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53 times in the Quran · 8 word forms · rank 195
The Quran root ن د ي n-d-y
Words built from the root ن د ي ([n-d-y]) appear 53 times in the Quran. The most common is نادَى, “he called”, which comes 44 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| نادَى | naadaa | he called · He will call them | 44 | |
| نِداء | nidaa’ | cries · call | 2 | |
| نادِي | naadii | meetings · associates | 2 | |
| مُنادِي | munaadii | caller | 1 | |
| نَدِيّ | nadiyy | assembly | 1 | |
| تَناد | tanaad | Calling | 1 | |
| مُناد | munaad | caller | 1 | |
| تَنادَ | tanaada | they called one another | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ مُصَدِّقًا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًا وَحَصُورًا وَنَبِيًّا مِّنَ الصَّالِحِينَ ٣٩
فَنَادَتْهُ fanādathu · Then called him
So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, "Indeed, Allāh gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word from Allāh and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:39)
رَّبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلْإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ ١٩٣
يُنَادِي yunādī · calling
Our Lord, indeed we have heard a caller [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] calling to faith, [saying], 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die among the righteous. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:193)
وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَاءً وَنِدَاءً صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ ١٧١
وَنِدَاءً wanidāan · and cries
The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries [i.e., cattle or sheep] - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:171)
أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ السَّبِيلَ وَتَأْتُونَ فِي نَادِيكُمُ الْمُنكَرَ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلَّا أَن قَالُوا ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ ٢٩
نَادِيكُمُ nādīkumu · your meetings
Indeed, you approach men and obstruct the road and commit in your meetings [every] evil." And the answer of his people was not but that they said, "Bring us the punishment of Allāh, if you should be of the truthful." (Surah Al-'Ankabut, 29:29)
وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَيُّ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ خَيْرٌ مَّقَامًا وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِيًّا ٧٣
نَدِيًّا nadiyyan · (in) assembly
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Which of [our] two parties is best in position and best in association?" (Surah Maryam, 19:73)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 6×
- Surah Maryam · 5×
- Surah Al-Qasas · 5×
- Surah Al-Anbya · 4×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 3×
- Surah Hud · 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.