Home Quran Quran roots ج د ل
29 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 311
The Quran root ج د ل j-d-l
Words built from the root ج د ل ([j-d-l]) appear 29 times in the Quran. The most common is جادَلُ, “dispute”, which comes 25 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| جادَلُ | jaadalu | dispute · argue | 25 | |
| جِدال | jidaal | quarrelling · dispute with us | 2 | |
| جَدَل | jadal | quarrelsome · argument | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
وَلَا تُجَادِلْ عَنِ الَّذِينَ يَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَ خَوَّانًا أَثِيمًا ١٠٧
تُجَادِلْ tujādil · argue
And do not argue on behalf of those who deceive themselves. Indeed, Allāh loves not one who is a habitually sinful deceiver. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:107)
هَا أَنتُمْ هَٰؤُلَاءِ جَادَلْتُمْ عَنْهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فَمَن يُجَادِلُ اللَّهَ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَم مَّن يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا ١٠٩
جَادَلْتُمْ jādaltum · [you] argue
Here you are - those who argue on their behalf in [this] worldly life - but who will argue with Allāh for them on the Day of Resurrection, or who will [then] be their representative? (Surah An-Nisa, 4:109)
الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَاتٌ فَمَن فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ الْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِي الْحَجِّ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ اللَّهُ وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَىٰ وَاتَّقُونِ يَا أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ ١٩٧
جِدَالَ jidāla · quarrelling
Ḥajj is [during] well-known months, so whoever has made ḥajj obligatory upon himself therein [by entering the state of iḥrām], there is [to be for him] no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during ḥajj. And whatever good you do - Allāh knows it. And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is fear of Allāh. And fear Me, O you of understanding. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:197)
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِي هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا ٥٤
جَدَلًا jadalan · quarrelsome
And We have certainly diversified in this Qur’ān for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute. (Surah Al-Kahf, 18:54)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Ghafir · 5×
- Surah An-Nisa · 3×
- Surah Hud · 3×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 3×
- Surah Al-An'am · 2×
- Surah An-Nahl · 2×
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.