# Mim-he-Dal — مهد (mhd)

> Occurs in 16 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** cradle, sleeping place, bed, preparation, settlement, laying the foundations, making room
- **Derived forms:** تَمْهِيد (1) · مَهْد (5) · مَهَّد (1) · مِهَٰد (7) · مَٰهِدُون (1) · يَمْهَدُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 206

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمِهَادُ — l-mihādu · "[the] resting-place"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُ اتَّقِ اللّٰهَ اَخَذَتْهُ الْعِزَّةُ بِالْاِثْمِ فَحَسْبُهُ جَهَنَّمُۜ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ

Wa-itha qeela lahu ittaqi Allahaakhathat-hu alAAizzatu bil-ithmi fahasbuhujahannamu walabi/sa almihad

And when it is said to him: “Be thou in prudent fear of God,” pride in his sin takes him. And sufficient for him is Gehenna; an evil resting-place.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-206.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمِهَادُ — l-mihādu · "[the] resting place"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قُلْ لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَتُحْشَرُونَ اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ

Qul lillatheena kafaroo satughlaboonawatuhsharoona ila jahannama wabi/sa almihad

Say thou to those who ignore warning: “You will be defeated, and gathered into Gehenna; and evil is the resting-place.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-12.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَهْدِ — l-mahdi · "the cradle"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَيُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلاً وَمِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Wayukallimu annasa feealmahdi wakahlan wamina assaliheen

“He will speak to men in the cradle, and in maturity, and is among the righteous.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-46.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 197

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمِهَادُ — l-mihādu · "[the] resting place"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

مَتَاعٌ قَل۪يلٌ ثُمَّ مَأْوٰيهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ

MataAAun qaleelun thumma ma/wahumjahannamu wabi/sa almihad

A little enjoyment, then is their shelter Gehenna; and evil is the resting-place.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-197.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَهْدِ — l-mahdi · "the cradle"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِذْ قَالَ اللّٰهُ يَا ع۪يسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ اذْكُرْ نِعْمَت۪ي عَلَيْكَ وَعَلٰى وَالِدَتِكَۢ اِذْ اَيَّدْتُكَ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلاًۚ وَاِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالتَّوْرٰيةَ وَالْاِنْج۪يلَۚ وَاِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ الطّ۪ينِ كَـهَيْـَٔةِ الطَّيْرِ بِاِذْن۪ي فَتَنْفُخُ ف۪يهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْراً بِاِذْن۪ي وَتُبْرِئُ الْاَكْمَهَ وَالْاَبْرَصَ بِاِذْن۪يۚ وَاِذْ تُخْرِجُ الْمَوْتٰى بِاِذْن۪يۚ وَاِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ عَنْكَ اِذْ جِئْتَهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Ith qala Allahu yaAAeesa ibna maryama othkur niAAmatee AAalaykawaAAala walidatika ith ayyadtuka biroohialqudusi tukallimu annasa fee almahdi wakahlanwa-ith AAallamtuka alkitaba walhikmatawattawrata wal-injeela wa-ithtakhluqu mina atteeni kahay-ati attayribi-ithnee fatanfukhu feeha fatakoonu tayranbi-ithnee watubri-o al-akmaha wal-abrasabi-ithnee wa-ith tukhriju almawta bi-ithneewa-ith kafaftu banee isra-eela AAanka ithji/tahum bilbayyinati faqala allatheenakafaroo minhum in hatha illa sihrun mubeen

(When God will say: “O Jesus, son of Mary: remember thou My favour to thee and to thy mother: when I strengthened thee with the Spirit of Holiness, thou speaking to men in the cradle and in maturity; and when I taught thee the Writ and wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel; and when thou didst create of clay the likeness of a bird by My leave, and blewest into it and it became a bird by My leave, and thou didst heal the blind and the leper by My leave; and when thou broughtest forth the dead by My leave; and when I restrained the children of Israel from thee when thou camest to them with clear signs”; then those who ignored warning among them said: “This is only obvious sorcery”;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-110.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** مِهَادٌۭ — mihādun · "(is) a bed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

لَهُمْ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Lahum min jahannama mihadun waminfawqihim ghawashin wakathalika najzee aththalimeen

They have a resting-place of Gehenna, and over them are coverings; and thus We requite the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-41.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمِهَادُ — l-mihādu · "(is) the resting place"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

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_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَهْدِ — l-mahdi · "the cradle"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاَشَارَتْ اِلَيْهِ۠ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِياًّ

Faasharat ilayhi qaloo kayfanukallimu man kana fee almahdi sabiyya

Then she pointed to him. They said: “How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-29.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** مَهْدًۭا — mahdan · "(as) a bed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْداً وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ ف۪يهَا سُبُلاً وَاَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءًۜ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِه۪ٓ اَزْوَاجاً مِنْ نَبَاتٍ شَتّٰى

Allathee jaAAala lakumu al-ardamahdan wasalaka lakum feeha subulan waanzala mina assama-imaan faakhrajna bihi azwajan min nabatinshatta

(Who made the earth for you as a bed, and inserted roads for you therein; and sent down from the sky water, and thereby have We brought forth diverse kinds of plants:

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-53.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** يَمْهَدُونَ — yamhadūna · "they are preparing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

مَنْ كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُۚ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلِاَنْفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَۙ

Man kafara faAAalayhi kufruhu waman AAamila salihanfali-anfusihim yamhadoon

Whoso denies, upon him is his denial; and whoso works righteousness, then are they preparing for themselves,

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-44.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمِهَادُ — l-mihādu · "the resting place"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

جَهَنَّمَۚ يَصْلَوْنَهَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ

Jahannama yaslawnaha fabi/saalmihad

Gehenna, wherein they will burn; and evil is the resting-place.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-56.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** مَهْدًۭا — mahdan · "a bed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْداً وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ ف۪يهَا سُبُلاً لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَۚ

Allathee jaAAala lakumu al-ardamahdan wajaAAala lakum feeha subulan laAAallakum tahtadoon

Who made the earth a bed for you, and made roads for you therein that you might be guided;

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-10.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ — l-māhidūna · "(are) the Spreaders"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَالْاَرْضَ فَرَشْنَاهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَاهِدُونَ

Wal-arda farashnahafaniAAma almahidoon

And the earth — We spread it out; how excellent are those who level!

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-48.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** وَمَهَّدتُّ — wamahhadttu · "And I spread"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, singular · past tense

وَمَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْه۪يداًۙ

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda

And spread before him ease.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-14.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** تَمْهِيدًۭا — tamhīdan · "ease"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْه۪يداًۙ

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda

And spread before him ease.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-14.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** مِهَـٰدًۭا — mihādan · "a resting place"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْاَرْضَ مِهَاداًۙ

Alam najAAali al-arda mihada

Have We not made the earth a resting-place,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-6.md_

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