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Arabic root

ع-د-ل

Ayn-Dal-Lam

4 words from this root family

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Ayn-Dal-Lam (ع-د-ل) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: ʿadl (justice / fairness / equity), ʿadāla (justice / fairness), muʿaddal (rate / average), muʿtadil (moderate).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 28 times in 24 verses, across 11 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:48. The form عَدْلٌ (justice / fairness / equity) accounts for 14 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Abstract Concepts, Academic Formal, Media Politics

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
عَدْلٌ
ʿadl
justice / fairness / equitynoun, B114×Worship and Prayer
عَدَالَة
ʿadāla
justice / fairnessnoun, B1Ideas & Opinions
مُعَدَّل
muʿaddal
rate / averagenoun, B2Logic & Arguments
مُعْتَدِل
muʿtadil
moderateadjective, B2Public Opinion & Propaganda

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَـٰعَةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

And guard yourselves against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be received from it, nor will they be helped.

Quran 2:48
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا تَنفَعُهَا شَفَـٰعَةٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

And guard (yourselves) against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will compensation be accepted from it, nor will intercession be of use to it; nor will they be helped.

Quran 2:123
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا۟ فِى ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُوا۟ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَـٰثَ وَرُبَـٰعَ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ فَوَٰحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا۟

And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye will not do injustice.

Quran 4:3

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B1noun
عَدْلٌ
ʿadl

justice / fairness / equity

Example
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا قَوَّامِينَ بِالْقِسْطِ
yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanū kūnū qawwāmīna bil-qisṭ
O you who believe, be persistently standing firm in justice (4:135)
Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar). Synonym: قِسْطٌ (equity/justice). Related: عَادِلٌ (just), تَعْدِيلٌ (adjustment/rectification). Opposite: ظُلْمٌ (injustice). God is الْعَدْلُ (The Just).

Culture

Justice in Islam must be upheld even against oneself or one's family. The Quran commands justice even toward those one dislikes (5:8).

B1noun
عَدَالَة
ʿadāla

justice / fairness

Example
العَدَالَة أساسُ الحُكم.
al-ʿadāla asāsu l-ḥukm.
Justice is the foundation of governance.
B2noun
مُعَدَّل
muʿaddal

rate / average

Example
اِرتَفَعَ مُعَدَّلُ البِطالَةِ هذا العام.
irtafaʿa muʿaddalu l-biṭālati hādhā l-ʿām.
The unemployment rate increased this year.
B2adjective
مُعْتَدِل
muʿtadil

moderate

Example
تَبَنّى مَوقِفًا سِياسِيًّا مُعتَدِلًا.
tabannā mawqifan siyāsiyyan muʿtadilan.
He adopted a moderate political stance.

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