Arabic root

م-ر-ض

Mim-Ra-Dad

3 words from this root family

About this root

Mim-Ra-Dad (م-ر-ض) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: marīḍ (sick / ill), mumarridha (nurse (female)), maraḍ (illness / disease).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 24 times in 23 verses, across 13 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:10. The form مَرَض (illness / disease) accounts for 13 of them.

Themes: Adjectives, Physical, Health, Work, Job Titles

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
مَريض marīḍ	sick / ill	adjective, A1		Adjectives - Speed, Temperature & Quantity
مُمَرِّضة mumarridha	nurse (female)	noun, A2		Work Communication
مَرَض maraḍ	illness / disease	noun, A2	13×	At the Doctor

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

In the Quran

فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَرَضًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْذِبُونَ

In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increaseth their disease. A painful doom is theirs because they lie.

Quran 2:10

فَتَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِيهِمْ يَقُولُونَ نَخْشَىٰٓ أَن تُصِيبَنَا دَآئِرَةٌ ۚ فَعَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِٱلْفَتْحِ أَوْ أَمْرٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَيُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَسَرُّوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ نَـٰدِمِينَ

And thou seest those in whose heart is a disease race toward them, saying: We fear lest a change of fortune befall us. And it may happen that Allah will vouchsafe (unto thee) the victory, or a commandment from His presence. Then will they repent them of their secret thoughts.

Quran 5:52

لَّيْسَ عَلَى ٱلضُّعَفَآءِ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْمَرْضَىٰ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ مَا يُنفِقُونَ حَرَجٌ إِذَا نَصَحُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚ مَا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ مِن سَبِيلٍ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Not unto the weak nor unto the sick nor unto those who can find naught to spend is any fault (to be imputed though they stay at home) if they are true to Allah and His messenger. Not unto the good is there any road (of blame). Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Quran 9:91

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).