Arabic root

د-ي-ن

Dal-Ya-Nun

4 words from this root family

About this root

Dal-Ya-Nun (د-ي-ن) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: dīn (religion / faith / way of life), idāna (conviction / condemnation), dayn (debt), adāna (to convict / to condemn).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 101 times in 87 verses, across 40 of the 114 suras. The first is in 1:4. The form دِينٌ (religion / faith / way of life) accounts for 92 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Law Economics

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
دِينٌ dīn	religion / faith / way of life	noun, A1	92×	The Most Frequent Words (Part 5)
إِدَانَة idāna	conviction / condemnation	noun, B2		Courts & Legal System
دَيْن dayn	debt	noun, B2	5×	Business & Trade
أَدانَ adāna	to convict / to condemn	verb, B2		Banking & Investment

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

In the Quran

وَوَصَّىٰ بِهَآ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ يَـٰبَنِىَّ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰ لَكُمُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

The same did Abraham enjoin upon his sons, and also Jacob, (saying): O my sons! Lo! Allah hath chosen for you the (true) religion; therefore die not save as men who have surrendered (unto Him).

Quran 2:132

قَـٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَلَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ ٱلْحَقِّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ حَتَّىٰ يُعْطُوا۟ ٱلْجِزْيَةَ عَن يَدٍ وَهُمْ صَـٰغِرُونَ

Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low.

Quran 9:29

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?

Quran 37:53

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

A1noun

دِينٌ

dīn

religion / faith / way of life

Example

إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ

inna ad-dīna ʿinda Allāhi al-islām

Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam (3:19)

Root: د-ي-ن Quranic

Grammar

Masculine noun. Also means 'judgment' in يَوْمُ الدِّينِ (Day of Judgment). The root also gives دَيْنٌ (debt), suggesting religion as a 'debt' or obligation to God.

Culture

Dīn in Islam is comprehensive, encompassing belief, worship, ethics, law, and social conduct - not merely private spirituality.

B2noun

إِدَانَة

idāna