و-ج-ه
Waw-Jim-Heh
4 words from this root family
About this root
Waw-Jim-Heh (و-ج-ه) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: ittijāh (direction), wajh (face), tawajjaha (to head toward / to direct oneself (Form V)), min jihatin... wa-min jihatin ukhrā (on one hand... and on the other hand).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 78 times in 71 verses, across 38 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:112. The form وَجْه (face) accounts for 72 of them.
Themes: Travel, Directions, Health, Body, Advanced Verbs, Advanced Expressions
Words from this root
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
اِتِّجاه ittijāh | direction | noun, A2 | Road & Driving | |
وَجْه wajh | face | noun, A2 | 72× | Staying Healthy |
تَوَجَّهَ tawajjaha | to head toward / to direct oneself (Form V) | verb, B1 | 1× | Verbs of Creation |
مِنْ جِهَةٍ ... وَمِنْ جِهَةٍ أُخْرَى min jihatin... wa-min jihatin ukhrā | on one hand... and on the other hand | phrase, B2 | Nuanced Communication |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
In the Quran
بَلَىٰ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُۥ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَلَهُۥٓ أَجْرُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَNay, but whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Allah while doing good, his reward is with his Lord; and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا ۖ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا۟ يَأْتِ بِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌAnd each one hath a goal toward which he turneth; so vie with one another in good works. Wheresoever ye may be, Allah will bring you all together. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.
وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلْقَآءَ مَدْيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِى سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِAnd when he turned his face toward Midian, he said: Peradventure my Lord will guide me in the right road.
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).