Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
قذف
Parts of Speech
Verb (9×)
Qur'an Occurrences
9 times across 6 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root قذف (qadhf) primarily means to throw or cast something, like stones or an arrow. It can also mean to utter truth or conjectures.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: q-dh-f
Listen: وَقَذَفَ 59:2
Root letters: ق — ذ — ف

Word Family Tree (8 forms)

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

Verb

Concordance — 9 Occurrences

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

Verb (8)

Verb (8 verses — showing first 5)

Ta Ha 20:39 Verb
أَنِ ٱقۡذِفِیهِ فِی ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقۡذِفِیهِ فِی ٱلۡیَمِّ فَلۡیُلۡقِهِ ٱلۡیَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ یَأۡخُذۡهُ عَدُوࣱّ لِّی وَعَدُوࣱّ لَّهُۥۚ وَأَلۡقَیۡتُ عَلَیۡكَ مَحَبَّةࣰ مِّنِّی وَلِتُصۡنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَیۡنِیۤ ۝٣٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye
Ta Ha 20:87 Verb
قَالُوا۟ مَاۤ أَخۡلَفۡنَا مَوۡعِدَكَ بِمَلۡكِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا حُمِّلۡنَاۤ أَوۡزَارࣰا مِّن زِینَةِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ فَقَذَفۡنَـٰهَا فَكَذَ ٰلِكَ أَلۡقَى ٱلسَّامِرِیُّ ۝٨٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the Samiri throw."
The Prophets 21:18 Verb
بَلۡ نَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلۡبَـٰطِلِ فَیَدۡمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقࣱۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡوَیۡلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ ۝١٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe
The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces, The Allies 33:26 Verb
وَأَنزَلَ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَـٰهَرُوهُم مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ مِن صَیَاصِیهِمۡ وَقَذَفَ فِی قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعۡبَ فَرِیقࣰا تَقۡتُلُونَ وَتَأۡسِرُونَ فَرِیقࣰا ۝٢٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party you killed, and you took captive a party
Saba, Sheba 34:48 Verb
قُلۡ إِنَّ رَبِّی یَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَّـٰمُ ٱلۡغُیُوبِ ۝٤٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Say, "Indeed, my Lord projects the truth. Knower of the unseen."

Derived Forms (8)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
وَقَذَفَ waqadhafa Verb
وَيُقْذَفُونَ wayuqdhafuwna Verb
وَيَقْذِفُونَ wayaqdhifuwna Verb
يَقْذِفُ yaqdhifu Verb
نَقْذِفُ naqdhifu Verb
فَقَذَفْنَٰهَا faqadhafnahaā Verb
ٱقْذِفِيهِ qdhifiyhi Verb
فَٱقْذِفِيهِ faqdhifiyhi Verb