# Sad-Dal-Ayn — صدع (SdE)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to split, expound, cleave, profess openly, divide, cross, proclaim, promulgate aloud, declare openly, be affected with headache, manifest, make clear. sad'un - fissure. suddi'a - to oppress with or suffer from headache. issada'a (vb. 5) - to be split up or divided. mutasaddiun - that which is cloven or splits in two.
- **Derived forms:** صَّدْع (1) · مُّتَصَدِّع (1) · يُصَدَّعُ (1) · يَصَّدَّعُ (1) · ٱصْدَعْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱصْدَعْ — fa-iṣ'daʿ · "So proclaim"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَاَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ

FasdaAA bima tu/maruwaaAArid AAani almushrikeen

So declare thou what thou art commanded; and turn thou away from the idolaters.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-94.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** يَصَّدَّعُونَ — yaṣṣaddaʿūna · "they will be divided"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَاَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدّ۪ينِ الْقَيِّمِ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ

Faaqim wajhaka liddeeni alqayyimimin qabli an ya/tiya yawmun la maradda lahu mina Allahiyawma-ithin yassaddaAAoon

So set thou thy face towards the right doctrine before there comes a day — of which there is no repelling — from God; that day will they be separated.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-43.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** يُصَدَّعُونَ — yuṣaddaʿūna · "they will get headache"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنْزِفُونَۙ

La yusaddaAAoona AAanhawala yunzifoon

Wherefrom they have no headache, nor are they intoxicated;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-19.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** مُّتَصَدِّعًۭا — mutaṣaddiʿan · "breaking asunder"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tefa'ul · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

لَوْ اَنْزَلْنَا هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ عَلٰى جَبَلٍ لَرَاَيْتَهُ خَاشِعاً مُتَصَدِّعاً مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللّٰهِۜ وَتِلْكَ الْاَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Law anzalna hatha alqur-anaAAala jabalin laraaytahu khashiAAan mutasaddiAAanmin khashyati Allahi watilka al-amthalu nadribuhalinnasi laAAallahum yatafakkaroon

Had We sent down this Qur’an upon a mountain, thou hadst seen it humbled, split asunder from fear of God. And those similitudes — We strike them for mankind, that they might reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-21.md_

### 86. Surah At-Tariq, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصَّدْعِ — l-ṣadʿi · "cracks open"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَالْاَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِۙ

Wal-ardi thati assadAA

And by the earth full of cracks!

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tariq/verse-12.md_

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