Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
بعد
Qur'an Occurrences
200 times across 56 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root بعد across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root بَعُدَ primarily means to be or become distant, remote, or far off. It can also signify perishing or dying. In some contexts, it expresses improbability or reaching an extreme degree.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: b-ʿ-d
Listen: بَعْدِ 98:4
Root letters: ب — ع — د

Word Family Tree (29 forms)

All word forms derived from the root بعد as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun 197× Verb

Concordance — 200 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root بعد appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (188) · Verb (3)

Noun (188 verses — showing first 5)

Jonah 10:14 Noun
ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ خَلَـٰۤىِٕفَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ لِنَنظُرَ كَیۡفَ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may observe how you will do
Jonah 10:21 Noun
وَإِذَاۤ أَذَقۡنَا ٱلنَّاسَ رَحۡمَةࣰ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ ضَرَّاۤءَ مَسَّتۡهُمۡ إِذَا لَهُم مَّكۡرࣱ فِیۤ ءَایَاتِنَاۚ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَسۡرَعُ مَكۡرًاۚ إِنَّ رُسُلَنَا یَكۡتُبُونَ مَا تَمۡكُرُونَ ۝٢١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And when We give the people a taste of mercy after adversity has touched them, at once they conspire against Our verses. Say, " Allah is swifter in strategy." Indeed, Our messengers record that which you conspir
Jonah 10:3 Noun
إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِی سِتَّةِ أَیَّامࣲ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ یُدَبِّرُ ٱلۡأَمۡرَۖ مَا مِن شَفِیعٍ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ إِذۡنِهِۦۚ ذَ ٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Indeed, your Lord is Allah , who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne, arranging the matter [of His creation]. There is no intercessor except after His permission. That is Allah , your Lord, so worship Him. Then will you not remember
Jonah 10:32 Noun
فَذَ ٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَاذَا بَعۡدَ ٱلۡحَقِّ إِلَّا ٱلضَّلَـٰلُۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصۡرَفُونَ ۝٣٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): For that is Allah , your Lord, the Truth. And what can be beyond truth except error? So how are you averted
Jonah 10:74 Noun
ثُمَّ بَعَثۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ رُسُلًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِمۡ فَجَاۤءُوهُم بِٱلۡبَیِّنَـٰتِ فَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِیُؤۡمِنُوا۟ بِمَا كَذَّبُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِن قَبۡلُۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَطۡبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُعۡتَدِینَ ۝٧٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Then We sent after him messengers to their peoples, and they came to them with clear proofs. But they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus We seal over the hearts of the transgressor

Derived Forms (29)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
بَعْدِ baʿdi Noun 65×
بَعْدَ baʿda Noun 46×
بَعْدِهِمْ baʿdihim Noun 14×
بَعْدِهِۦ baʿdihi Noun 13×
بَعِيدٍ baʿiydin Noun 11×
بَعْدُ baʿdu Noun
بَعِيدًا baʿiydanā Noun
بَعْدِهَا baʿdihaā Noun
بُعْدًا buʿdanā Noun
بَعْدَهُۥ baʿdahu Noun