# Mim-Ra-Dal — مرد (mrd)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To seep or soak bread (or corn) in water, to crumble or soften, rub a thing in water, make a thing soft, to polish a thing, to be beardless or without facial hair (youth or young man), exalt oneself, to be insolent and audacious/bold, excessively proud or corrupt, extravagant in acts of wrongdoing and disobedience, to be accustomed/habituated/inured to a thing, care not for a thing, be destitute of good, to strip or peel a thing, lofty or high, to be brisk/lively/sprightly.
- **Derived forms:** مَرَدُ (1) · مَّارِد (1) · مَّرِيد (2) · مُّمَرَّد (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 117

- **Form in this verse:** مَّرِيدًۭا — marīdan · "rebellious"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

اِنْ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اِنَاثاًۚ وَاِنْ يَدْعُونَ اِلَّا شَيْطَاناً مَر۪يداًۙ

In yadAAoona min doonihi illa inathanwa-in yadAAoona illa shaytanan mareeda

They call besides to Him save to females; and they call save to a rebellious satan

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-117.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** مَرَدُوا۟ — maradū · "They persist"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَمِمَّنْ حَوْلَكُمْ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ مُنَافِقُونَۜ وَمِنْ اَهْلِ الْمَد۪ينَةِ مَرَدُوا عَلَى النِّفَاقِ لَا تَعْلَمُهُمْۜ نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُهُمْۜ سَنُعَذِّبُهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّونَ اِلٰى عَذَابٍ عَظ۪يمٍۚ

Wamimman hawlakum mina al-aAArabimunafiqoona wamin ahli almadeenati maradoo AAala annifaqila taAAlamuhum nahnu naAAlamuhum sanuAAaththibuhummarratayni thumma yuraddoona ila AAathabin AAatheem

And among those around you of the desert Arabs are waverers; and among the people of the city — they persist in wavering. Thou knowest them not, but We know them; We will punish them twice, then will they be sent back to a great punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-101.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** مَّرِيدٍۢ — marīdin · "rebellious"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُجَادِلُ فِي اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّبِعُ كُلَّ شَيْطَانٍ مَر۪يدٍۙ

Wamina annasi man yujadilufee Allahi bighayri AAilmin wayattabiAAu kulla shaytaninmareed

And among men is he who disputes concerning God, without knowledge, and follows every rebellious satan

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-3.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** مُّمَرَّدٌۭ — mumarradun · "made smooth"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · passive · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

ق۪يلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِي الصَّرْحَۚ فَلَمَّا رَاَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَيْهَاۜ قَالَ اِنَّهُ صَرْحٌ مُمَرَّدٌ مِنْ قَوَار۪يرَۜ قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْس۪ي وَاَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمٰنَ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ۟

Qeela laha odkhulee assarhafalamma raat-hu hasibat-hu lujjatan wakashafat AAansaqayha qala innahu sarhunmumarradun min qawareera qalat rabbi innee thalamtunafsee waaslamtu maAAa sulaymana lillahi rabbi alAAalameen

(It was said to her: “Enter thou the palace.” But when she saw it, she thought it a body of water and uncovered her legs. He said: “It is a palace made smooth with glass.”) She said, “My Lord: I have wronged my soul, and I submit with Solomon to God, the Lord of All Creation.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-44.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** مَّارِدٍۢ — māridin · "rebellious"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَحِفْظاً مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَارِدٍۚ

Wahifthan min kulli shaytaninmarid

And as protection against every refractory satan.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-7.md_

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