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61 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 177
The Quran root ز ي د z-y-d
Words built from the root ز ي د ([z-y-d]) appear 61 times in the Quran. The most common is زادَ, “increase”, which comes 49 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| زادَ | zaada | increase · it increases them | 49 | |
| ازْدادُ | azdaadu | that they may increase · they increased | 8 | |
| زِيادَة | ziyaada | increase · more | 2 | |
| مَزِيد | maziid | more | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَرَضًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ ١٠
فَزَادَهُمُ fazādahumu · so has increased them
In their hearts is disease, so Allāh has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:10)
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ادْخُلُوا هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَسَنَزِيدُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ ٥٨
وَسَنَزِيدُ wasanazīdu · And We will increase
And [recall] when We said, "Enter this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins].' We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:58)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ ثُمَّ ازْدَادُوا كُفْرًا لَّن تُقْبَلَ تَوْبَتُهُمْ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الضَّالُّونَ ٩٠
ازْدَادُوا iz'dādū · they increased
Indeed, those who disbelieve [i.e., reject the message] after their belief and then increase in disbelief - never will their [claimed] repentance be accepted, and they are the ones astray. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:90)
إِنَّمَا النَّسِيءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِي الْكُفْرِ يُضَلُّ بِهِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُحِلُّونَهُ عَامًا وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُ عَامًا لِّيُوَاطِئُوا عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ فَيُحِلُّوا مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ زُيِّنَ لَهُمْ سُوءُ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ ٣٧
زِيَادَةٌ ziyādatun · (is) an increase
Indeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray. They make it lawful one year and unlawful another year to correspond to the number made unlawful by Allāh and [thus] make lawful what Allāh has made unlawful. Made pleasing to them is the evil of their deeds; and Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:37)
يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ امْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ ٣٠
مَّزِيدٍ mazīdin · more
On the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more," (Surah Qaf, 50:30)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah At-Tawbah · 5×
- Surah Al-Isra · 5×
- Surah Fatir · 5×
- Surah Nuh · 4×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 3×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 3×
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.