أحد
ʾa-ḥ-d
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root أحد across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root AHd primarily means "one" or "first." It's often interchangeable with "wahid" but has specific uses. For God, "Ahad" means "The One, the Sole," emphasizing indivisibility.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
ʾa-ḥ-d
Listen:
أَحَدٌۢ
112:4
Root letters:
أ — ح — د
Word Family Tree (25 forms)
All word forms derived from the root أحد as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 85×
Concordance — 85 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root أحد appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (82)
Noun (82 verses — showing first 5)
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
Hud 11:81
Noun
قَالُوا۟ یَـٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن یَصِلُوۤا۟ إِلَیۡكَۖ فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعࣲ مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَلَا یَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَكَۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِیبُهَا مَاۤ أَصَابَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ مَوۡعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبۡحُۚ أَلَیۡسَ ٱلصُّبۡحُ بِقَرِیبࣲ ٨١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
The angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"
Joseph 12:36
Noun
وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجۡنَ فَتَیَانِۖ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَاۤ إِنِّیۤ أَرَىٰنِیۤ أَعۡصِرُ خَمۡرࣰاۖ وَقَالَ ٱلۡءَاخَرُ إِنِّیۤ أَرَىٰنِیۤ أَحۡمِلُ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِی خُبۡزࣰا تَأۡكُلُ ٱلطَّیۡرُ مِنۡهُۖ نَبِّئۡنَا بِتَأۡوِیلِهِۦۤۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ٣٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And there entered the prison with him two young men. One of them said, "Indeed, I have seen myself [in a dream] pressing wine." The other said, "Indeed, I have seen myself carrying upon my head [some] bread, from which the birds were eating. Inform us of its interpretation; indeed, we see you to be of those who do good."
Joseph 12:4
Noun
إِذۡ قَالَ یُوسُفُ لِأَبِیهِ یَـٰۤأَبَتِ إِنِّی رَأَیۡتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوۡكَبࣰا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ رَأَیۡتُهُمۡ لِی سَـٰجِدِینَ ٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."
Derived Forms (25)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَحَدًا | ʾaaḥadanā | Noun | 19× | |
| أَحَدٍ | ʾaaḥadin | Noun | 16× | |
| أَحَدٌ | ʾaaḥadun | Noun | 12× | |
| إِحْدَىٰهُمَا | ʾiiḥdaāhumaā | Noun | 5× | |
| أَحَدَكُمُ | ʾaaḥadakumu | Noun | 4× | |
| إِحْدَى | ʾiiḥdaā | Noun | 4× | |
| أَحَدُهُمَآ | ʾaaḥaduhumaā | Noun | 3× | |
| لِأَحَدٍ | liʾaaḥadin | Noun | 2× | |
| أَحَدُكُمْ | ʾaaḥadukum | Noun | 2× | |
| أَحَدُهُم | ʾaaḥaduhum | Noun | 2× |