Arabic root

ع-ق-د

Ayn-Qaf-Dal

4 words from this root family

About this root

Ayn-Qaf-Dal (ع-ق-د) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: ʿaqīdah (creed / belief system / doctrine), iʿtaqada (to believe / to think), muʿaqqad (complex / complicated), ʿaqd (contract).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 7 times in 7 verses, across 5 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:235.

Themes: Quranic, Verbs, Cognition, Adjectives, Work, Business

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	Taught in
عَقِيدَةٌ ʿaqīdah	creed / belief system / doctrine	noun, B2	Advanced Quranic & Islamic Terminology
اِعْتَقَدَ iʿtaqada	to believe / to think	verb, A1	Action Verbs - Social Interactions
مُعَقَّد muʿaqqad	complex / complicated	adjective, A1	Adjectives - Appearance & Beauty
عَقْد ʿaqd	contract	noun, A2	Business Meetings

In the Quran

وَلِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مَوَٰلِىَ مِمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ عَقَدَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ فَـَٔاتُوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدًا

And unto each We have appointed heirs of that which parents and near kindred leave; and as for those with whom your right hands have made a covenant, give them their due. Lo! Allah is ever Witness over all things.

Quran 4:33

وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ

And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,

Quran 113:4

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

B2noun

عَقِيدَةٌ

ʿaqīdah

creed / belief system / doctrine

Example

آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ

āmana ar-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi min rabbihī wal-muʾminūna kullun āmana billāhi wa-malāʾikatihī wa-kutubihī wa-rusulih

The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and the believers. Each one has believed in Allah, His angels, His books, and His messengers (2:285)

Root: ع-ق-د Quranic

Grammar

Feminine noun. From عَقَدَ (to tie/bind). Literally 'that which is firmly tied/bound in the heart.' The six articles of faith are the core ʿaqīdah.

Culture

ʿAqīdah encompasses the six pillars of faith: belief in God, angels, scriptures, messengers, the Last Day, and divine decree - the theological foundation of Islam.

A1verb

اِعْتَقَدَ

iʿtaqada