# Dad-Ha-Kef — ضحك (DHk)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/DHk

- **Meaning:** to wonder, menstruate, rejoice, inspire with awe, ridicule, laugh at, laugh, become clear
- **Derived forms:** أَضْحَكَ (1) · ضَاحِك (1) · ضَاحِكَة (1) · ضَحِكَتْ (7)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ — falyaḍḥakū · "So let them laugh"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا قَل۪يلاً وَلْيَبْكُوا كَث۪يراًۚ جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Falyadhakoo qaleelan walyabkookatheeran jazaan bima kanoo yaksiboon

Then let them laugh a little and weep much, as reward for what they earned.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-82.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** فَضَحِكَتْ — faḍaḥikat · "and she laughed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَامْرَاَتُهُ قَٓائِمَةٌ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَاهَا بِاِسْحٰقَۙ وَمِنْ وَرَٓاءِ اِسْحٰقَ يَعْقُوبَ

Wamraatuhu qa-imatun fadahikatfabashsharnaha bi-ishaqa wamin wara-iishaqa yaAAqoob

And his wife was standing; and she laughed; and We gave her glad tidings of Isaac, and after Isaac, Jacob.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-71.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** تَضْحَكُونَ — taḍḥakūna · "laugh"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَاتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْ سِخْرِياًّ حَتّٰٓى اَنْسَوْكُمْ ذِكْر۪ي وَكُنْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ تَضْحَكُونَ

Fattakhathtumoohumsikhriyyan hatta ansawkum thikree wakuntumminhum tadhakoon

“Then you took them in derision until they made you forget My remembrance, and you laughed at them.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-110.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** ضَاحِكًۭا — ḍāḥikan · "laughing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكاً مِنْ قَوْلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ اَوْزِعْن۪ٓي اَنْ اَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلٰى وَالِدَيَّ وَاَنْ اَعْمَلَ صَالِحاً تَرْضٰيهُ وَاَدْخِلْن۪ي بِرَحْمَتِكَ ف۪ي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Fatabassama dahikan min qawlihawaqala rabbi awziAAnee an ashkura niAAmataka allateeanAAamta AAalayya waAAala walidayya waan aAAmala salihantardahu waadkhilnee birahmatika fee AAibadikaassaliheen

And he smiled, laughing at her speech, and he said: “My Lord: direct Thou me to be grateful for Thy favour wherewith Thou favoured me and my parents, and to work righteousness pleasing to Thee; and make Thou me enter, by Thy mercy, among Thy righteous servants.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-19.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** يَضْحَكُونَ — yaḍḥakūna · "laughed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْ بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اِذَا هُمْ مِنْهَا يَضْحَكُونَ

Falamma jaahum bi-ayatinaitha hum minha yadhakoon

And when he came to them with Our proofs, then they laughed at them.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-47.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** أَضْحَكَ — aḍḥaka · "makes (one) laugh"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاَنَّهُ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰىۙ

Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

And that it is He who makes laugh, and makes weep,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-43.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَضْحَكُونَ — wataḍḥakūna · "And you laugh"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَۙ

Watadhakoona wala tabkoon

And laugh, and not weep,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-60.md_

### 80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** ضَاحِكَةٌۭ — ḍāḥikatun · "Laughing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُسْتَبْشِرَةٌۚ

Dahikatun mustabshira

Laughing, rejoicing at glad tidings.

_https://quran.so/surah-abasa/verse-39.md_

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** يَضْحَكُونَ — yaḍḥakūna · "laugh"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَۘ

Inna allatheena ajramoo kanoomina allatheena amanoo yadhakoon

Those who were lawbreakers laughed at those who heeded warning,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-29.md_

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** يَضْحَكُونَ — yaḍḥakūna · "they will laugh"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَۙ

Falyawma allatheena amanoomina alkuffari yadhakoon

And this day those who heed warning laugh at the atheists,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-34.md_

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