Arabic root

ع-د-ن

Ayn-Dal-Nun

1 word from this root family

About this root

Ayn-Dal-Nun (ع-د-ن) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: ʿadn (Eden / eternal dwelling (in Paradise)).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 11 times in 11 verses, across 11 of the 114 suras. The first is in 9:72. The corpus treats this word as a proper name with no root, so it is counted by form. The form عَدْنٌ (Eden / eternal dwelling (in Paradise)) accounts for all of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
عَدْنٌ ʿadn	Eden / eternal dwelling (in Paradise)	noun, B1	11×	Character, Community, and Worship

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

In the Quran

وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَـٰكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِى جَنَّـٰتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Allah promiseth to the believers, men and women, Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide - blessed dwellings in Gardens of Eden. And - greater (far)! - acceptance from Allah. That is the supreme triumph.

Quran 9:72

جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِهِمْ ۖ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَدْخُلُونَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن كُلِّ بَابٍ

Gardens of Eden which they enter, along with all who do right of their fathers and their helpmeets and their seed. The angels enter unto them from every gate,

Quran 13:23

جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ لَهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Gardens of Eden which they enter, underneath which rivers flow, wherein they have what they will. Thus Allah repayeth those who ward off (evil),

Quran 16:31

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

عَدْنٌ

ʿadn

Eden / eternal dwelling (in Paradise)

Example

جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ

jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtihā al-anhār

Gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow (9:72)

Root: ع-د-ن Quranic

Grammar

Masculine noun meaning 'permanent residence.' جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ (Gardens of Eden/permanence) is an iḍāfa construction. From عَدَنَ (to reside permanently).

Culture

Jannāt ʿAdn is one of the names for Paradise in the Quran, emphasizing its eternal nature - a permanent home, unlike the temporary world.