سجد
s-j-d
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root سجد across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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Sujud primarily means to be humble/submissive, often involving bending down. In prayer, it's prostrating with the forehead on the ground.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
s-j-d
Listen:
وَٱسْجُدْ
96:19
Root letters:
س — ج — د
Word Family Tree (35 forms)
All word forms derived from the root سجد as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 57×
Verb 35×
Concordance — 92 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root سجد appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (55) · Verb (27)
Noun (55 verses — showing first 5)
Joseph 12:100
Noun
وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَیۡهِ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِ وَخَرُّوا۟ لَهُۥ سُجَّدࣰاۖ وَقَالَ یَـٰۤأَبَتِ هَـٰذَا تَأۡوِیلُ رُءۡیَـٰیَ مِن قَبۡلُ قَدۡ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّی حَقࣰّاۖ وَقَدۡ أَحۡسَنَ بِیۤ إِذۡ أَخۡرَجَنِی مِنَ ٱلسِّجۡنِ وَجَاۤءَ بِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡبَدۡوِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن نَّزَغَ ٱلشَّیۡطَـٰنُ بَیۡنِی وَبَیۡنَ إِخۡوَتِیۤۚ إِنَّ رَبِّی لَطِیفࣱ لِّمَا یَشَاۤءُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ٱلۡحَكِیمُ ١٠٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration. And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before. My Lord has made it reality. And He was certainly good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you [here] from bedouin life after Satan had induced [estrangement] between me and my brothers. Indeed, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise
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."
فَإِذَا سَوَّیۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِیهِ مِن رُّوحِی فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِینَ ٢٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
إِلَّاۤ إِبۡلِیسَ أَبَىٰۤ أَن یَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated
قَالَ یَـٰۤإِبۡلِیسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ٣٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[ Allah ] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"
Derived Forms (35)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ٱلْمَسْجِدِ | lmasjidi | Noun | 12× | |
| سُجَّدًا | sujadanā | Noun | 11× | |
| ٱلسُّجُودِ | lsujuwdi | Noun | 6× | |
| ٱسْجُدُوا۟ | sjuduwā | Verb | 6× | |
| سَٰجِدِينَ | sajidiyna | Noun | 5× | |
| ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ | lsajidiyna | Noun | 5× | |
| فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ | fasajaduwā | Verb | 5× | |
| يَسْجُدُونَ | yasjuduwna | Verb | 4× | |
| ٱلْمَسْجِدَ | lmasjida | Noun | 3× | |
| يَسْجُدُ | yasjudu | Verb | 3× |