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63 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 174
The Quran root ق ض ي q-ḍ-y
Words built from the root ق ض ي ([q-ḍ-y]) appear 63 times in the Quran. The most common is قَضَى, “He decrees”, which comes 59 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| قَضَى | qaḍaa | He decrees · will judge | 59 | |
| مَقْضِيّ | maqḍiyy | decreed ' · decreed | 2 | |
| قاض | qaaḍ | decreeing | 1 | |
| قاضِيَة | qaaḍiya | end | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ١١٧
قَضَىٰ qaḍā · He decrees
Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:117)
فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُم مَّنَاسِكَكُمْ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ آبَاءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًا فَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ ٢٠٠
قَضَيْتُم qaḍaytum · you complete[d]
And when you have completed your rites, remember Allāh like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance. And among the people is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:200)
قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَّقْضِيًّا ٢١
مَّقْضِيًّا maqḍiyyan · decreed.'
He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.'" (Surah Maryam, 19:21)
قَالُوا لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَاءَنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالَّذِي فَطَرَنَا فَاقْضِ مَا أَنتَ قَاضٍ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِي هَٰذِهِ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا ٧٢
قَاضٍ qāḍin · (are) decreeing
They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life. (Surah Taha, 20:72)
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧
الْقَاضِيَةَ l-qāḍiyata · the end
I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one. (Surah Al-Haqqah, 69:27)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Yunus · 6×
- Surah Al-An'am · 4×
- Surah Maryam · 4×
- Surah Taha · 4×
- Surah Al-Qasas · 4×
- Surah Al-Ahzab · 4×
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.