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26 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 342
The Quran root و ض ع w-ḍ-ʿ
Words built from the root و ض ع ([w-ḍ-ʿ]) appear 26 times in the Quran. The most common is وَضَعَ, “be placed”, which comes 21 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| وَضَعَ | waḍaʿa | be placed · gives birth | 21 | |
| مَواضِع | mawaaḍiʿ | places · context | 3 | |
| أَوْضَعُ | awḍaʿu | would have been active | 1 | |
| مَوْضُوعَة | mawḍuuʿa | put in place | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَضَعْتُهَا أُنثَىٰ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالْأُنثَىٰ وَإِنِّي سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ٣٦
وَضَعَتْهَا waḍaʿathā · she delivered her
But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allāh was most knowing of what she delivered, and the male is not like the female. "And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:36)
إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِّلْعَالَمِينَ ٩٦
وُضِعَ wuḍiʿa · set up
Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah [i.e., Makkah] - blessed and a guidance for the worlds. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:96)
مِّنَ الَّذِينَ هَادُوا يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ عَن مَّوَاضِعِهِ وَيَقُولُونَ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَاسْمَعْ غَيْرَ مُسْمَعٍ وَرَاعِنَا لَيًّا بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ وَطَعْنًا فِي الدِّينِ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا وَاسْمَعْ وَانظُرْنَا لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَأَقْوَمَ وَلَٰكِن لَّعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ٤٦
مَّوَاضِعِهِ mawāḍiʿihi · their places
Among the Jews are those who distort words from their [proper] places [i.e., usages] and say, "We hear and disobey" and "Hear but be not heard" and "Rāʿinā," twisting their tongues and defaming the religion. And if they had said [instead], "We hear and obey" and "Wait for us [to understand]," it would have been better for them and more suitable. But Allāh has cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:46)
لَوْ خَرَجُوا فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمْ إِلَّا خَبَالًا وَلَأَوْضَعُوا خِلَالَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ الْفِتْنَةَ وَفِيكُمْ سَمَّاعُونَ لَهُمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ ٤٧
وَلَأَوْضَعُوا wala-awḍaʿū · and would have been active
Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah [i.e., chaos and dissension]. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:47)
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ١٤
مَّوْضُوعَةٌ mawḍūʿatun · put in place
And cups put in place (Surah Al-Ghashiyah, 88:14)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 4×
- Surah An-Nisa · 2×
- Surah An-Nur · 2×
- Surah Ar-Rahman · 2×
- Surah At-Talaq · 2×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 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.