10 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 591

The Quran root ض ح ك ḍ-ḥ-k

Words built from the root ض ح ك ([ḍ-ḥ-k]) appear 10 times in the Quran. The most common is ضَحِكَتْ, “laugh”, which comes 7 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
ضَحِكَتْ	ḍaḥikat	laugh · let them laugh	7
ضاحِك	ḍaaḥik	laughing	1
أَضْحَكَ	aḍḥaka	makes laugh	1
ضاحِكَة	ḍaaḥika	Laughing	1

Examples from the Quran

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا كَثِيرًا جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ ٨٢

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا falyaḍḥakū · So let them laugh

So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:82)

وَامْرَأَتُهُ قَائِمَةٌ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَاهَا بِإِسْحَاقَ وَمِن وَرَاءِ إِسْحَاقَ يَعْقُوبَ ٧١

فَضَحِكَتْ faḍaḥikat · and she laughed

And his wife was standing, and she smiled. Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob. (Surah Hud, 11:71)

فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكًا مِّن قَوْلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ ١٩

ضَاحِكًا ḍāḥikan · laughing

So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants." (Surah An-Naml, 27:19)

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ ٤٣

أَضْحَكَ aḍḥaka · makes (one) laugh

And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep (Surah An-Najm, 53:43)

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ٣٩

ضَاحِكَةٌ ḍāḥikatun · Laughing

Laughing, rejoicing at good news. (Surah 'Abasa, 80:39)

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.