A2noun
مَسْجِد
masjid
mosque
Example
نُصَلّي في المَسْجِد.
nuṣallī fī al-masjid.
We pray in the mosque.
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Arabic root
س-ج-د
4 words from this root family
B1noun
سُجُودٌ
sujūd
prostration
Example
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدِينَ
fa-sabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wa-kun mina as-sājidīn
So glorify the praises of your Lord and be of those who prostrate (15:98)
Grammar
Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar) of سَجَدَ (to prostrate). Related: سَاجِدٌ (one who prostrates), مَسْجِدٌ (mosque - place of prostration), سَجْدَةٌ (a single prostration).
Culture
Sujūd is the position of greatest closeness to God in Islamic prayer. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'The closest a servant is to his Lord is when he is in prostration.'
A2verb
سَجَدَ
sajada
he prostrated / he bowed down
Example
وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ
wa-lillāhi yasjudu man fī as-samāwāti wal-arḍ
And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and the earth (16:49)
Grammar
Form I verb. Noun: سُجُودٌ (prostration, q144). مَسْجِدٌ (mosque, place of prostration). Present: يَسْجُدُ. Imperative: اُسْجُدْ.
Culture
Prostration (sujūd) is the highest physical expression of submission to God. The entire universe prostrates to God in its own way.
A1noun
مَسْجِدٌ
masjid
mosque / place of prostration
Example
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى
subḥāna alladhī asrā biʿabdihī laylan mina al-masjidi al-ḥarāmi ilā al-masjidi al-aqṣā
Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque (17:1)
Grammar
Masculine noun (place noun, mafʿil pattern). From سَجَدَ (to prostrate). Plural: مَسَاجِدُ (masājid). Literally: 'place of prostration.'
Culture
The three holiest mosques in Islam: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām (Makkah), al-Masjid an-Nabawī (Madinah), and al-Masjid al-Aqṣā (Jerusalem).