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عاد

عاد in the Quran

Meaning: Aad

عاد occurs 49 times in 45 verses across 29 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
49
Verses
45
Surahs
29

عاد

Proper noun · 24 times

Meaning: Aad

Forms in the Quran

  • عَادٍ ×11
  • وَعَادٍ ×7
  • عَادًا ×2
  • وَعَادًا ×2
  • لِّعَادٍ ×1
  • بِعَادٍ ×1

عادَ

Verb · 18 times

Meaning: you return · Also translated as: We will return, repeated, returned, certainly they return

Forms in the Quran

  • عَادَ ×3
  • عُدْنَا ×3
  • لَتَعُودُنَّ ×2
  • تَعُودُوا۟ ×2
  • يَعُودُونَ ×2
  • لَعَادُوا۟ ×1
  • تَعُودُونَ ×1
  • نَّعُودَ ×1

عاد

Noun · 6 times

Meaning: transgressor · Also translated as: transgressing

Forms in the Quran

  • عَادٍ ×3
  • ٱلْعَادُونَ ×2
  • عَادُونَ ×1

عادّ

Noun · 1 time

Meaning: those who keep count

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْعَآدِّينَ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

العود: الرجوع إلى الشيء بعد الانصراف عنه إما انصرافا بالذات، أو بالقول والعزيمة. قال تعالى: ربنا أخرجنا منها فإن عدنا فإنا ظالمون

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

العين والواو والدال أصلان صحيحان، يدل أحدهما على تثنية في الأمر، والآخر جنس من الخشب.

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس
The full entries on the root ع و د

Verses with عاد

Verses 1–20 of 45

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    He hath only forbidden you Dead meat, and blood, And the flesh of swine, And that on which Any other name hath been invoked Besides that of God. But if one is forced by necessity, Without wilful disobedience, Nor transgressing due limits,— Then is he guiltless. For God is Oft-forgiving Most Merciful.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:173
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who devour usury Will not stand except As stands one whom The Evil One by his touch Hath driven to madness. That is because they say: "Trade is like usury," But God hath permitted trade And forbidden usury. Those who after receiving Direction from their Lord, Desist, shall be pardoned For the past; their case Is for God (to judge); But those who repeat (The offence) are Companions Of the Fire: they will Abide therein (for ever).

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:275
  3. 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
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Yea, in their own (eyes) Will become manifest What before they concealed. But if they were returned, They would certainly relapse To the things they were forbidden, For they are indeed liars.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:28
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "I find not In the Message received By me by inspiration Any (meat) forbidden To be eaten by one Who wishes to eat it, Unless it be dead meat, Or blood poured forth, Or the flesh of swine,— For it is an abomination— Or, what is impious, (meat) On which a name has been Invoked, other than God's." But (even so), if a person Is forced by necessity, Without wilful disobedience, Nor transgressing due limits,— Thy Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:145
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "My Lord hath commanded Justice; and that ye set Your whole selves (to Him) At every time and place Of prayer, and call upon Him, Making your devotion sincere As in His sight: Such as He created you In the beginning, so Shall ye return."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:29
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    To the ’Ad people, (We sent) Hūd, one Of their (own) brethren: He said: "O my people! Worship God! ye have No other god but Him. Will ye not fear (God)?

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:65
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And remember how He Made you inheritors After the ’Ad people And gave you habitations In the land: ye build For yourselves palaces and castles In (open) plains, and carve out Homes in the mountains; So bring to remembrance The benefits (ye have received) From God, and refrain From evil and mischief On the earth."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:74
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    The leaders, the arrogant Party among his people, said: "O Shu’aib! we shall Certainly drive thee out Of our city—(thee) and those Who believe with thee; Or else ye (thou and they) Shall have to return To our ways and religion." He said: "What! even Though we do detest (them)?

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:88
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    "We should indeed invent A lie against God, If we returned to your ways After God hath rescued Us therefrom; nor could we By any manner of means Return thereto unless it be As in the will and plan of God, Our Lord. Our Lord Can reach out to the utmost Recesses of things by His knowledge. In God is our trust. Our Lord! Decide thou Between us and our people In truth, for thou Art the best to decide."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:89
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    (O Unbelievers!) if ye prayed For victory and judgment, Now hath the judgment Come to you: if ye desist (From wrong), it will be Best for you: if ye return (To the attack), so shall We. Not the least good Will your forces be to you Even if they were multiplied: For verily God Is with those who believe!

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:19
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say to the Unbelievers, If (now) they desist (from Unbelief), Their past would be forgiven them; But if they persist, the punishment Of those before them is already (A matter of warning for them).

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:38
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Hath not the story reached them Of those before them?— The people of Noah, and ’Ād, And Thamūd; the people Of Abraham, the men Of Midian, and the Cities overthrown. To them came their apostles With Clear Signs. It is Not God Who wrongs them, But they wrong their own souls.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:70
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    To the ’Ād People (We sent) Hūd, one Of their own brethren. He said: "O my people! Worship God! ye have No other god but Him. (Your other gods) ye do nothing But invent!

    Surah Hud, verse 11:50
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    Such were the ’Ād People: They rejected the Signs Of their Lord and Cherisher; Disobeyed His Apostles; And followed the command Of every powerful, obstinate Transgressor.

    Surah Hud, verse 11:59
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    And they were pursued By a Curse in this Life, And on the Day of Judgment. Ah! Behold! For the ’Ād Rejected their Lord and Cherisher Ah! Behold! Removed (from sight) Were ’Ād the People of Hūd!

    Surah Hud, verse 11:60
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    Has not the story Reached you, (O people!), of those Who (went) before you?— Of the People of Noah, And ’Ād, and Thamūd?— And of those who (came) After them? None knows them But God. To them came Apostles with Clear (Signs); But they put their hands Up to their mouths, and said: "We do deny (the mission) On which ye have been sent, And we are really In suspicious (disquieting) doubt As to that to which Ye invite us."

    Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:9
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    And the Unbelievers said To their apostles: "Be sure We shall drive you out Of our land, or ye shall Return to our religion." But their Lord inspired (This Message) to them: "Verily We shall cause The wrong-doers to perish!

    Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:13
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    He has only forbidden you Dead meat, and blood, And the flesh of swine, And any (food) over which The name of other than God Has been invoked. But if one is forced by necessity, Without wilful disobedience, Nor transgressing due limits,— Then God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:115
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    It may be that your Lord May (yet) show Mercy Unto you; but if ye Revert (to your sins), We shall revert (To Our punishments): And We have made Hell A prison for those who Reject (all Faith),

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:8