# Mim-Dad-Ye — مضي (mDy)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To advance or proceed, pass/pass away, go or go away, press onward, execute/perform/accomplish a thing, to be sharp, to cut or penetrate, excel or surpass in doing a thing
- **Derived forms:** مُضِيّ (1) · مَضَىٰ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** مَضَتْ — maḍat · "preceded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

قُلْ لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ يَنْتَهُوا يُغْفَرْ لَهُمْ مَا قَدْ سَلَفَۚ وَاِنْ يَعُودُوا فَقَدْ مَضَتْ سُنَّتُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Qul lillatheena kafaroo in yantahooyughfar lahum ma qad salafa wa-in yaAAoodoo faqad madatsunnatu al-awwaleen

Say thou to those who ignore warning: if they cease, what is past will be forgiven them; but if they return, then the practice of the former peoples has gone before.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-38.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱمْضُوا۟ — wa-im'ḍū · "and go on"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

فَاَسْرِ بِاَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ الَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِـعْ اَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ اَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

Faasri bi-ahlika biqitAAin minaallayli wattabiAA adbarahum wala yaltafitminkum ahadun wamdoo haythutu/maroon

“So travel thou with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs; and let not any one of you turn round, but go on to where you are commanded.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-65.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** أَمْضِىَ — amḍiya · "I continue"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِفَتٰيهُ لَٓا اَبْرَحُ حَتّٰٓى اَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ اَوْ اَمْضِيَ حُقُباً

Wa-ith qala moosa lifatahula abrahu hatta ablugha majmaAAa albahrayniaw amdiya huquba

And when Moses said to his servant: “I will not cease until I reach the confluence of the two seas, though I continue for an age,”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-60.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** مُضِيًّۭا — muḍiyyan · "to proceed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَوْ نَشَٓاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلٰى مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِياًّ وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ۟

Walaw nashao lamasakhnahumAAala makanatihim fama istataAAoo mudiyyanwala yarjiAAoon

And had We willed, We would have so transformed them in their places, they could neither proceed nor return.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-67.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَمَضَىٰ — wamaḍā · "and has passed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاَهْلَكْـنَٓا اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشاً وَمَضٰى مَثَلُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshanwamada mathalu al-awwaleen

And We destroyed stronger than them in might; and the example of the former peoples has gone before.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-8.md_

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