The triliteral root ḍād yā ʿayn (ض ي ع) occurs 10 times in the Quran as the form IV verb aḍāʿu (أَضَاعُ). The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on a word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Verb (form IV) - to let go waste, to neglect
(2:143:39) liyuḍīʿa | let go waste | وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمَانَكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ |
(3:171:9) yuḍīʿu | let go waste | يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
(3:195:6) uḍīʿu | (let go) waste | فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ أَنِّي لَا أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَامِلٍ مِنْكُمْ |
(7:170:8) nuḍīʿu | [We] let go waste | إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُصْلِحِينَ |
(9:120:50) yuḍīʿu | allow to be lost | إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ |
(11:115:5) yuḍīʿu | let go waste | وَاصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ |
(12:56:15) nuḍīʿu | We let go waste | نُصِيبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَنْ نَشَاءُ وَلَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ |
(12:90:21) yuḍīʿu | let go waste | إِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ |
(18:30:8) nuḍīʿu | will not let go waste | إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا |
(19:59:5) aḍāʿū | who neglected | فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon
- Classical Arabic dictionary