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و-ض-ع

Waw-Dad-Ayn

3 words from this root family

About this root

Waw-Dad-Ayn (و-ض-ع) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: tawāḍuʿ (humility / modesty), waḍaʿa (to put / to place), mawḍūʿiyya (objectivity).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 26 times in 24 verses, across 18 of the 114 suras. The first is in 3:36. The form وَضَعَ (to put / to place) accounts for 21 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Verbs, Actions, Academic Formal

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
تَوَاضُعٌ
tawāḍuʿ
humility / modestynoun, B1Character, Community, and Worship
وَضَعَ
waḍaʿa
to put / to placeverb, A121×Action Verbs - Work & Study
مَوْضُوعِيَّة
mawḍūʿiyya
objectivitynoun, B2Critical Thinking

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

In the Quran

فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَضَعْتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ٱلذَّكَرُ كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۖ وَإِنِّى سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّىٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast.

Quran 3:36
إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِى بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Lo! the first Sanctuary appointed for mankind was that at Becca, a blessed place, a guidance to the peoples;

Quran 3:96
لَوْ خَرَجُوا۟ فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمْ إِلَّا خَبَالًا وَلَأَوْضَعُوا۟ خِلَـٰلَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ وَفِيكُمْ سَمَّـٰعُونَ لَهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Had they gone forth among you they had added to you naught save trouble and had hurried to and fro among you, seeking to cause sedition among you; and among you there are some who would have listened to them. Allah is Aware of evil-doers.

Quran 9:47

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

B1noun
تَوَاضُعٌ
tawāḍuʿ

humility / modesty

Example
وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمَنِ الَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا
wa-ʿibādu ar-Raḥmāni alladhīna yamshūna ʿalā al-arḍi hawnā
And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth in humility (25:63)
Grammar

Form VI maṣdar (تَفَاعُل). Verb: تَوَاضَعَ (to humble oneself). هَوْنًا in the verse means gently/humbly. Opposite of كِبْر (arrogance).

Culture

The 'servants of ar-Raḥmān' passage (25:63-77) describes the ideal Muslim character - beginning with humility in daily conduct.

A1verb
وَضَعَ
waḍaʿa

to put / to place

Example
وضعتُ الكتابَ على الرفِّ
waḍaʿtu al-kitāba ʿalā ar-raffi
I put the book on the shelf
Grammar

Form I verb. Past: waḍa'a, Present: yaḍa'u.

B2noun
مَوْضُوعِيَّة
mawḍūʿiyya

objectivity

Example
يَجِبُ التَّحَلّي بِالمَوضوعِيَّةِ في البَحثِ العِلمِيّ.
yajibu t-taḥallī bi-l-mawḍūʿiyyati fī l-baḥthi l-ʿilmiyy.
Objectivity is required in scientific research.

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