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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

WordSay itMeaningTimes
قَدَّمَqaddamasent forth · have sent forth27
قَدَمqadamfeet · respectable position8
يَسْتَقْدِمُyastaqdimuseek to advance · they can precede4
قَدِيمqadiimold · ancient3
قَدِمْqadimHe will precede · We will proceed2
تَقَدَّمَtaqaddamapreceded · proceed2
مُسْتَقْدِمmustaqdimpreceding ones1
أَقْدَمaqdamforefathers1

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

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.