Home Quran Quran roots ح د ث
36 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 258
The Quran root ح د ث ḥ-d-th
Words built from the root ح د ث ([ḥ-d-th]) appear 36 times in the Quran. The most common is حَدِيث, “statement”, which comes 28 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| حَدِيث | ḥadiith | statement · narration | 28 | |
| تُحَدِّثُ | tuḥaddithu | Do you tell them · narrate | 3 | |
| يُحْدِثُ | yuḥdithu | I present · it may cause | 3 | |
| مُحْدَث | muḥdath | anew · new | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَعَصَوُا الرَّسُولَ لَوْ تُسَوَّىٰ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضُ وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثًا ٤٢
حَدِيثًا ḥadīthan · (any) statement
That Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they could be covered by the earth. And they will not conceal from Allāh a [single] statement. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:42)
أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُوا يُدْرِككُّمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِي بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ حَسَنَةٌ يَقُولُوا هَٰذِهِ مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَقُولُوا هَٰذِهِ مِنْ عِندِكَ قُلْ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ فَمَالِ هَٰؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَدِيثًا ٧٨
حَدِيثًا ḥadīthan · any statement
Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. But if good comes to them, they say, "This is from Allāh"; and if evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All [things] are from Allāh." So what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement? (Surah An-Nisa, 4:78)
وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ قَالُوا أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم بِمَا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَاجُّوكُم بِهِ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ٧٦
أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم atuḥaddithūnahum · Do you tell them
And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We have believed"; but when they are alone with one another, they say, "Do you talk to them about what Allāh has revealed to you so they can argue with you about it before your Lord?" Then will you not reason? (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:76)
قَالَ فَإِنِ اتَّبَعْتَنِي فَلَا تَسْأَلْنِي عَن شَيْءٍ حَتَّىٰ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا ٧٠
أُحْدِثَ uḥ'ditha · I present
He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention [i.e., explanation]." (Surah Al-Kahf, 18:70)
مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ إِلَّا اسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ ٢
مُّحْدَثٍ muḥ'dathin · anew
No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play (Surah Al-Anbya, 21:2)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah An-Nisa · 4×
- Surah Yusuf · 4×
- Surah Al-Kahf · 2×
- Surah Taha · 2×
- Surah Al-An'am · 1×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 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.