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و-ح-د

Waw-Ha-Dal

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Waw-Ha-Dal (و-ح-د) has 5 words in the Fahm dictionary: wāḥid (one), al-aḥad (Sunday), tawḥīd (monotheism / oneness of God), waḥdāniyyah (divine unity / absolute oneness), and 1 more.

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 68 times in 67 verses, across 35 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:61. The form وَاحِد (one) accounts for 30 of them.

Themes: Numbers, Basics, Time, Quranic, Adjectives

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
وَاحِد
wāḥid
onenumeral, A130×Numbers 0-9
الْأَحَد
al-aḥad
Sundaynoun, A1Days of the Week
تَوْحِيدٌ
tawḥīd
monotheism / oneness of Godnoun, A2Faith, Monotheism, and Hypocrisy
وَحْدَانِيَّةٌ
waḥdāniyyah
divine unity / absolute onenessnoun, B2Advanced Quranic & Islamic Terminology
وَحيد
waḥīd
alone / only / soleadjective, A1Adjectives - Degree & Intensity

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

In the Quran

أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِى قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ إِلَـٰهَكَ وَإِلَـٰهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ

Or were ye present when death came to Jacob, when he said unto his sons: What will ye worship after me? They said: We shall worship thy god, the god of thy fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, One Allah, and unto Him we have surrendered.

Quran 2:133
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا۟ فِى ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُوا۟ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَـٰثَ وَرُبَـٰعَ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ فَوَٰحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا۟

And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye will not do injustice.

Quran 4:3
قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِنَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَحْدَهُۥ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا ۖ فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

They said: Hast come unto us that we should serve Allah alone, and forsake what our fathers worshipped? Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us if thou art of the truthful!

Quran 7:70

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

A1numeral
وَاحِد
wāḥid

one

Example
عِنْدِي كِتَابٌ وَاحِدٌ
ʿindī kitābun wāḥidun
I have one book
A1noun
الْأَحَد
al-aḥad

Sunday

Example
يَوْمُ الْأَحَدِ هُوَ أَوَّلُ يَوْمٍ فِي الْأُسْبُوعِ
yawmu al-aḥadi huwa awwalu yawmin fī al-usbūʿi
Sunday is the first day of the week
Grammar

In the Arab world, Sunday is traditionally the first day of the week

A2noun
تَوْحِيدٌ
tawḥīd

monotheism / oneness of God

Example
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
qul huwa Allāhu aḥad
Say: He is Allah, the One (112:1)
Grammar

Form II maṣdar from وَحَّدَ (to make one/declare one). Related: أَحَدٌ (one), وَاحِدٌ (one/unique). The central theological concept of Islam.

Culture

Surah al-Ikhlāṣ (112) is called the essence of tawḥīd. The Prophet ﷺ said it equals one-third of the Quran in meaning.

B2noun
وَحْدَانِيَّةٌ
waḥdāniyyah

divine unity / absolute oneness

Example
وَإِلَهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ
wa-ilāhukum ilāhun wāḥidun lā ilāha illā huwa ar-Raḥmānu ar-Raḥīm
And your god is one God. There is no deity except Him, the Most Merciful (2:163)
Grammar

Abstract noun (فَعْلَانِيَّة pattern). From وَاحِدٌ (one). The theological term for God's absolute oneness. Related to تَوْحِيدٌ (q220) but more abstract and philosophical.

Culture

Waḥdāniyyah is the most fundamental concept in Islamic theology - God is not merely 'one among many' but uniquely, absolutely One in essence, attributes, and actions.

A1adjective
وَحيد
waḥīd

alone / only / sole

Example
هُوَ الوَلَدُ الوَحيد
huwa al-waladu al-waḥīd
He is the only boy
Grammar

Feminine form: waḥīda (وَحيدة). From the same root as wāḥid (واحِد, one) and waḥda (وَحدة, unity).

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