مهد
m-h-d
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root مهد across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root مهد (mhd) means to make something plain, even, or smooth, like preparing a bed. It also signifies preparing good things for oneself or establishing a high station for someone.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
m-h-d
Listen:
مِهَٰدًا
78:6
Root letters:
م — ه — د
Word Family Tree (9 forms)
All word forms derived from the root مهد as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 14×
Verb 2×
Concordance — 16 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root مهد appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (14) · Verb (2)
Noun (14 verses — showing first 5)
The Thunder 13:18
Noun
لِلَّذِینَ ٱسۡتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ وَٱلَّذِینَ لَمۡ یَسۡتَجِیبُوا۟ لَهُۥ لَوۡ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِیعࣰا وَمِثۡلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفۡتَدَوۡا۟ بِهِۦۤۚ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمۡ سُوۤءُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ ١٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
For those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place
Mary 19:29
Noun
فَأَشَارَتۡ إِلَیۡهِۖ قَالُوا۟ كَیۡفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِی ٱلۡمَهۡدِ صَبِیࣰّا ٢٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"
Ta Ha 20:53
Noun
ٱلَّذِی جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدࣰا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمۡ فِیهَا سُبُلࣰا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا مِّن نَّبَاتࣲ شَتَّىٰ ٥٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants
The Cow 2:206
Noun
وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ أَخَذَتۡهُ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ بِٱلۡإِثۡمِۚ فَحَسۡبُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَلَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ ٢٠٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And when it is said to him, "Fear Allah ," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place
The Letter Sad 38:56
Noun
جَهَنَّمَ یَصۡلَوۡنَهَا فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ ٥٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place
Derived Forms (9)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ٱلْمِهَادُ | lmihaādu | Noun | 5× | |
| ٱلْمَهْدِ | lmahdi | Noun | 3× | |
| مَهْدًا | mahdanā | Noun | 2× | |
| مِهَٰدًا | mihadanā | Noun | 1× | |
| تَمْهِيدًا | tamhiydanā | Noun | 1× | |
| وَمَهَّدتُّ | wamahadtu | Verb | 1× | |
| ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ | lmahiduwna | Noun | 1× | |
| يَمْهَدُونَ | yamhaduwna | Verb | 1× | |
| مِهَادٌ | mihaādun | Noun | 1× |