Heh-Dal-Ya
4 words from this root family
Heh-Dal-Ya (ه-د-ي) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: hadā (he guided), hudā (guidance), hidāyah (guidance / divine guidance), hadiyya (gift / present).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 316 times in 268 verses, across 62 of the 114 suras. The first is in 1:6. The form هَدَى (he guided) accounts for 144 of them.
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
هَدَى hadā | he guided | verb, A2 | 144× | Faith and Belief |
هُدًى hudā | guidance | noun, A2 | 85× | Good and Evil |
هِدَايَةٌ hidāyah | guidance / divine guidance | noun, A2 | Life, Death, and the Hereafter | |
هَدِيّة hadiyya | gift / present | noun, A2 | Prices & Bargaining |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَThis is the Scripture whereof there is no doubt, a guidance unto those who ward off (evil).
وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَAnd when We gave unto Moses the Scripture and the criterion (of right and wrong), that ye might be led aright.
۞ سَيَقُولُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَا وَلَّىٰهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ ٱلَّتِى كَانُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا ۚ قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍThe foolish of the people will say: What hath turned them from the qiblah which they formerly observed? Say: Unto Allah belong the East and the West. He guideth whom He will unto a straight path.
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).
Defective verb (nāqiṣ). Past: هَدَى, Present: يَهْدِي. Imperative: اِهْدِ. Related: هُدًى (guidance), هَادٍ (guide). God is الْهَادِي (The Guide).
This supplication from Surah Al-Fatiha is recited by every Muslim at least 17 times daily in the five prayers. It is the most repeated prayer in Islam.
Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar) of هَدَى. Written with alif maqṣūrah. In the accusative indefinite: هُدًى. With the article: الْهُدَى. Opposite: ضَلَالٌ (misguidance).
The Quran describes itself as hudā (guidance). Seeking guidance is the central request in Surah Al-Fatiha, recited in every unit of prayer.
Feminine noun (maṣdar). Verb: هَدَى (q053). Two types of hidāyah: showing the path (prophetic) and enabling the heart to accept (divine). Only God grants the second.
This verse was revealed about the Prophet's uncle Abū Ṭālib - even the Prophet ﷺ couldn't guide his beloved uncle. Guidance ultimately comes from God.