Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
ودد
Qur'an Occurrences
29 times across 18 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root W-D-D primarily signifies love, affection, and desire. It encompasses wishing for something to happen or for someone to be in a certain state. It can also denote a strong, enduring fondness.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: w-d-d
Listen: ٱلْوَدُودُ 85:14
Root letters: و — د — د

Word Family Tree (19 forms)

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

Verb 17× Noun 12×

Concordance — 29 Occurrences

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

Verb (17) · Noun (11)

Verb (17 verses — showing first 5)

The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City 15:2 Verb
رُّبَمَا یَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوۡ كَانُوا۟ مُسۡلِمِینَ ۝٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims
The Cow 2:105 Verb
مَّا یَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ وَلَا ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِینَ أَن یُنَزَّلَ عَلَیۡكُم مِّنۡ خَیۡرࣲ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ یَخۡتَصُّ بِرَحۡمَتِهِۦ مَن یَشَاۤءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝١٠٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Neither those who disbelieve from the People of the Scripture nor the polytheists wish that any good should be sent down to you from your Lord. But Allah selects for His mercy whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty
The Cow 2:109 Verb
وَدَّ كَثِیرࣱ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ لَوۡ یَرُدُّونَكُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ إِیمَـٰنِكُمۡ كُفَّارًا حَسَدࣰا مِّنۡ عِندِ أَنفُسِهِم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَیَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَٱعۡفُوا۟ وَٱصۡفَحُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ یَأۡتِیَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦۤۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ قَدِیرࣱ ۝١٠٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Many of the People of the Scripture wish they could turn you back to disbelief after you have believed, out of envy from themselves [even] after the truth has become clear to them. So pardon and overlook until Allah delivers His command. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent
The Cow 2:266 Verb
أَیَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمۡ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُۥ جَنَّةࣱ مِّن نَّخِیلࣲ وَأَعۡنَابࣲ تَجۡرِی مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ لَهُۥ فِیهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَ ٰتِ وَأَصَابَهُ ٱلۡكِبَرُ وَلَهُۥ ذُرِّیَّةࣱ ضُعَفَاۤءُ فَأَصَابَهَاۤ إِعۡصَارࣱ فِیهِ نَارࣱ فَٱحۡتَرَقَتۡۗ كَذَ ٰلِكَ یُبَیِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلۡءَایَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ۝٢٦٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Would one of you like to have a garden of palm trees and grapevines underneath which rivers flow in which he has from every fruit? But he is afflicted with old age and has weak offspring, and it is hit by a whirlwind containing fire and is burned. Thus does Allah make clear to you [His] verses that you might give thought
The Cow 2:96 Verb
وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمۡ أَحۡرَصَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ حَیَوٰةࣲ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِینَ أَشۡرَكُوا۟ۚ یَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمۡ لَوۡ یُعَمَّرُ أَلۡفَ سَنَةࣲ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحۡزِحِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ أَن یُعَمَّرَۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِیرُۢ بِمَا یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٩٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life - [even] more than those who associate others with Allah . One of them wishes that he could be granted life a thousand years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allah is Seeing of what they do

Derived Forms (19)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
يَوَدُّ yawadu Verb
وَدُّوا۟ waduwā Verb
مَّوَدَّةً mawadahan Noun
بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ bilmawadahi Noun
وَدَّ wada Verb
ٱلْوَدُودُ lwaduwdu Noun
وَدًّا wadanā Noun
وَوَدُّوا۟ wawaduwā Verb
يُوَآدُّونَ yuwaāduwna Verb
ٱلْمَوَدَّةَ lmawadaha Noun