Arabic root

ص-د-ق

Sad-Dal-Qaf

6 words from this root family

About this root

Sad-Dal-Qaf (ص-د-ق) has 6 words in the Fahm dictionary: ṣadīqun (friend), ṣadaqa (he was truthful / he fulfilled (a promise)), ṣadīqa (friend (female)), ṣadaqah (charity / voluntary alms), and 2 more.

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 155 times in 144 verses, across 49 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:23. The form صَدَقَ (he was truthful / he fulfilled (a promise)) accounts for 15 of them.

Themes: Nouns, Basics, Quranic, Relationships, Media Politics

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
صَدِيقٌ ṣadīqun	friend	noun, A1	2×	Nature, People & The World Around Us
صَدَقَ ṣadaqa	he was truthful / he fulfilled (a promise)	verb, A2	15×	Quranic Verbs of Action
صَديقَة ṣadīqa	friend (female)	noun, A1		Social Relationships
صَدَقَةٌ ṣadaqah	charity / voluntary alms	noun, A2	13×	Life, Death, and the Hereafter
صَداقَة ṣadāqa	friendship	noun, A1		Family & Relationships - Final Words
مِصْدَاقِيَّة miṣdāqiyya	credibility	noun, B2		Public Opinion & Propaganda

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

In the Quran

وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا۟ بِسُورَةٍ مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ وَٱدْعُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your witness beside Allah if ye are truthful.

Quran 2:23

۞ قَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَآ أَذًى ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَلِيمٌ

A kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by injury. Allah is Absolute, Clement.

Quran 2:263

قُلْ صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ ۗ فَٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Say: Allah speaketh truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, the upright. He was not of the idolaters.

Quran 3:95

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

صَدِيقٌ

ṣadīqun

friend

Example

هُوَ صَدِيقِي الْمُفَضَّلُ.

huwa ṣadīqī al-mufaḍḍalu.

He is my best friend.

Root: ص-د-ق Nouns Basics

Grammar

Feminine: ṣadīqa (صَدِيقَةٌ). Plural: aṣdiqāʾ (أَصْدِقَاءُ). Root ṣ-d-q relates to truth/sincerity.

A2verb

صَدَقَ

ṣadaqa

he was truthful / he fulfilled (a promise)

Example

صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

ṣadaqa Allāhu wa-rasūluh

Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth (33:22)

Root: ص-د-ق Quranic

Grammar

Form I verb. Noun: صِدْقٌ (truthfulness). Active participle: صَادِقٌ (truthful). صَدَقَةٌ (charity) is from the same root.

Culture

Truthfulness (ṣidq) is among the highest virtues in Islam. Abu Bakr was given the title aṣ-Ṣiddīq (the Truthful).

A1noun

صَديقَة

ṣadīqa

friend (female)

Example

صَديقَتي مِن مِصر

ṣadīqatī min Miṣr

My friend is from Egypt

Root: ص-د-ق Relationships Basics

A2noun

صَدَقَةٌ

ṣadaqah

charity / voluntary alms

Example

مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ

man dhā alladhī yuqriḍu Allāha qarḍan ḥasanan fayuḍāʿifahu lah

Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him? (2:245)

Root: ص-د-ق Quranic

Grammar

Feminine noun. Plural: صَدَقَاتٌ. From the same root as صِدْقٌ (truthfulness) - charity proves the sincerity of faith. Distinguished from زَكَاةٌ (obligatory).

Culture

Voluntary charity (ṣadaqah) is described as a 'beautiful loan to God' - God promises to multiply it many times over.

A1noun

صَداقَة

ṣadāqa