Home Quran Quran roots م د د
32 times in the Quran · 9 word forms · rank 279
The Quran root م د د m-d-d
Words built from the root م د د ([m-d-d]) appear 32 times in the Quran. The most common is مَدَّ, “extend”, which comes 13 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مَدَّ | madda | extend · prolongs them | 13 | |
| أَمَدَّ | amadda | reinforces you · will reinforce you | 10 | |
| مَدّ | madd | extension · extensively | 2 | |
| مَمْدُود | mamduud | extended · extensive | 2 | |
| مُمِدّ | mumidd | going to reinforce you | 1 | |
| مُدَّت | muddat | term | 1 | |
| مِداد | midaad | ink | 1 | |
| مَدَد | madad | supplement | 1 | |
| مُمَدَّدَة | mumaddada | extended | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ١٥
وَيَمُدُّهُمْ wayamudduhum · and prolongs them
[But] Allāh mocks them and prolongs them in their transgression [while] they wander blindly. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:15)
وَإِخْوَانُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِي الْغَيِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ ٢٠٢
يَمُدُّونَهُمْ yamuddūnahum · they plunge them
But their brothers - they [i.e., the devils] increase them in error; then they do not stop short. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:202)
إِذْ تَقُولُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَلَن يَكْفِيَكُمْ أَن يُمِدَّكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِثَلَاثَةِ آلَافٍ مِّنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مُنزَلِينَ ١٢٤
يُمِدَّكُمْ yumiddakum · reinforces you
[Remember] when you said to the believers, "Is it not sufficient for you that your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand angels sent down? (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:124)
قُلْ مَن كَانَ فِي الضَّلَالَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ مَدًّا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا رَأَوْا مَا يُوعَدُونَ إِمَّا الْعَذَابَ وَإِمَّا السَّاعَةَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضْعَفُ جُندًا ٧٥
مَدًّا maddan · an extension
Say, "Whoever is in error - let the Most Merciful extend for him an extension [in wealth and time] until, when they see that which they were promised - either punishment [in this world] or the Hour [of resurrection] - they will come to know who is worst in position and weaker in soldiers." (Surah Maryam, 19:75)
إِذْ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ أَنِّي مُمِدُّكُم بِأَلْفٍ مِّنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مُرْدِفِينَ ٩
مُمِدُّكُم mumiddukum · going to reinforce you
[Remember] when you were asking help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another." (Surah Al-Anfal, 8:9)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Maryam · 4×
- Surah Al-Hijr · 2×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 2×
- Surah Al-Isra · 2×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 2×
- Surah Al-Kahf · 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.