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316 times in the Quran · 11 word forms · rank 25
The Quran root ه د ي h-d-y
Words built from the root ه د ي ([h-d-y]) appear 316 times in the Quran. The most common is هَدَى, “guide”, which comes 144 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| هَدَى | hadaa | guide · guides | 144 | |
| هُدًى | hudana | Guidance · guide | 85 | |
| اهْتَدَى | ahtadaa | guided · be guided | 40 | |
| مُهْتَدي | muhtady | guided ones · guided-ones | 17 | |
| هَدْي | hady | sacrificial animal · offering | 7 | |
| أَهْدَى | ahdaa | better guided · best guided | 7 | |
| هاد | haad | guide · can guide | 7 | |
| هادِي | haadii | guide | 3 | |
| مُهْتَد | muhtad | guided one | 3 | |
| هَدِيَّة | hadiyya | gift | 2 | |
| مُهْتَدِي | muhtadii | guided one | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ٦
اهْدِنَا ih'dinā · Guide us
Guide us to the straight path - (Surah Al-Fatihah, 1:6)
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا يُضِلُّ بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِي بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِ إِلَّا الْفَاسِقِينَ ٢٦
وَيَهْدِي wayahdī · and He guides
Indeed, Allāh is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allāh intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient, (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:26)
ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ٢
هُدًى hudan · a Guidance
This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allāh - (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:2)
وَإِذْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَالْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ٥٣
تَهْتَدُونَ tahtadūna · (would be) guided
And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:53)
أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلَالَةَ بِالْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَارَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ ١٦
مُهْتَدِينَ muh'tadīna · guided-ones
Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:16)
وَأَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ فَإِنْ أُحْصِرْتُمْ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ وَلَا تَحْلِقُوا رُءُوسَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ بِهِ أَذًى مِّن رَّأْسِهِ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِّن صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُكٍ فَإِذَا أَمِنتُمْ فَمَن تَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْحَجِّ وَسَبْعَةٍ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ تِلْكَ عَشَرَةٌ كَامِلَةٌ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن لَّمْ يَكُنْ أَهْلُهُ حَاضِرِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ ١٩٦
الْهَدْيِ l-hadyi · the sacrificial animal
And complete the ḥajj and ʿumrah for Allāh. But if you are prevented, then [offer] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached its place of slaughter. And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head [making shaving necessary must offer] a ransom of fasting [three days] or charity or sacrifice. And when you are secure, then whoever performs ʿumrah [during the ḥajj months] followed by ḥajj [offers] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And whoever cannot find [or afford such an animal] - then a fast of three days during ḥajj and of seven when you have returned [home]. Those are ten complete [days]. This is for those whose family is not in the area of al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. And fear Allāh and know that Allāh is severe in penalty. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:196)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 34×
- Surah Al-An'am · 27×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 19×
- Surah An-Nahl · 14×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 13×
- Surah Yunus · 12×
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.