Home Quran Quran roots ر و د
148 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 75
The Quran root ر و د r-w-d
Words built from the root ر و د ([r-w-d]) appear 148 times in the Quran. The most common is أَرادَ, “He intends”, which comes 139 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَرادَ | araada | He intends · desires | 139 | |
| راوَدُ | raawadu | sought to seduce him · sought to seduce me | 8 | |
| رُوَيْد | ruwayd | little | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا يُضِلُّ بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِي بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِ إِلَّا الْفَاسِقِينَ ٢٦
أَرَادَ arāda · (did) intend
Indeed, Allāh is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allāh intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient, (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:26)
أَمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَسْأَلُوا رَسُولَكُمْ كَمَا سُئِلَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ وَمَن يَتَبَدَّلِ الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمَانِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاءَ السَّبِيلِ ١٠٨
تُرِيدُونَ turīdūna · (do) you wish
Or do you intend to ask your Messenger as Moses was asked before? And whoever exchanges faith for disbelief has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:108)
وَرَاوَدَتْهُ الَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِ وَغَلَّقَتِ الْأَبْوَابَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ ٢٣
وَرَاوَدَتْهُ warāwadathu · And sought to seduce him
And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed." (Surah Yusuf, 12:23)
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا ١٧
رُوَيْدًا ruwaydan · little
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile. (Surah At-Tariq, 86:17)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah An-Nisa · 16×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 11×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 9×
- Surah Al-Qasas · 9×
- Surah Yusuf · 8×
- Surah Hud · 7×
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.