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16 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 452
The Quran root غ د و gh-d-w
Words built from the root غ د و ([gh-d-w]) appear 16 times in the Quran. The most common is غُدُوّ, “mornings”, which comes 5 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| غُدُوّ | ghuduww | mornings · morning course | 5 | |
| غَد | ghad | tomorrow | 5 | |
| غَدَ | ghada | you left early morning · Go early | 3 | |
| غَداة | ghadaa | morning | 2 | |
| غَداء | ghadaa’ | morning meal | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ الْغَافِلِينَ ٢٠٥
بِالْغُدُوِّ bil-ghuduwi · in the mornings
And remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech - in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:205)
وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَالُهُم بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ ١٥
بِالْغُدُوِّ bil-ghuduwi · in the mornings
And to Allāh prostrates whoever is within the heavens and the earth, willingly or by compulsion, and their shadows [as well] in the mornings and the afternoons. (Surah Ar-Ra'd, 13:15)
أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ ١٢
غَدًا ghadan · tomorrow
Send him with us tomorrow that he may eat well and play. And indeed, we will be his guardians." (Surah Yusuf, 12:12)
وَإِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَقَاعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ١٢١
غَدَوْتَ ghadawta · you left early morning
And [remember] when you, [O Muḥammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uḥud] - and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing - (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:121)
وَلَا تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ مَا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ حِسَابِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ وَمَا مِنْ حِسَابِكَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَتَطْرُدَهُمْ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ ٥٢
بِالْغَدَاةِ bil-ghadati · in the morning
And do not send away those who call upon their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His face [i.e., favor]. Not upon you is anything of their account and not upon them is anything of your account. So were you to send them away, you would [then] be of the wrongdoers. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:52)
فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هَٰذَا نَصَبًا ٦٢
غَدَاءَنَا ghadāanā · our morning meal
So when they had passed beyond it, [Moses] said to his boy, "Bring us our morning meal. We have certainly suffered in this, our journey, [much] fatigue." (Surah Al-Kahf, 18:62)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Kahf · 3×
- Surah Al-Qalam · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 1×
- Surah Ar-Ra'd · 1×
- Surah An-Nur · 1×
- Surah Saba · 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.