Home Quran Quran roots ب ع د
235 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 40
The Quran root ب ع د b-ʿ-d
Words built from the root ب ع د ([b-ʿ-d]) appear 235 times in the Quran. The most common is بَعْد, “after”, which comes 199 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| بَعْد | baʿd | after · after them | 199 | |
| بَعِيد | baʿiid | far · far away | 25 | |
| بُعْد | buʿd | Away · distance | 7 | |
| بَعُدَتْ | baʿudat | was long · was taken away | 2 | |
| مُبْعَد | mubʿad | removed far | 1 | |
| باعِدْ | baaʿid | lengthen | 1 |
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
بَعْدِ baʿdi · after
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)
وَإِذْ وَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِن بَعْدِهِ وَأَنتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ ٥١
بَعْدِهِ baʿdihi · after him
And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:51)
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ نَزَّلَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي الْكِتَابِ لَفِي شِقَاقٍ بَعِيدٍ ١٧٦
بَعِيدٍ baʿīdin · far
That is [deserved by them] because Allāh has sent down the Book in truth. And indeed, those who differ over the Book are in extreme dissension. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:176)
وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِي مَاءَكِ وَيَا سَمَاءُ أَقْلِعِي وَغِيضَ الْمَاءُ وَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَاسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ ٤٤
بُعْدًا buʿ'dan · Away
And it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and it [i.e., the ship] came to rest on the [mountain of] Jūdiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people." (Surah Hud, 11:44)
لَوْ كَانَ عَرَضًا قَرِيبًا وَسَفَرًا قَاصِدًا لَّاتَّبَعُوكَ وَلَٰكِن بَعُدَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّقَّةُ وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ لَوِ اسْتَطَعْنَا لَخَرَجْنَا مَعَكُمْ يُهْلِكُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ ٤٢
بَعُدَتْ baʿudat · was long
Had it been a near [i.e., easy] gain and a moderate trip, they [i.e., the hypocrites] would have followed you, but distant to them was the journey. And they will swear by Allāh, "If we were able, we would have gone forth with you," destroying themselves [through false oaths], and Allāh knows that indeed they are liars. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:42)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُم مِّنَّا الْحُسْنَىٰ أُولَٰئِكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُونَ ١٠١
مُبْعَدُونَ mub'ʿadūna · (will be) removed far
Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed. (Surah Al-Anbya, 21:101)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 27×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 18×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 15×
- Surah An-Nisa · 13×
- Surah An-Nahl · 11×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 9×
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.