# Gayn-Dal-Vav — غدو (gdw)

> Occurs in 16 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Early part of morning, morrow, morning, time between the prayer of daybreak and sunrise, first part of the day
- **Derived forms:** غَد (5) · غَدَ (3) · غَدَاء (1) · غُدُوّ (5) · غَدَوٰة (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 121

- **Form in this verse:** غَدَوْتَ — ghadawta · "you left early morning"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ اَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ مَقَاعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌۙ

Wa-ith ghadawta min ahlika tubawwi-oalmu/mineena maqaAAida lilqitali wallahusameeAAun AAaleem

And when thou didst leave thy household early to assign the believers their stations for the battle; and God was hearing and knowing

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-121.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ — bil-ghadati · "in the morning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَلَا تَطْرُدِ الَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدٰوةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُر۪يدُونَ وَجْهَهُۜ مَا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ حِسَابِهِمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَمَا مِنْ حِسَابِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَتَطْرُدَهُمْ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Wala tatrudi allatheenayadAAoona rabbahum bilghadati walAAashiyyiyureedoona wajhahu ma AAalayka min hisabihimmin shay-in wama min hisabika AAalayhim minshay-in fatatrudahum fatakoona mina aththalimeen

And drive thou not away those who call to their Lord morning and evening, seeking His face — not upon thee is anything of their account, and nothing of thy account is upon them — for thou shouldst drive them away, and be of the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-52.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 205

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْغُدُوِّ — bil-ghuduwi · "in the mornings"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ ف۪ي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعاً وَخ۪يفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْاٰصَالِ وَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِل۪ينَ

Wathkur rabbaka fee nafsikatadarruAAan wakheefatan wadoona aljahri mina alqawli bilghuduwwiwal-asali wala takun mina alghafileen

And remember thou thy Lord within thy soul in humility and fear; and without publicity of speech, morning and evening; and be thou not among the heedless.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-205.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** غَدًۭا — ghadan · "tomorrow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَداً يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَاِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ

Arsilhu maAAana ghadan yartaAAwayalAAab wa-inna lahu lahafithoon

“Send thou him with us tomorrow, that he might run and play; and we will guard him.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-12.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْغُدُوِّ — bil-ghuduwi · "in the mornings"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلِلّٰهِ يَسْجُدُ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ طَوْعاً وَكَرْهاً وَظِلَالُهُمْ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْاٰصَالِ

Walillahi yasjudu man fee assamawatiwal-ardi tawAAan wakarhan wathilaluhumbilghuduwwi wal-asal

And to God submits whoso is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows in the mornings and the evenings.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-15.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** غَدًا — ghadan · "tomorrow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَايْءٍ اِنّ۪ي فَاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَداًۙ

Wala taqoolanna lishay-in innee faAAilunthalika ghada

(And say thou not of anything: “I will do that tomorrow,”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-23.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ — bil-ghadati · "in the morning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدٰوةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُر۪يدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْۚ تُر۪يدُ ز۪ينَةَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا تُطِـعْ مَنْ اَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰيهُ وَكَانَ اَمْرُهُ فُرُطاً

Wasbir nafsaka maAAa allatheenayadAAoona rabbahum bilghadati walAAashiyyiyureedoona wajhahu wala taAAdu AAaynaka AAanhumtureedu zeenata alhayati addunya walatutiAA man aghfalna qalbahu AAan thikrinawattabaAAa hawahu wakana amruhu furuta

And make thou thy soul patient, with those who call to their Lord, morning and evening, seeking His face. And let not thine eyes pass beyond them, desiring the adornment of the life of this world; and obey thou not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and follows his vain desire and whose affair is neglect.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-28.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** غَدَآءَنَا — ghadāanā · "our morning meal"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتٰيهُ اٰتِنَا غَدَٓاءَنَاۘ لَقَدْ لَق۪ينَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هٰذَا نَصَباً

Falamma jawaza qalalifatahu atina ghadaana laqadlaqeena min safarina hatha nasaba

And when they had passed on, he said to his servant: “Bring thou us our meal; we have met from this our journey with fatigue.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-62.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْغُدُوِّ — bil-ghuduwi · "in the mornings"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

ف۪ي بُيُوتٍ اَذِنَ اللّٰهُ اَنْ تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ ف۪يهَا اسْمُهُۙ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ف۪يهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْاٰصَالِۙ

Fee buyootin athina Allahu anturfaAAa wayuthkara feeha ismuhu yusabbihulahu feeha bilghuduwwi wal-asal

In houses God has given leave to be raised, and His name to be remembered therein, there give Him glory therein in the mornings and the evenings

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-36.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** غَدًۭا ۖ — ghadan · "tomorrow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِۚ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْاَرْحَامِۜ وَمَا تَدْر۪ي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَداًۜ وَمَا تَدْر۪ي نَفْسٌ بِاَيِّ اَرْضٍ تَمُو تُ  ۜ  اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ خَب۪يرٌ

Inna Allaha AAindahu AAilmu assaAAatiwayunazzilu alghaytha wayaAAlamu ma fee al-arhamiwama tadree nafsun matha taksibu ghadan wamatadree nafsun bi-ayyi ardin tamootu inna AllahaAAaleemun khabeer

God, with Him is knowledge of the Hour; and He sends down the rain; and He knows what is in the wombs. And no soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in what land it will die; God is knowing and aware.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-34.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** غُدُوُّهَا — ghuduwwuhā · "its morning course"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَلِسُلَيْمٰنَ الرّ۪يحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌۚ وَاَسَلْنَا لَهُ عَيْنَ الْقِطْرِۜ وَمِنَ الْجِنِّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّه۪ۜ وَمَنْ يَزِغْ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ اَمْرِنَا نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّع۪يرِ

Walisulaymana arreehaghuduwwuha shahrun warawahuha shahrunwaasalna lahu AAayna alqitri wamina aljinni manyaAAmalu bayna yadayhi bi-ithni rabbihi waman yazighminhum AAan amrina nuthiqhu min AAathabi assaAAeer

And to Solomon the wind: its morning course a month, and its evening course a month. And We made flow for him a spring of molten brass. And among the domini worked some before him, by the leave of his Lord; and who deviated among them from Our command — We will let him taste of the punishment of the Inferno.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-12.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** غُدُوًّۭا — ghuduwwan · "morning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلنَّارُ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُواًّ وَعَشِياًّۚ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ۠ اَدْخِلُٓوا اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ اَشَدَّ الْعَذَابِ

Annaru yuAAradoonaAAalayha ghuduwwan waAAashiyyan wayawma taqoomu assaAAatuadkhiloo ala firAAawna ashadda alAAathab

The Fire: they are exposed to it morning and evening; and the day the Hour strikes: “Cause the house of Pharaoh to enter the most severe punishment!”

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-46.md_

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** غَدًۭا — ghadan · "tomorrow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَداً مَنِ الْـكَذَّابُ الْاَشِرُ

SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabual-ashir

“They will come to know on the morrow who is the insolent liar!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qamar/verse-26.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** لِغَدٍۢ ۖ — lighadin · "for tomorrow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَلْتَنْظُرْ نَفْسٌ مَا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ خَب۪يرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooittaqoo Allaha waltanthur nafsun maqaddamat lighadin wattaqoo Allaha inna Allahakhabeerun bima taAAmaloon

O you who heed warning: be in prudent fear of God. And let a soul look to what it has sent ahead for the morrow. And be in prudent fear of God; God is aware of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-18.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** ٱغْدُوا۟ — igh'dū · "Go early"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

اَنِ اغْدُوا عَلٰى حَرْثِكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِم۪ينَ

Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum inkuntum sarimeen

“Go early to your tilth, if you would be reaping!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-22.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَغَدَوْا۟ — waghadaw · "And they went early"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَغَدَوْا عَلٰى حَرْدٍ قَادِر۪ينَ

Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireen

And they went early, determined upon their purpose.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-25.md_

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