15 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 469

The Quran root ب د أ b-d-’

Words built from the root ب د أ ([b-d-’]) appear 15 times in the Quran. The most common is بَدَأَ, “originates”, which comes 12 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
بَدَأَ	bada’a	originates · he began	12
يُبْدِئُ	yubdi’u	Allah originates · originate	3

Examples from the Quran

قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّي بِالْقِسْطِ وَأَقِيمُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ ٢٩

بَدَأَكُمْ bada-akum · He originated you

Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you direct yourselves [to the Qiblah] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] - (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:29)

أَلَا تُقَاتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نَّكَثُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا بِإِخْرَاجِ الرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ فَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١٣

بَدَءُوكُمْ badaūkum · began (to attack) you

Would you not fight against a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allāh has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:13)

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ ١٩

يُبْدِئُ yub'di-u · Allah originates

Have they not considered how Allāh begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allāh, is easy. (Surah Al-'Ankabut, 29:19)

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.