Ra-Jim-Waw
1 word from this root family
Ra-Jim-Waw (ر-ج-و) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: rajā (he hoped / he expected).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 28 times in 27 verses, across 21 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:218.
Themes: Quranic
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
رَجَا rajā | he hoped / he expected | verb, A2 | Quranic Verbs of Action |
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ وَجَـٰهَدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌLo! those who believe, and those who emigrate (to escape the persecution) and strive in the way of Allah, these have hope of Allah's mercy. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَThey said (unto Pharaoh): Put him off (a while) - him and his brother - and send into the cities summoners,
وَءَاخَرُونَ مُرْجَوْنَ لِأَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِمَّا يُعَذِّبُهُمْ وَإِمَّا يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌAnd (there are) others who await Allah's decree, whether He will punish them or will forgive them. Allah is Knower, Wise.
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. Noun: رَجَاءٌ (hope). Present tense: يَرْجُو. Used with لِقَاء اللَّه (meeting with God).
Hope in God (rajāʾ) is paired with fear (khawf) as the two wings of worship in Islamic spirituality.