# Fe-Dal-Ye — فدي (fdy) > Occurs in 13 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/fdy - **Meaning:** he gave a thing, ransom, purchase, he loosed him or set him free, mufadat - giving a man and taking a man in exchange, a collection. - **Derived forms:** تُفَٰدُ (1) · فِدَاء (1) · فَدَيْ (1) · فِدْيَة (3) · ٱفْتَدَىٰ (7) ## Verses containing this root ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 85 - **Form in this verse:** تُفَـٰدُوهُمْ — tufādūhum · "you ransom them" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense ثُمَّ اَنْتُمْ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ تَقْتُلُونَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَر۪يقاً مِنْكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْۘ تَظَاهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْاِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِۜ وَاِنْ يَأْتُوكُمْ اُسَارٰى تُفَادُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ اِخْرَاجُهُمْۜ اَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍۚ فَمَا جَزَٓاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ اِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ يُرَدُّونَ اِلٰٓى اَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ Thumma antum haola-itaqtuloona anfusakum watukhrijoona fareeqan minkum min diyarihimtathaharoona AAalayhim bil-ithmi walAAudwaniwa-in ya/tookum osara tufadoohum wahuwa muharramunAAalaykum ikhrajuhum afatu/minoona bibaAAdi alkitabiwatakfuroona bibaAAdin fama jazao manyafAAalu thalika minkum illa khizyun fee alhayatiaddunya wayawma alqiyamati yuraddoona ilaashaddi alAAathabi wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon Then are you those who kill your own, and turn a faction among you out of their homes, assisting one another against them in sin and enmity; and if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, but unlawful for you was their expulsion. Do you believe in part of the Writ and deny part? Then what is the reward of him among you who does that save disgrace in the life of this world? And on the Day of Resurrection they are sent back to the harshest punishment; and God is not unmindful of what you do. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-85.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 184 - **Form in this verse:** فِدْيَةٌۭ — fid'yatun · "a ransom" - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite اَيَّاماً مَعْدُودَاتٍۜ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَر۪يضاً اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ اَيَّامٍ اُخَرَۜ وَعَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ يُط۪يقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْك۪ينٍۜ فَمَنْ تَطَوَّعَ خَيْراً فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُۜ وَاَنْ تَصُومُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ Ayyaman maAAdoodatin faman kanaminkum mareedan aw AAala safarin faAAiddatun minayyamin okhara waAAala allatheena yuteeqoonahufidyatun taAAamu miskeenin faman tatawwaAAakhayran fahuwa khayrun lahu waan tasoomoo khayrun lakum inkuntum taAAlamoon For days numbered. And whoso among you is sick or on a journey: then a number of other days. And for those who are able to do it is a redemption: feeding a needy person. And whoso does good voluntarily, it is better for him. And that you fast is better for you, if you would know. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-184.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 196 - **Form in this verse:** فَفِدْيَةٌۭ — fafid'yatun · "then a ransom" - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite وَاَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلّٰهِۜ فَاِنْ اُحْصِرْتُمْ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِۚ وَلَا تَحْلِقُوا رُؤُ۫سَكُمْ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُۜ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَر۪يضاً اَوْ بِه۪ٓ اَذًى مِنْ رَأْسِه۪ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِنْ صِيَامٍ اَوْ صَدَقَةٍ اَوْ نُسُكٍۚ فَاِذَٓا اَمِنْتُمْ۠ فَمَنْ تَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ اِلَى الْحَجِّ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِۚ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلٰثَةِ اَيَّامٍ فِي الْحَجِّ وَسَبْعَةٍ اِذَا رَجَعْتُمْۜ تِلْكَ عَشَرَةٌ كَامِلَةٌۜ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ اَهْلُهُ حَاضِرِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ۟ Waatimmoo alhajja walAAumratalillahi fa-in ohsirtum fama istaysara minaalhadyi wala tahliqoo ruoosakum hattayablugha alhadyu mahillahu faman kana minkum mareedanaw bihi athan min ra/sihi fafidyatun min siyaminaw sadaqatin aw nusukin fa-itha amintum famantamattaAAa bilAAumrati ila alhajji famaistaysara mina alhadyi faman lam yajid fasiyamuthalathati ayyamin fee alhajji wasabAAatin itharajaAAtum tilka AAasharatun kamilatun thalika limanlam yakun ahluhu hadiree almasjidi alharamiwattaqoo Allaha waAAlamoo anna Allahashadeedu alAAiqab And complete the pilgrimage and the attendance for God. But if you be straitened, then what is easy of the offering. And shave not your heads until the offering reaches its place of sacrifice. And whoso among you is sick or has a hindrance of the head: the redemption is by fast or charity or penance. And when you are secure, then whoso enjoys the attendance until the pilgrimage, then what is easy of the offering. And whoso has not the means: a fast of three days during the pilgrimage, and seven when you have returned. Those are ten complete. That is for him whose family is not present at the inviolable place of worship. And be in prudent fear of God, and know that God is severe in retribution. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-196.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 229 - **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَدَتْ — if'tadat · "she ransoms" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense اَلطَّـلَاقُ مَرَّتَانِۖ فَاِمْسَاكٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ اَوْ تَسْر۪يحٌ بِاِحْسَانٍۜ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ اَنْ تَأْخُذُوا مِمَّٓا اٰتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْـٔاً اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَخَافَٓا اَلَّا يُق۪يمَا حُدُودَ اللّٰهِۜ فَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ اَلَّا يُق۪يمَا حُدُودَ اللّٰهِۙ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا ف۪يمَا افْتَدَتْ بِه۪ۜ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَاۚ وَمَنْ يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللّٰهِ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ Attalaqu marratanifa-imsakun bimaAAroofin aw tasreehun bi-ihsaninwala yahillu lakum an ta/khuthoo mimmaataytumoohunna shay-an illa an yakhafaalla yuqeema hudooda Allahi fa-inkhiftum alla yuqeema hudooda Allahifala junaha AAalayhima feema iftadatbihi tilka hudoodu Allahi fala taAAtadoohawaman yataAAadda hudooda Allahi faola-ikahumu aththalimoon Divorce is twice. Then retaining according to what is fitting, or releasing with good conduct. And it is not lawful for you to take of what you have given women unless they fear that they cannot uphold the limits of God. Then if you fear that they cannot uphold the limits of God, they do no wrong concerning that whereby she ransoms herself. Those are the limits of God, so transgress them not. And whoso transgresses the limits of God, it is they who are the wrongdoers. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-229.md_ ### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 91 - **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَدَىٰ — if'tadā · "he offered as ransom" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْ اَحَدِهِمْ مِلْءُ الْاَرْضِ ذَهَباً وَلَوِ افْتَدٰى بِه۪ۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِر۪ينَ۟ Inna allatheena kafaroo wamatoowahum kuffarun falan yuqbala min ahadihim miloal-ardi thahaban walawi iftada bihi ola-ikalahum AAathabun aleemun wama lahum min nasireen Those who ignore warning and die as atheists: there would not be accepted from one of them the earth full of gold were he to seek to ransom himself thereby; those have a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers. _https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-91.md_ ### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 36 - **Form in this verse:** لِيَفْتَدُوا۟ — liyaftadū · "to ransom themselves" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ اَنَّ لَهُمْ مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ جَم۪يعاً وَمِثْلَهُ مَعَهُ لِيَفْتَدُوا بِه۪ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَا تُقُبِّلَ مِنْهُمْۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ Inna allatheena kafaroo law annalahum ma fee al-ardi jameeAAan wamithlahu maAAahuliyaftadoo bihi min AAathabi yawmi alqiyamati matuqubbila minhum walahum AAathabun aleem Those who ignore warning: were they to have all that is in the earth and the like thereof with it to seek to ransom themselves thereby from the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, it would not be accepted from them; and they have a painful punishment. _https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-36.md_ ### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 54 - **Form in this verse:** لَٱفْتَدَتْ — la-if'tadat · "it (would) seek to ransom" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense وَلَوْ اَنَّ لِكُلِّ نَفْسٍ ظَلَمَتْ مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ لَافْتَدَتْ بِه۪ۜ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا الْعَذَابَۚ وَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْقِسْطِ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ Walaw anna likulli nafsin thalamatma fee al-ardi laftadat bihi waasarroo annadamatalamma raawoo alAAathaba waqudiya baynahum bilqistiwahum la yuthlamoon And were there for each soul that did wrong all that is in the earth, it would seek to ransom itself thereby; and they cannot express the remorse when they see the punishment, and it is concluded between them with equity; and they will not be wronged. _https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-54.md_ ### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 18 - **Form in this verse:** لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ — la-if'tadaw · "surely they would offer ransom" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَجَابُوا لِرَبِّهِمُ الْحُسْنٰىۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يَسْتَج۪يبُوا لَهُ لَوْ اَنَّ لَهُمْ مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ جَم۪يعاً وَمِثْلَهُ مَعَهُ لَافْتَدَوْا بِه۪ۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ سُٓوءُ الْحِسَابِۙ وَمَأْوٰيهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ۟ Lillatheena istajaboolirabbihimu alhusna wallatheena lamyastajeeboo lahu law anna lahum ma fee al-ardijameeAAan wamithlahu maAAahu laftadaw bihi ola-ikalahum soo-o alhisabi wama/wahum jahannamuwabi/sa almihad For those who respond to their Lord is the best; and those who respond not to Him: had they all that is in the earth altogether, and the like thereof with it, they would seek to ransom themselves thereby. Those have an evil reckoning, and their shelter is Gehenna; and evil is the resting-place. _https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-18.md_ ### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 107 - **Form in this verse:** وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ — wafadaynāhu · "And We ransomed him" - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense وَفَدَيْنَاهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظ۪يمٍ Wafadaynahu bithibhinAAatheem And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice, _https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-107.md_ ### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 47 - **Form in this verse:** لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ — la-if'tadaw · "they would ransom" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense وَلَوْ اَنَّ لِلَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ جَم۪يعاً وَمِثْلَهُ مَعَهُ لَافْتَدَوْا بِه۪ مِنْ سُٓوءِ الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ وَبَدَا لَهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ Walaw anna lillatheena thalamooma fee al-ardi jameeAAan wamithlahu maAAahu laftadawbihi min soo-i alAAathabi yawma alqiyamati wabadalahum mina Allahi ma lam yakoonoo yahtasiboon And were those who do wrong to possess all that is in the earth and the like of it with it, they would seek to ransom themselves thereby from the evil of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection; and there will appear to them from God that on which they had not reckoned, _https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-47.md_ ### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 4 - **Form in this verse:** فِدَآءً — fidāan · "ransom" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite فَاِذَا لَق۪يتُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَثْخَنْتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا الْوَثَاقَۙ فَاِمَّا مَناًّ بَعْدُ وَاِمَّا فِدَٓاءً حَتّٰى تَضَعَ الْحَرْبُ اَوْزَارَهَاۚۛ ذٰلِكَۜۛ وَلَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَانْتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْۙ وَلٰكِنْ لِيَبْلُوَ۬ا بَعْضَكُمْ بِبَعْضٍۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ قُتِلُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ فَلَنْ يُضِلَّ اَعْمَالَهُمْ Fa-itha laqeetumu allatheenakafaroo fadarba arriqabi hattaitha athkhantumoohum fashuddoo alwathaqa fa-immamannan baAAdu wa-imma fidaan hatta tadaAAaalharbu awzaraha thalika walaw yashaoAllahu lantasara minhum walakinliyabluwa baAAdakum bibaAAdin wallatheenaqutiloo fee sabeeli Allahi falan yudillaaAAmalahum And when you meet those who ignore warning: — then the smiting of the necks. When you have battled them strenuously, then make strong the bonds; then: — either grace thereafter or ransom, until the war lays down its burdens. That when, had God willed, He would have taken revenge upon them; but that He might try some of you by means of others[...]. And those who are slain in the cause of God, He will not send their deeds astray; _https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-4.md_ ### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 15 - **Form in this verse:** فِدْيَةٌۭ — fid'yatun · "any ransom" - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَلَا مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۜ مَأْوٰيكُمُ النَّارُۜ هِيَ مَوْلٰيكُمْۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ Falyawma la yu/khathuminkum fidyatun wala mina allatheena kafaroo ma/wakumuannaru hiya mawlakum wabi/sa almaseer “So this day no ransom will be taken from you, or from those who ignore warning. Your shelter is the Fire; it is your protector.” And evil is the journey’s end! _https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-15.md_ ### 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 11 - **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَدِى — yaftadī · "he (could be) ransomed" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْۜ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَد۪ي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَن۪يهِۙ Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh They will be given sight of them: — the lawbreaker will wish that should he be ransomed from the punishment of that day by his sons, _https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-11.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-19 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.