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Quran Maqasid

عَدْل

عدل in the Quran

Meaning: with justice

عدل occurs 28 times in 24 verses across 11 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
28
Verses
24
Surahs
11

عَدْل

Noun · 14 times

Meaning: with justice · Also translated as: just, a compensation, any compensation, in justice

Forms in the Quran

  • عَدْلٌ ×7
  • بِٱلْعَدْلِ ×6
  • وَعَدْلًا ×1

عَدَلَ

Verb · 14 times

Meaning: you can do justice · Also translated as: deal justly, you deviate, you do justice, Be just

Forms in the Quran

  • يَعْدِلُونَ ×5
  • تَعْدِلُوا۟ ×4
  • ٱعْدِلُوا۟ ×1
  • تَعْدِلْ ×1
  • فَٱعْدِلُوا۟ ×1
  • لِأَعْدِلَ ×1
  • فَعَدَلَكَ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

العدالة والمعادلة: لفظ يقتضي معنى المساواة، ويستعمل باعتبار المضايفة، والعدل والعدل يتقاربان، لكن العدل يستعمل فيما يدرك بالبصيرة كالأحكام، وعلى ذلك قوله: أو عدل ذلك صياما

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿أو عدل ذلك صياما﴾ [المائدة: 95] أي مثله ومساويه. قيل: العدل والعدل يتقاران. ولكن العدل يستعمل فيما يدرك بالبصيرة كالأحكام وكالآية المتقدمة. والعدل هو التقسيط على سواء. وعلى هذا روي عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: "بالعدل قامت السماوات والأرض"

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ع د ل

Verses with عدل

Verses 1–20 of 24

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then guard yourselves against a day When one soul shall not avail another Nor shall intercession be accepted for her, Nor shall compensation be taken from her, Nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:48
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then guard yourselves against a Day When one soul shall not avail another, Nor shall compensation be accepted from her Nor shall intercession profit her Nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:123
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! When ye deal with each other, In transactions involving Future obligations In a fixed period of time, Reduce them to writing Let a scribe write down Faithfully as between The parties: let not the scribe Refuse to write: as God Has taught him, So let him write. Let him who incurs The liability dictate, But let him fear His Lord God, And not diminish Aught of what he owes. If the party liable Is mentally deficient, Or weak, or unable Himself to dictate, Let his guardian Dictate faithfully. And get two witnesses, Out of your own men, And if there are not two men, Then a man and two women, Such as ye choose, For witnesses, So that if one of them errs, The other can remind her. The witnesses Should not refuse When they are called on (For evidence). Disdain not to reduce To writing (your contract) For a future period, Whether it be small Or big: it is juster In the sight of God, More suitable as evidence, And more convenient To prevent doubts Among yourselves But if it be a transaction Which ye carry out On the spot among yourselves, There is no blame on you If ye reduce it not To writing. But take witnesses Whenever ye make A commercial contract; And let neither scribe Nor witness suffer harm. If ye do (such harm), It would be wickedness In you. So fear God; For it is God That teaches you. And God is well acquainted With all things.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:282
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    If ye fear that ye shall not Be able to deal justly With the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two, or three, or four; But if ye fear that ye shall not Be able to deal justly (with them), Then only one, or (a captive) That your right hands possess. That will be more suitable, To prevent you From doing injustice.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:3
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    God doth command you To render back your Trusts To those to whom they are due; And when ye judge Between man and man, That ye judge with justice: Verily how excellent Is the teaching which He giveth you! For God is He Who heareth And seeth all things.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:58
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Ye are never able To be fair and just As between women, Even if it is Your ardent desire: But turn not away (From a woman) altogether, So as to leave her (as it were) Hanging (in the air). If ye come to a friendly Understanding, and practise Self-restraint, God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:129
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Stand out firmly For justice, as witnesses To God, even as against Yourselves, or your parents, Or your kin, and whether It be (against) rich or poor: For God can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (Of your hearts), lest ye Swerve, and if ye Distort (justice) or decline To do justice, verily God is well-acquainted With all that ye do.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:135
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Stand out firmly For God, as witnesses To fair dealing, and let not The hatred of others To you make you swerve To wrong and depart from Justice. Be just: that is Next to Piety: and fear God. For God is well-acquainted With all that ye do.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:8
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Kill not game While in the Sacred Precincts or in pilgrim garb. If any of you doth so Intentionally, the compensation Is an offering, brought To the Ka’ba, of a domestic animal Equivalent to the one he killed, As adjudged by two just men Among you; or by way Of atonement, the feeding Of the indigent; or its Equivalent in fasts: that he May taste of the penalty Of his deed. God Forgives what is past: For repetition God will Exact from him the penalty. For God is Exalted, And Lord of Retribution.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:95
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! When death approaches Any of you, (take) witnesses Among yourselves when making Bequests,—two just men Of your own (brotherhood) Or others from outside If ye are journeying Through the earth, And the chance of death Befalls you (thus). If ye doubt (their truth), Detain them both After prayer, and let them both Swear by God: "We wish not in this For any worldly gain, Even though the (beneficiary) Be our near relation: We shall hide not The evidence before God: If we do, then behold! The sin be upon us!"

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:106
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Praise be to God, Who created the heavens And the earth, And made the Darkness And the Light. Yet those who reject Faith Hold (others) as equal. With their Guardian-Lord.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:1
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Leave alone those Who take their religion To be mere play And amusement, And are deceived By the life of this world. But proclaim (to them) This (truth): that every soul Delivers itself to ruin By its own acts: It will find for itself No protector or intercessor Except God: if it offered Every ransom, (or Reparation), none Will be accepted: such is (The end of) those who Deliver themselves to ruin By their own acts: They will have for drink (Only) boiling water, And for punishment, One most grievous: For they persisted In rejecting God.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:70
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Word of thy Lord Doth find its fulfilment In truth and in justice: None can change His Words: For He is the one Who Heareth and knoweth all.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:115
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "Bring forward your witnesses To prove that God did Forbid so and so." If they Bring such witnesses, Be not thou amongst them: Nor follow thou the vain Desires of such as treat Our Signs as falsehoods, And such as believe not In the Hereafter: for they Hold others as equal With their Guardian-Lord.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:150
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    And come not nigh To the orphan's property, Except to improve it, Until he attain the age Of full strength; give measure And weight with (full) justice;— No burden do We place On any soul, but that Which it can bear;— Whenever ye speak, speak justly, Even if a near relative Is concerned; and fulfil The Covenant of God: Thus doth He command you, That ye may remember.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:152
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    Of the people of Moses There is a section Who guide and do justice In the light of truth.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:159
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    Of those We have created Are people who direct (Others) with truth. And dispense justice therewith,

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:181
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    God sets forth (another) Parable Of two men: one of them Dumb, with no power Of any sort; a wearisome burden Is he to his master; Whichever way he directs him, He brings no good: Is such a man equal With one who commands Justice, and is on A Straight Way?

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:76
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    God commands justice, the doing Of good, and liberality to kith And kin, and He forbids All shameful deeds, and injustice And rebellion: He instructs you, That ye may receive admonition.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:90
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Or, who has created The heavens and the earth, And who sends you down Rain from the sky? Yea, with it We cause To grow well-planted orchards Full of beauty and delight: It is not in your power To cause the growth Of the trees in them. (Can there be Another) god besides God? Nay, they are a people Who swerve from justice.

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:60