غضض

gh-ḍ-ḍ

The root غضض (gDD) primarily means to lower, diminish, or restrain something, often referring to the gaze or voice. It implies a sense of modesty, humility, or reduction.

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غ-ض-ض

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غ-ض-ض

Root Meaning

The root غضض (gDD) primarily means to lower, diminish, or restrain something, often referring to the gaze or voice. It implies a sense of modesty, humility, or reduction.

Derived forms

وَغِيضَ1تَغِيضُ1يَغُضُّواْ1يَغۡضُضۡنَ1وَٱغۡضُضۡ1يَغُضُّونَ1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (4)

An-Nur 24:30

يَغُضُّوا۟Meaning here: The root غضض (gDD) primarily means to lower, diminish, or restrain something, often referring to the gaze or voice. It implies a sense of modesty, humility, or reduction.

Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo! Allah is aware of what they do

An-Nur 24:31

يَغْضُضْنَMeaning here: The root غضض (gDD) primarily means to lower, diminish, or restrain something, often referring to the gaze or voice. It implies a sense of modesty, humility, or reduction.

And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their bosoms, and not to reveal their adornment save to their own husbands or fathers or husbands' fathers, or their sons or their husbands' sons, or their brothers or their brothers' sons or sisters' sons, or their women, or their slaves, or male attendants who lack vigour, or children who know naught of women's nakedness. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And turn unto Allah together, O believers, in order that ye may succeed

Luqman 31:19

وَٱغْضُضْMeaning here: The root غضض (gDD) primarily means to lower, diminish, or restrain something, often referring to the gaze or voice. It implies a sense of modesty, humility, or reduction.

Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass

Al-Hujurat 49:3

يَغُضُّونَMeaning here: The root غضض (gDD) primarily means to lower, diminish, or restrain something, often referring to the gaze or voice. It implies a sense of modesty, humility, or reduction.

Lo! they who subdue their voices in the presence of the messenger of Allah, those are they whose hearts Allah hath proven unto righteousness. Theirs will be forgiveness and immense reward

🔎 Across the Quran (2)

Hud 11:44

وَقِيلَ يَٰٓأَرۡضُ ٱبۡلَعِي مَآءَكِ وَيَٰسَمَآءُ أَقۡلِعِي ٱلۡمَآءُ وَقُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ وَٱسۡتَوَتۡ عَلَى ٱلۡجُودِيِّۖ وَقِيلَ بُعۡدࣰ ا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

And the command was given: 'Earth! Swallow up your water'; and: 'Heaven! Abate!' So the water subsided, the command was fulfilled, and the Ark settled on Mount Judi, and it was said: 'Away with the wrong-doing folk

Ar-Ra'd 13:8

ٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تَحۡمِلُ كُلُّ أُنثَىٰ وَمَا ٱلۡأَرۡحَامُ وَمَا تَزۡدَادُۚ وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٍ عِندَهُۥ بِمِقۡدَارٍ

Allah knows what every female bears; and what the wombs fall short of (in gestation), and what they may add. With Him everything is in a fixed measure