Root words in the Qur'an

to praise, to commend

to nurture, sustain, and have lordship over

to know; a mark or sign by which something is known

mercy, compassion, tenderness of the womb

to own, to have dominion or kingship

to worship, to serve, to submit in humility

to guide, to lead aright

to go astray, to lose the way

to guide

to guard oneself, be God-conscious

to write, decree

covenant, pledge

patience, steadfastness

direction, to face, to accept

increase, interest/usury

to know

to spend

peace, submission

to stand, establish

to worship, serve

the unseen

to dislike, be averse

to live, give life

ally, guardian

capacity, breadth

to believe, to trust

to disbelieve, to reject

to send down

to say

to deceive

sickness, disease

to corrupt, spread ruin

foolishness

to mock

to go astray

deafness

lightning, flash

to create

to witness, testify

garden, paradise

river

to purify

spouse, pair

example, likeness

to break, undo

to cut

to be level, settle

to prostrate

great, pride

to repent, turn back

to descend, go down

enemy, hostility

fear

to grieve

to save, deliver

to drown

to pardon, forgive

to give thanks

to raise, resurrect, send

food, to eat

to lower, set down

provision

to strike

humiliation, lowliness

to dwell, be still

righteous, to reform

to help, give victory

to harden

to slaughter

cow

poverty

rich, self-sufficient

death

to kill

soul, self

to lie

truth, right

falsehood

to fear, be in awe

way, path

to struggle

war

ease

difficulty, hardship

debt, religion, judgement

to conceal

to clarify, be clear

light

darkness, wrongdoing

piety, righteousness

to love

to fast

lawful, to permit

forbidden, sacred

to trade, sell

to call, invoke

to ask

to make, place

to reckon, count

to earn

praise

obedience, willingly

orphan

divorce, release

to be precise, to judge, wisdom

to choose, to purify

rope, bond

to command, matter/affair

to disobey

to consult

to live

to reflect, ponder

to create

to weaken

good, better

to love

death, to die

to follow

purity

to warn

to believe, to be secure

to disbelieve, to cover over

to send down

to write, a book

to know, knowledge

to stand, a nation

to worship, a servant

Lord, to nurture

to be patient

to forgive

to repent, to turn back

to guide

to go astray

to help, to give victory

to kill

to strive, to exert effort

path, way

to witness, to testify

truth, what is due

falsehood, to be void

might, honour

humiliation, lowliness

provision

to reckon, an account

fear

grief

success, triumph

garden, to conceal/shield

punishment

to lie

truthfulness

peace, submission

praise

devout obedience

to prostrate

to bow

to purify, to grow

stinginess

obedience

to transgress, deviate

to seek, to transgress

favour, bounty

blessing, favour

evil, harm

glad tidings, a human being

kingdom, to possess

heart, to turn/overturn

tongue

to conceal

to eat

usury, to increase

piety, to guard against

haste, to hasten

to gather

to divide, distinguish

to sit

to travel

sight, insight

to look

story, to narrate

to argue, pilgrimage

house

blessed

orphanhood

justice, fairness

equity, standing firm in fairness

to instruct, to bequeath

trust, safety, belief

betrayal, treachery

desire, personal inclination

soul, self

womb, mercy

to ordain, apportion

to stand, uphold

marriage

goodness, purity

judgement, wisdom

peace, submission

obedience

disbelief

to strive

to spend

to transgress, seek

to incline unjustly, be burdened

companionship, living together

rebellion, ill conduct

to return, refer back

lawfulness, permission

indecency, immorality

to witness, testify

to kill

to strike, travel

foolishness, poor judgement

a fixed share, portion

spouse, pair

truthfulness, the bridal gift

guardian, ally, one who is close

to trust, appoint as agent

good news, mankind

weakness

to forgive

sin

way, path

devout obedience

to leave, forsake

to hear

to see, sight

reckoning, to be sufficient

awareness, knowledge of details

nearness, closeness of kin

to tilt, incline away

chastity, being fortified

to separate, split apart

to write, prescribe

to eat, consume

wrongdoing, injustice

love, fondness

the unseen, being absent

to guard, protect

capacity, means

to take, seize

side, to avoid

reconciliation, soundness

distance, farness

life, greeting

to believe, feel secure

to be lawful, permitted

to forbid, sanctity

to be mindful, guard against

to disbelieve

to forgive

purity

to remember, mention

justice

to witness, testify

to do, work

covenant, to bind firmly

to break, undo

hardness [of heart]

to distort, alter

to pardon, forgive

light

to guide

path, way

dominion, to have power

to make clear, be evident

to judge, rule, wisdom

to write, prescribe

to lose, be ruined

to kill

to turn back, repent

to steal

might, honour

to fear, be in awe of

to love

to send down

to grieve, sadden

to worship, serve

to lie, deny as false

to be equal, level

to strip away, remove

to fulfil, complete

justice

completion, perfection

acceptance

killing

covenant, pact

to glorify, exalt as free of imperfection

mercy that acts, from a root meaning womb

that which is absent from perception

to set, to disappear below the horizon

to incline away from falsehood towards truth

a wide, clear road

to share, to associate a partner

lord, master, sustainer

earth, land

to create

to know; knowledge

to say

a people

punishment

belief, security

to disbelieve

to send down

to worship, a servant

to hear

sight, to see

truthfulness

to lie, to deny

to make, to appoint

to do, an action

praise

to guide

to go astray

light

to originate something with no prior model

to split open, to create from nothing

to harvest

fruit, produce

to go to excess, to waste

cultivated land, crop

livestock, blessing

to forbid, to be sacred/off-limits

to make something look appealing

to kill

foolishness

orphan

measure by volume

to weigh

fairness, justice