Home Quran Quran roots و ع د
151 times in the Quran · 10 word forms · rank 73
The Quran root و ع د w-ʿ-d
Words built from the root و ع د ([w-ʿ-d]) appear 151 times in the Quran. The most common is وَعَدَ, “promised”, which comes 70 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| وَعَدَ | waʿada | promised · you are promised | 70 | |
| وَعْد | waʿd | promise · Promise of Allah | 49 | |
| مَوْعِد | mawʿid | appointment · appointed time | 12 | |
| مِيعاد | miiʿaad | Promise · appointment | 6 | |
| وَعِيد | waʿiid | Threat · Warning | 6 | |
| واعَدْ | waaʿad | We appointed · promise them | 4 | |
| تُوعِدُ | tuuʿidu | threatening | 1 | |
| تَواعَد | tawaaʿad | you made an appointment | 1 | |
| مَوْعِدَة | mawʿida | promise | 1 | |
| مَوْعُود | mawʿuud | Promised | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُم بِالْفَحْشَاءِ وَاللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغْفِرَةً مِّنْهُ وَفَضْلًا وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٦٨
يَعِدُكُمُ yaʿidukumu · promises you
Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allāh promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:268)
رَبَّنَا وَآتِنَا مَا وَعَدتَّنَا عَلَىٰ رُسُلِكَ وَلَا تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ ١٩٤
وَعَدتَّنَا waʿadttanā · You promised us
Our Lord, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, You do not fail in [Your] promise." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:194)
وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُم بِإِذْنِهِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا أَرَاكُم مَّا تُحِبُّونَ مِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنكُمْ وَاللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١٥٢
وَعْدَهُ waʿdahu · His promise
And Allāh had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them [i.e., the enemy] by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet (ﷺ)] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then He turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the believers. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:152)
أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِ وَيَتْلُوهُ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْهُ وَمِن قَبْلِهِ كِتَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِمَامًا وَرَحْمَةً أُولَٰئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِهِ مِنَ الْأَحْزَابِ فَالنَّارُ مَوْعِدُهُ فَلَا تَكُ فِي مِرْيَةٍ مِّنْهُ إِنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ١٧
مَوْعِدُهُ mawʿiduhu · (will be) his promised (meeting) place
So is one who [stands] upon a clear evidence from his Lord [like the aforementioned]? And a witness from Him follows it, and before it was the Scripture of Moses to lead and as mercy. Those [believers in the former revelations] believe in it [i.e., the Qur’ān]. But whoever disbelieves in it from the [various] factions - the Fire is his promised destination. So be not in doubt about it. Indeed, it is the truth from your Lord, but most of the people do not believe. (Surah Hud, 11:17)
رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ النَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ ٩
الْمِيعَادَ l-mīʿāda · the Promise
Our Lord, surely You will gather the people for a Day about which there is no doubt. Indeed, Allāh does not fail in His promise." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:9)
وَلَنُسْكِنَنَّكُمُ الْأَرْضَ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامِي وَخَافَ وَعِيدِ ١٤
وَعِيدِ waʿīdi · My Threat
And We will surely cause you to dwell in the land after them. That is for he who fears My position and fears My threat." (Surah Ibrahim, 14:14)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Taha · 9×
- Surah Al-Isra · 7×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 6×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 6×
- Surah Al-Anbya · 6×
- Surah Al-Ahqaf · 6×
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.