# Dad-Ye-Ayn — ضيع (DyE)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Perished, came to nought, passed away, became lost, left alone, neglected, unmindful, destroyed, wasted.
- **Derived forms:** أَضَاعُ (10)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 143

- **Form in this verse:** لِيُضِيعَ — liyuḍīʿa · "let go waste"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ اُمَّةً وَسَطاً لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَٓاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَه۪يداًۜ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّت۪ي كُنْتَ عَلَيْهَٓا اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ يَتَّبِـعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّنْ يَنْقَلِبُ عَلٰى عَقِبَيْهِۜ  وَاِنْ كَانَتْ لَكَب۪يرَةً اِلَّا عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ هَدَى اللّٰهُۜ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيُض۪يعَ ا۪يمَانَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wakathalika jaAAalnakumommatan wasatan litakoonoo shuhadaa AAala annasiwayakoona arrasoolu AAalaykum shaheedan wamajaAAalna alqiblata allatee kunta AAalayha illalinaAAlama man yattabiAAu arrasoola mimman yanqalibu AAalaAAaqibayhi wa-in kanat lakabeeratan illa AAalaallatheena hada Allahu wama kanaAllahu liyudeeAAa eemanakum inna Allahabinnasi laraoofun raheem

And thus We made you an intermediary community that you might be witnesses to mankind, and that the Messenger might be a witness to you. And We made not the course which thou wast on save that We might know him who follows the Messenger from him who turns on his heels. And it is hard save for those whom God has guided. And God would not cause your faith to be lost; God is towards men kind and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-143.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 171

- **Form in this verse:** يُضِيعُ — yuḍīʿu · "let go waste"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَفَضْلٍۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَۚۛ ۟

Yastabshiroona biniAAmatin mina Allahiwafadlin waanna Allaha la yudeeAAuajra almu/mineen

Rejoicing in favour and bounty from God, and that God causes not to be lost the reward of the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-171.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 195

- **Form in this verse:** أُضِيعُ — uḍīʿu · "(let go) waste"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, singular · present tense

فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ اَنّ۪ي لَٓا اُض۪يعُ عَمَلَ عَامِلٍ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ اَوْ اُنْثٰىۚ بَعْضُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍۚ فَالَّذ۪ينَ هَاجَرُوا وَاُخْرِجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ وَاُو۫ذُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يل۪ي وَقَاتَلُوا وَقُتِلُوا لَاُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَاُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۚ ثَوَاباً مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عِنْدَهُ حُسْنُ الثَّوَابِ

Fastajaba lahum rabbuhumannee la odeeAAu AAamala AAamilin minkum minthakarin aw ontha baAAdukum min baAAdinfallatheena hajaroo waokhrijoo min diyarihimwaoothoo fee sabeelee waqataloo waqutiloolaokaffiranna AAanhum sayyi-atihim walaodkhilannahum jannatintajree min tahtiha al-anharu thawabanmin AAindi Allahi wallahu AAindahu husnuaththawab

And their Lord responded to them: “I cause not to be lost the work of any that works among you, male or female; you are of one another.” And those who emigrated and were turned out of their homes, and were hindered in My cause, and fought and were killed: I will remove from them their evil deeds, and I will make them enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, as a reward from God; and God, with Him is the best of rewards.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-195.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 170

- **Form in this verse:** نُضِيعُ — nuḍīʿu · "[We] let go waste"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَۜ اِنَّا لَا نُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُصْلِح۪ينَ

Wallatheena yumassikoona bilkitabiwaaqamoo assalata inna lanudeeAAu ajra almusliheen

And those who hold fast the Writ, and uphold the duty — We cause not to be lost the reward of those who do right.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-170.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** يُضِيعُ — yuḍīʿu · "allow to be lost"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

مَا كَانَ لِاَهْلِ الْمَد۪ينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ اَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ لَا يُص۪يبُهُمْ ظَمَاٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَطَؤُ۫نَ مَوْطِئاً يَغ۪يظُ الْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَيْلاً اِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ بِه۪ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَۙ

Ma kana li-ahli almadeenatiwaman hawlahum mina al-aAArabi an yatakhallafooAAan rasooli Allahi wala yarghaboo bi-anfusihimAAan nafsihi thalika bi-annahum la yuseebuhumthamaon wala nasabun walamakhmasatun fee sabeeli Allahi wala yataoonamawti-an yagheethu alkuffara walayanaloona min AAaduwwin naylan illa kutiba lahumbihi AAamalun salihun inna Allaha layudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen

It is not for the people of the city and those around them of the desert Arabs to remain behind the messenger of God, and prefer their lives to his life. Is it not that there befalls them neither thirst, nor fatigue, nor hunger, in the cause of God, neither take they any step that enrages the atheists, nor achieve they against the enemy an attainment save that it is recorded for them as a righteous deed! God causes not to be lost the reward of the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-120.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 115

- **Form in this verse:** يُضِيعُ — yuḍīʿu · "let go waste"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاصْبِرْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wasbir fa-inna Allahala yudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen

And be thou patient, for God causes not to be lost the reward of the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-115.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** نُضِيعُ — nuḍīʿu · "We let go waste"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي الْاَرْضِۚ يَتَبَوَّاُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَٓاءُۜ نُص۪يبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَنْ نَشَٓاءُ وَلَا نُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wakathalika makanna liyoosufafee al-ardi yatabawwao minha haythu yashaonuseebu birahmatina man nashao walanudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen

And thus We established Joseph in the land, to settle therein wheresoever he willed. We visit with Our mercy whom We will, and We cause not to be lost the reward of the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-56.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** يُضِيعُ — yuḍīʿu · "let go waste"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالُٓوا ءَاِنَّكَ لَاَنْتَ يُوسُفُۜ قَالَ اَنَا۬ يُوسُفُ وَهٰذَٓا اَخ۪يۘ قَدْ مَنَّ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْنَاۜ اِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Qaloo a-innaka laanta yoosufa qalaana yoosufu wahatha akhee qad manna AllahuAAalayna innahu man yattaqi wayasbir fa-inna Allahala yudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen

They said: “Is it indeed thou, Joseph?” He said: “I am Joseph, and this is my brother. God has favoured us. Whoso is in prudent fear and is patient — God causes not to be lost the reward of the doers of good.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-90.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** نُضِيعُ — nuḍīʿu · "will not let go waste"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · present tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ اِنَّا لَا نُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ مَنْ اَحْسَنَ عَمَلاًۚ

Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati inna lanudeeAAu ajra man ahsana AAamala

Those who heed warning and do righteous deeds: We cause not to be lost the reward of one who does good works;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-30.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** أَضَاعُوا۟ — aḍāʿū · "who neglected"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ اَضَاعُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَياًّۙ

Fakhalafa min baAAdihim khalfun adaAAooassalata wattabaAAoo ashshahawatifasawfa yalqawna ghayya

But there succeeded them successors who caused the duty to be lost, and followed lusts; they will meet with error

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-59.md_

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