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63 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 176
The Quran root ذ و ق dh-w-q
Words built from the root ذ و ق ([dh-w-q]) appear 63 times in the Quran. The most common is ذاقُ, “taste”, which comes 36 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ذاقُ | dhaaqu | taste · they tasted | 36 | |
| أَذاقَ | adhaaqa | We will make him taste · make taste | 22 | |
| ذائِقَة | dhaa’iqa | taste | 3 | |
| ذائِقُوا | dhaa’iquwaa | certainly taste · taste | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ اسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَكَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ ١٠٦
فَذُوقُوا fadhūqū · Then taste
On the Day [some] faces will turn white and [some] faces will turn black. As for those whose faces turn black, [to them it will be said], "Did you disbelieve [i.e., reject faith] after your belief? Then taste the punishment for what you used to reject." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:106)
لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَاءُ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُوا وَقَتْلَهُمُ الْأَنبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَنَقُولُ ذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ ١٨١
ذُوقُوا dhūqū · Taste
Allāh has certainly heard the statement of those [Jews] who said, "Indeed, Allāh is poor, while we are rich." We will record what they said and their killing of the prophets without right and will say, "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:181)
قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَىٰ أَن يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُم بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ انظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَ ٦٥
وَيُذِيقَ wayudhīqa · and make (you) taste
Say, "He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects and make you taste the violence of one another." Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:65)
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ ١٨٥
ذَائِقَةُ dhāiqatu · (will) taste
Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:185)
فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا لَذَائِقُونَ ٣١
لَذَائِقُونَ ladhāiqūna · (will) certainly taste
So the word [i.e., decree] of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment]. (Surah As-Saffat, 37:31)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah As-Sajdah · 4×
- Surah Ar-Rum · 4×
- Surah Fussilat · 4×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 3×
- Surah Al-An'am · 3×
- Surah Al-Anfal · 3×
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.