16 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 449

The Quran root م ه د m-h-d

Words built from the root م ه د ([m-h-d]) appear 16 times in the Quran. The most common is مِهاد, “resting place”, which comes 7 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
مِهاد	mihaad	resting place · resting-place	7
مَهْد	mahd	cradle · bed	5
يَمْهَدُ	yamhadu	they are preparing	1
ماهِد	maahid	Spreaders	1
مَهَّد	mahhad	I spread	1
تَمْهِيد	tamhiid	ease	1

Examples from the Quran

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ أَخَذَتْهُ الْعِزَّةُ بِالْإِثْمِ فَحَسْبُهُ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ ٢٠٦

الْمِهَادُ l-mihādu · [the] resting-place

And when it is said to him, "Fear Allāh," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:206)

قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَتُحْشَرُونَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ ١٢

الْمِهَادُ l-mihādu · [the] resting place

Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:12)

وَيُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا وَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ ٤٦

الْمَهْدِ l-mahdi · the cradle

He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:46)

مَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِأَنفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَ ٤٤

يَمْهَدُونَ yamhadūna · they are preparing

Whoever disbelieves - upon him is [the consequence of] his disbelief. And whoever does righteousness - they are for themselves preparing, (Surah Ar-Rum, 30:44)

وَالْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَاهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُونَ ٤٨

الْمَاهِدُونَ l-māhidūna · (are) the Spreaders

And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer. (Surah Adh-Dhariyat, 51:48)

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا ١٤

وَمَهَّدتُّ wamahhadttu · And I spread

And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]. (Surah Al-Muddaththir, 74:14)

Surahs where it comes most

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.