عوذ
ʿ-w-d-h
The root عوذ (Ewdh) means to seek protection, refuge, or preservation, often with God. It implies confiding in someone for safety.
Root
ع-و-ذ
13
Total uses
13
Verses
11
Surahs
6
Forms
Root
ع-و-ذ
Root Meaning
The root عوذ (Ewdh) means to seek protection, refuge, or preservation, often with God. It implies confiding in someone for safety.
Derived forms
Surah distribution
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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)
Al-Baqarah 2:67
And when Moses said unto his people: Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye sacrifice a cow, they said: Dost thou make game of us? He answered: Allah forbid that I should be among the foolish
Aal-Imran 3:36
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
Hud 11:47
He said: My Lord! Lo! in Thee do I seek refuge (from the sin) that I should ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge. Unless Thou forgive me and have mercy on me I shall be among the lost
Yusuf 12:79
He said: Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we found our property; then truly we should be wrong-doers
An-Nahl 16:98
فَٱسْتَعِذْ
And when thou recitest the Qur'an, seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast
Al-Mu'minun 23:97
And say: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from suggestions of the evil ones
Ghafir 40:27
Moses said: Lo! I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every scorner who believeth not in a Day of Reckoning
Ghafir 40:56
فَٱسْتَعِذْ
Lo! those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without a warrant having come unto them, there is naught else in their breasts save pride which they will never attain. So take thou refuge in Allah. Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer
Ad-Dukhan 44:20
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death
Al-Falaq 113:1
Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak
🔎 Across the Quran (5)
وَرَٰوَدَتۡهُ ٱلَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيۡتِهَا عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبَ وَقَالَتۡ هَيۡتَ لَكَۚ قَالَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّيٓ أَحۡسَنَ مَثۡوَايَۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
And it so happened that the lady in whose house Joseph was living, sought to tempt him to herself, and one day bolting the doors she said: "Come on now!" Joseph answered: "May Allah grant me refuge! My Lord has provided an honourable abode for me (so how can I do something so evil)? Such wrong-doers never prosper
قَالَتۡ إِنِّيٓ بِٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مِنكَ إِن كُنتَ تَقِيࣰّ ا
Mary exclaimed: "I surely take refuge from you with the Most Compassionate Lord, if you are at all God-fearing
بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحۡضُرُونِ
I even seek Your refuge, my Lord, lest they should approach me
وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِ بِرِجَالࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمۡ رَهَقࣰ ا
and that “some from among the humans used to seek protection of some among the jinn, and thus they increased the arrogance of the jinn”