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68 times in the Quran · 7 word forms · rank 160
The Quran root ح م د ḥ-m-d
Words built from the root ح م د ([ḥ-m-d]) appear 68 times in the Quran. The most common is حَمْد, “praise”, which comes 43 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| حَمْد | ḥamd | praise · All praise | 43 | |
| حَمِيد | ḥamiid | Praiseworthy · All-Praiseworthy | 17 | |
| مُحَمَّد | muḥammad | Muhammad | 4 | |
| يُحْمَدُ | yuḥmadu | they be praised | 1 | |
| حامِد | ḥaamid | those who praise | 1 | |
| مَحْمُود | maḥmuud | praiseworthy | 1 | |
| أَحْمَد | aḥmad | Ahmad | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ٢
الْحَمْدُ al-ḥamdu · All praises and thanks
[All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Lord of the worlds - (Surah Al-Fatihah, 1:2)
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ٣٠
بِحَمْدِكَ biḥamdika · with Your praises
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection?" He [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:30)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنفِقُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّا أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِآخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَن تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ ٢٦٧
حَمِيدٌ ḥamīdun · Praiseworthy
O you who have believed, spend from the good things which you have earned and from that which We have produced for you from the earth. And do not aim toward the defective therefrom, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes. And know that Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:267)
وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ أَفَإِن مَّاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَىٰ أَعْقَابِكُمْ وَمَن يَنقَلِبْ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَن يَضُرَّ اللَّهَ شَيْئًا وَسَيَجْزِي اللَّهُ الشَّاكِرِينَ ١٤٤
مُحَمَّدٌ muḥammadun · (is) Muhammad
Muḥammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allāh at all; but Allāh will reward the grateful. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:144)
لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَا أَتَوا وَّيُحِبُّونَ أَن يُحْمَدُوا بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُم بِمَفَازَةٍ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ١٨٨
يُحْمَدُوا yuḥ'madū · they be praised
And never think that those who rejoice in what they have perpetrated and like to be praised for what they did not do - never think them [to be] in safety from the punishment, and for them is a painful punishment. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:188)
التَّائِبُونَ الْعَابِدُونَ الْحَامِدُونَ السَّائِحُونَ الرَّاكِعُونَ السَّاجِدُونَ الْآمِرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّاهُونَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَالْحَافِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ اللَّهِ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١١٢
الْحَامِدُونَ l-ḥāmidūna · those who praise
[Such believers are] the repentant, the worshippers, the praisers [of Allāh], the travelers [for His cause], those who bow and prostrate [in prayer], those who enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, and those who observe the limits [set by] Allāh. And give good tidings to the believers. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:112)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Isra · 4×
- Surah Az-Zumar · 4×
- Surah Ibrahim · 3×
- Surah An-Naml · 3×
- Surah Luqman · 3×
- Surah Saba · 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.