهَدَ | ʿaahada | you made a covenant · they took | 11 | |
| عَهِدَ | ʿahida | We made a covenant · taken promise | 6 |
Examples from the Quran
الَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللَّهِ مِن بَعْدِ مِيثَاقِهِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ ٢٧
عَهْدَ ʿahda · (the) Covenant
Who break the covenant of Allāh after contracting it and sever that which Allāh has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:27)
يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِي أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ ٤٠
بِعَهْدِي biʿahdī · My Covenant
O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and fulfill My covenant [upon you] that I will fulfill your covenant [from Me], and be afraid of [only] Me. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:40)
أَوَكُلَّمَا عَاهَدُوا عَهْدًا نَّبَذَهُ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ١٠٠
عَاهَدُوا ʿāhadū · they took
Is it not [true] that every time they took a covenant a party of them threw it away? But, [in fact], most of them do not believe. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:100)
وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًا وَاتَّخِذُوا مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى وَعَهِدْنَا إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْعَاكِفِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ ١٢٥
وَعَهِدْنَا waʿahid'nā · And We made a covenant
And [mention] when We made the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] a place of return for the people and [a place of] security. And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer. And We charged Abraham and Ishmael, [saying], "Purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:125)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 11×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 8×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 3×
- Surah An-Nahl · 3×
- Surah Al-Ahzab · 3×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 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.