# Dad-Vav-Elif — ضوا (DwA)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Brought to light, made visible, discovered, or revealed. One who stood in the dark to see people by the light of their fire, without their seeing him.
- **Derived forms:** أَضَاءَ (3) · ضِيَاء (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** أَضَآءَتْ — aḍāat · "it illuminated"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي اسْتَوْقَدَ نَاراًۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَضَٓاءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُ ذَهَبَ اللّٰهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتٍ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

Mathaluhum kamathali allatheeistawqada naran falamma adaat ma hawlahuthahaba Allahu binoorihim watarakahum fee thulumatinla yubsiroon

Their likeness is as the likeness of one who kindled a fire: — when it had illuminated what was round about him, God took away their light and left them in darkness; they do not see.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-17.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** أَضَآءَ — aḍāa · "it flashes"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ اَبْصَارَهُمْۜ  كُلَّمَٓا اَضَٓاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا ف۪يهِۙ وَاِذَٓا اَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُواۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَاَبْصَارِهِمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ۟

Yakadu albarqu yakhtafu absarahumkullama adaa lahum mashaw feehi wa-itha athlamaAAalayhim qamoo walaw shaa Allahu lathahababisamAAihim waabsarihim inna Allaha AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

The lightning nigh snatches away their sight; whenever it gives them light, they walk therein; and when it darkens over them, they stand still. And had God willed, He would have taken away their hearing and their sight; God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-20.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ضِيَآءًۭ — ḍiyāan · "a shining light"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَٓاءً وَالْقَمَرَ نُوراً وَقَدَّرَهُ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّن۪ينَ وَالْحِسَابَۜ مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ ذٰلِكَ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّۜ يُفَصِّلُ الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Huwa allathee jaAAala ashshamsadiyaan walqamara nooran waqaddarahu manazilalitaAAlamoo AAadada assineena walhisabama khalaqa Allahu thalika illa bilhaqqiyufassilu al-ayati liqawmin yaAAlamoon

He it is that made the sun an illumination, and the moon a light; and He determined for it phases, that you might know the number of years and the reckoning. God created that not save in truth; He sets out and details the proofs for people who know.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-5.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** وَضِيَآءًۭ — waḍiyāan · "and a light"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسٰى وَهٰرُونَ الْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَٓاءً وَذِكْراً لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَۙ

Walaqad atayna moosawaharoona alfurqana wadiyaan wathikranlilmuttaqeen

And We gave Moses and Aaron the Division, and an illumination, and a remembrance for those of prudent fear:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-48.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** يُضِىٓءُ — yuḍīu · "glow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَللّٰهُ نُورُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ مَثَلُ نُورِه۪ كَمِشْكٰوةٍ ف۪يهَا مِصْبَاحٌۜ  اَلْمِصْبَاحُ ف۪ي زُجَاجَةٍۜ اَلزُّجَاجَةُ  كَاَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍۙ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُض۪ٓيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌۜ  نُورٌ عَلٰى نُورٍۜ يَهْدِي اللّٰهُ لِنُورِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَيَضْرِبُ اللّٰهُ الْاَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌۙ

Allahu nooru assamawatiwal-ardi mathalu noorihi kamishkatin feehamisbahun almisbahu fee zujajatinazzujajatu kaannaha kawkabun durriyyunyooqadu min shajaratin mubarakatin zaytoonatin lasharqiyyatin wala gharbiyyatin yakadu zaytuhayudee-o walaw lam tamsas-hu narun noorun AAalanoorin yahdee Allahu linoorihi man yashao wayadribuAllahu al-amthala linnasi wallahubikulli shay-in AAaleem

God is the light of the heavens and the earth. The likeness of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp — the lamp in a glass, the glass as it were a shining star — lit from a blessed tree, an olive neither of East nor West; its oil would nigh illuminate, though no fire touched it: — light upon light! — God guides to His light whom He wills! And God strikes similitudes for men; and God knows all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-35.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** بِضِيَآءٍ ۖ — biḍiyāin · "light"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قُلْ اَرَاَيْتُمْ اِنْ جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكُمُ الَّيْلَ سَرْمَداً اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَنْ اِلٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللّٰهِ يَأْت۪يكُمْ بِضِيَٓاءٍۜ اَفَلَا تَسْمَعُونَ

Qul araaytum in jaAAala AllahuAAalaykumu allayla sarmadan ila yawmi alqiyamatiman ilahun ghayru Allahi ya/teekum bidiya-inafala tasmaAAoon

Say thou: “Have you considered: if God should make night unceasing over you until the Day of Resurrection, what god besides God will bring you illumination? Will you then not hear!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-71.md_

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