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48 times in the Quran · 8 word forms · rank 208
The Quran root ق د م q-d-m
Words built from the root ق د م ([q-d-m]) appear 48 times in the Quran. The most common is قَدَّمَ, “sent forth”, which comes 27 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| قَدَّمَ | qaddama | sent forth · have sent forth | 27 | |
| قَدَم | qadam | feet · respectable position | 8 | |
| يَسْتَقْدِمُ | yastaqdimu | seek to advance · they can precede | 4 | |
| قَدِيم | qadiim | old · ancient | 3 | |
| قَدِمْ | qadim | He will precede · We will proceed | 2 | |
| تَقَدَّمَ | taqaddama | preceded · proceed | 2 | |
| مُسْتَقْدِم | mustaqdim | preceding ones | 1 | |
| أَقْدَم | aqdam | forefathers | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَلَن يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَدًا بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ ٩٥
قَدَّمَتْ qaddamat · (of what) sent ahead
But never will they wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:95)
وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ١١٠
تُقَدِّمُوا tuqaddimū · you send forth
And establish prayer and give zakāh, and whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allāh. Indeed Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:110)
وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ ٢٥٠
أَقْدَامَنَا aqdāmanā · our feet
And when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:250)
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ ٣٤
يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ yastaqdimūna · seek to advance (it)
And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:34)
قَالُوا تَاللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَفِي ضَلَالِكَ الْقَدِيمِ ٩٥
الْقَدِيمِ l-qadīmi · old
They said, "By Allāh, indeed you are in your [same] old error." (Surah Yusuf, 12:95)
يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَأَوْرَدَهُمُ النَّارَ وَبِئْسَ الْوِرْدُ الْمَوْرُودُ ٩٨
يَقْدُمُ yaqdumu · He will precede
He will precede his people on the Day of Resurrection and lead them into the Fire; and wretched is the place to which they are led. (Surah Hud, 11:98)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 4×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 2×
- Surah Al-Anfal · 2×
- Surah Yusuf · 2×
- Surah Ya-Sin · 2×
- Surah Sad · 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.