Home Quran Quran roots ب ل د
19 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 414
The Quran root ب ل د b-l-d
Words built from the root ب ل د ([b-l-d]) appear 19 times in the Quran. The most common is بَلَد, “city”, which comes 14 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| بَلَد | balad | city · land | 14 | |
| بَلْدَة | balda | land · city | 5 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا بَلَدًا آمِنًا وَارْزُقْ أَهْلَهُ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ مَنْ آمَنَ مِنْهُم بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ قَالَ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَأُمَتِّعُهُ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ أَضْطَرُّهُ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ١٢٦
بَلَدًا baladan · a city
And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits - whoever of them believes in Allāh and the Last Day." [Allāh] said, "And whoever disbelieves - I will grant him enjoyment for a little; then I will force him to the punishment of the Fire, and wretched is the destination." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:126)
لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي الْبِلَادِ ١٩٦
الْبِلَادِ l-bilādi · the land
Be not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the disbelievers throughout the land. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:196)
لِّنُحْيِيَ بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا وَنُسْقِيَهُ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَا أَنْعَامًا وَأَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيرًا ٤٩
بَلْدَةً baldatan · (to) a land
That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men. (Surah Al-Furqan, 25:49)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 2×
- Surah Qaf · 2×
- Surah Al-Fajr · 2×
- Surah Al-Balad · 2×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 1×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 1×
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.
