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وضع

w-ḍ-ʿ

The root وَضَعَ (w-ḍ-ʿ) primarily means to put or lay down, the opposite of lifting up. It can also mean to give birth, impose or remit a tax, or cease hostilities.

Root

و-ض-ع

16

Total uses

14

Verses

11

Surahs

11

Forms

Root

و-ض-ع

Root Meaning

The root وَضَعَ (w-ḍ-ʿ) primarily means to put or lay down, the opposite of lifting up. It can also mean to give birth, impose or remit a tax, or cease hostilities.

Derived forms

مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ3وَوُضِعَ3وَضَعَتۡهَا2وَضَعَتۡ1وُضِعَ1وَيَضَعُ1وَلَأَوۡضَعُواْ1وَوَضَعَتۡهُ1وَضَعَهَا1مَّوۡضُوعَةࣱ‏1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)

Aal-Imran 3:36

وَضَعَتْهَاMeaning here: The root وَضَعَ (w-ḍ-ʿ) primarily means to put or lay down, the opposite of lifting up. It can also mean to give birth, impose or remit a tax, or cease hostilities.

And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast

An-Nisa 4:46

مَّوَاضِعِهِۦMeaning here: The root وَضَعَ (w-ḍ-ʿ) primarily means to put or lay down, the opposite of lifting up. It can also mean to give birth, impose or remit a tax, or cease hostilities.

Some of those who are Jews change words from their context and say: "We hear and disobey; hear thou as one who heareth not" and "Listen to us!" distorting with their tongues and slandering religion. If they had said: "We hear and we obey: hear thou, and look at us" it had been better for them, and more upright. But Allah hath cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not, save a few

Al-Ma'idah 5:13

مَّوَاضِعِهِۦMeaning here: The root وَضَعَ (w-ḍ-ʿ) primarily means to put or lay down, the opposite of lifting up. It can also mean to give birth, impose or remit a tax, or cease hostilities.

And because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and made hard their hearts. They change words from their context and forget a part of that whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not cease to discover treachery from all save a few of them. But bear with them and pardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly

At-Tawbah 9:47

وَلَأَوْضَعُوا۟Meaning here: The root وَضَعَ (w-ḍ-ʿ) primarily means to put or lay down, the opposite of lifting up. It can also mean to give birth, impose or remit a tax, or cease hostilities.

Had they gone forth among you they had added to you naught save trouble and had hurried to and fro among you, seeking to cause sedition among you; and among you there are some who would have listened to them. Allah is Aware of evil-doers

Al-Anbiya 21:47

وَنَضَعُ

And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul is wronged in aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We bring it. And We suffice for reckoners

An-Nur 24:60

يَضَعْنَ

As for women past child-bearing, who have no hope of marriage, it is no sin for them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as not to show adornment. But to refrain is better for them. Allah is Hearer, Knower

Az-Zumar 39:69

وَوُضِعَMeaning here: The root وَضَعَ (w-ḍ-ʿ) primarily means to put or lay down, the opposite of lifting up. It can also mean to give birth, impose or remit a tax, or cease hostilities.

And the earth shineth with the light of her Lord, and the Book is set up, and the prophets and the witnesses are brought, and it is judged between them with truth, and they are not wronged

Al-Ahqaf 46:15

وَوَضَعَتْهُMeaning here: The root وَضَعَ (w-ḍ-ʿ) primarily means to put or lay down, the opposite of lifting up. It can also mean to give birth, impose or remit a tax, or cease hostilities.

And We have commended unto man kindness toward parents. His mother beareth him with reluctance, and bringeth him forth with reluctance, and the bearing of him and the weaning of him is thirty months, till, when he attaineth full strength and reacheth forty years, he saith: My Lord! Arouse me that I may give thanks for the favour wherewith Thou hast favoured me and my parents, and that I may do right acceptable unto Thee. And be gracious unto me in the matter of my seed. Lo! I have turned unto Thee repentant, and lo! I am of those who surrender (unto Thee)

Ar-Rahman 55:10

وَضَعَهَاMeaning here: The root وَضَعَ (w-ḍ-ʿ) primarily means to put or lay down, the opposite of lifting up. It can also mean to give birth, impose or remit a tax, or cease hostilities.

And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures

At-Talaq 65:6

يَضَعْنَ

Lodge them where ye dwell, according to your wealth, and harass them not so as to straiten life for them. And if they are with child, then spend for them till they bring forth their burden. Then, if they give suck for you, give them their due payment and consult together in kindness; but if ye make difficulties for one another, then let some other woman give suck for him (the father of the child)

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Aal-Imran 3:96

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيۡتࣲ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكࣰ ا وَهُدࣰ ى لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Behold, the first House (of Prayer) established for mankind is the one at Bakkah: it is full of blessing and a centre of guidance for the whole world

Al-Ma'idah 5:41

۞يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ لَا يَحۡزُنكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡكُفۡرِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَلَمۡ تُؤۡمِن قُلُوبُهُمۡۛ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْۛ سَمَّٰعُونَ لِلۡكَذِبِ سَمَّٰعُونَ لِقَوۡمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ لَمۡ يَأۡتُوكَۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلۡكَلِمَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ يَقُولُونَ إِنۡ أُوتِيتُمۡ هَٰذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡتَوۡهُ فَٱحۡذَرُواْۚ وَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ فِتۡنَتَهُۥ فَلَن تَمۡلِكَ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـًٔاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمۡۚ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا خِزۡيࣱۖ وَلَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمࣱ‏

O Messenger! Do not be grieved on account of those who vie with one another in disbelieving: even though they be those who say with their mouths: 'We believe' even though their hearts have no faith; or they be Jews who have their ears eagerly turned to falsehood and spy for other people who did not chance to come to you, who pervert the words of Allah, taking them out of their proper context in order to distort their meaning. They say to people: 'If such and such teaching is given to you, accept it; if you are not given that, then beware! You can be of no avail to him whom Allah wills to fall into error. Those are the ones whose hearts Allah does not want to purify. For them there is degradation in this world and a mighty chastisement in the Next

Al-A'raf 7:157

ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ ٱلنَّبِيَّ ٱلۡأُمِّيَّ ٱلَّذِي يَجِدُونَهُۥ مَكۡتُوبًا عِندَهُمۡ فِي ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلِ يَأۡمُرُهُم بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَنۡهَىٰهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡخَبَٰٓئِثَ عَنۡهُمۡ إِصۡرَهُمۡ وَٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلَ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِهِۦ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلنُّورَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُنزِلَ مَعَهُۥٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ

[To-day this mercy is for] those who follow the ummi Prophet, whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel with them. He enjoins upon them what is good and forbids them what is evil. He makes the clean things lawful to them and prohibits all corrupt things, and removes from them their burdens and the shackles that were upon them. So those who believe in him and assist him, and succour him and follow the Light which has been sent down with him, it is they who shall prosper

Al-Kahf 18:49

ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ فَتَرَى ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ مُشۡفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَٰوَيۡلَتَنَا مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةࣰ وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّآ أَحۡصَىٰهَاۚ وَوَجَدُواْ مَا عَمِلُواْ حَاضِرࣰ اۗ وَلَا يَظۡلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدࣰ ا

And then the Record of their deeds shall be placed before them and you will see the guilty full of fear for what it contains, and will say: "Woe to us! What a Record this is! It leaves nothing, big or small, but encompasses it." They will find their deeds confronting them. Your Lord wrongs no one

Ar-Rahman 55:7

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا ٱلۡمِيزَانَ

and He has raised up the heaven and has set a balance

Al-Ghashiyah 88:14

وَأَكۡوَابࣱ

and goblets laid out

Ash-Sharh 94:2

عَنكَ وِزۡرَكَ

and relieve you of the burden