# Fe-Dad-Dad — فضض (fDD)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to break/perforate/destroy, to separate/disperse/scatter/distribute, broke it up, silver, to make wide/ample/large/liberal, small number of men in a state of dispersion, calamity/misfortune
- **Derived forms:** فِضَّة (6) · ٱنفَضُّ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْفِضَّةِ — wal-fiḍati · "and [the] silver"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ الشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ وَالْبَن۪ينَ وَالْقَنَاط۪يرِ الْمُقَنْطَرَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْخَيْلِ الْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ وَالْحَرْثِۜ ذٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَاللّٰهُ عِنْدَهُ حُسْنُ الْمَاٰبِ

Zuyyina linnasi hubbuashshahawati mina annisa-i walbaneenawalqanateeri almuqantarati mina aththahabiwalfiddati walkhayli almusawwamati wal-anAAamiwalharthi thalika mataAAu alhayatiaddunya wallahu AAindahu husnualmaab

Made fair for men is the love of lusts — for women, and sons, and amassed fortunes of gold and silver, and branded horses, and cattle, and tilth: that is the provision of the life of this world — but God, with Him is the best journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-14.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 159

- **Form in this verse:** لَٱنفَضُّوا۟ — la-infaḍḍū · "surely they (would have) dispersed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of infi'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ لِنْتَ لَهُمْۚ وَلَوْ كُنْتَ فَظًّا غَل۪يظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَۖ فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَشَاوِرْهُمْ فِي الْاَمْرِۚ فَاِذَا عَزَمْتَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَوَكِّل۪ينَ

Fabima rahmatin mina Allahilinta lahum walaw kunta faththan ghaleethaalqalbi lanfaddoo min hawlika faAAfuAAanhum wastaghfir lahum washawirhum fee al-amrifa-itha AAazamta fatawakkal AAala Allahiinna Allaha yuhibbu almutawakkileen

And because of the mercy of God, thou wast lenient with them; and hadst thou been coarse and stern, they would have disbanded from about thee. So pardon thou them, and ask thou forgiveness for them, and take thou counsel with them in the affair. And when thou hast made a decision, place thou thy trust in God; God loves those who would place their trust aright.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-159.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْفِضَّةَ — wal-fiḍata · "and the silver"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنَ الْاَحْبَارِ وَالرُّهْبَانِ لَيَأْكُلُونَ اَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَهَا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۙ فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍۙ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooinna katheeran mina al-ahbari warruhbanilaya/kuloona amwala annasi bilbatiliwayasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi wallatheenayaknizoona aththahaba walfiddatawala yunfiqoonaha fee sabeeli Allahifabashshirhum biAAathabin aleem

O you who heed warning: many among the rabbis and the religious scholars consume the wealth of men in vanity, and turn away from the path of God. And those who amass gold and silver and spend it not in the cause of God: give thou them tidings of a painful punishment: —

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-34.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** فِضَّةٍۢ — fiḍḍatin · "silver"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَوْلَٓا اَنْ يَكُونَ النَّاسُ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً لَجَعَلْنَا لِمَنْ يَكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفاً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَۙ

Walawla an yakoona annasuommatan wahidatan lajaAAalna liman yakfuru birrahmanilibuyootihim suqufan min fiddatin wamaAAarijaAAalayha yathharoon

And were it not that mankind would be one community, We would have appointed for him who denies the Almighty — for their houses — roofs of silver, and stairs whereon to ascend,

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-33.md_

### 62. Surah Al-Jumu'ah, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنفَضُّوٓا۟ — infaḍḍū · "they rushed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of infi'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِذَا رَاَوْا تِجَارَةً اَوْ لَهْواًۨ انْفَضُّٓوا اِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَٓائِماًۜ قُلْ مَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ اللَّهْوِ وَمِنَ التِّجَارَةِۜ وَاللّٰهُ خَيْرُ الرَّازِق۪ينَ

Wa-itha raaw tijaratan awlahwan infaddoo ilayha watarakooka qa-imanqul ma AAinda Allahi khayrun mina allahwi wamina attijaratiwallahu khayru arraziqeen

But when they see trade or diversion, they disband towards it and leave thee standing. Say thou: “That which is with God is better than diversion or trade”; and God is the best of providers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jumuah/verse-11.md_

### 63. Surah Al-Munafiqun, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** يَنفَضُّوا۟ ۗ — yanfaḍḍū · "they disband"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of infi'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

هُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلٰى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ حَتّٰى يَنْفَضُّواۜ وَلِلّٰهِ خَزَٓائِنُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Humu allatheena yaqooloona latunfiqoo AAala man AAinda rasooli Allahi hattayanfaddoo walillahi khaza-inu assamawatiwal-ardi walakinna almunafiqeena layafqahoon

Those are they who say: “Spend not on those with the messenger of God until they disband.” And to God belong the treasuries of the heavens and the earth; but the waverers understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-munafiqun/verse-7.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** فِضَّةٍۢ — fiḍḍatin · "silver"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَيُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِاٰنِيَةٍ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَاَكْوَابٍ كَانَتْ قَوَار۪يرَاۙ

Wayutafu AAalayhim bi-aniyatinmin fiddatin waakwabin kanat qawareera

Circulated among them will be vessels of silver, and cups as of crystal!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-15.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** فِضَّةٍۢ — fiḍḍatin · "silver"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

قَوَار۪يرَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ قَدَّرُوهَا تَقْد۪يراً

Qawareera min fiddatinqaddarooha taqdeera

Crystal of silver, that they determined exactly.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-16.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** فِضَّةٍۢ — fiḍḍatin · "silver"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

عَالِيَهُمْ ثِيَابُ سُنْدُسٍ خُضْرٌ وَاِسْتَبْرَقٌۘ وَحُلُّٓوا اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍۚ وَسَقٰيهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ شَرَاباً طَهُوراً

AAaliyahum thiyabu sundusinkhudrun wa-istabraqun wahulloo asawira minfiddatin wasaqahum rabbuhum sharaban tahoora

Upon them garments of fine green silk and brocade, and they adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord giving them to drink a purifying draught:

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

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