# Kaf-Dal-Dal — قدد (qdd)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to rend, cut, tear, pull sharply apart. qaddat - she rent. qidad - parties of men at variance among themselves, companies of diverse and different (way).
- **Derived forms:** قُدَّ (4) · قِدَد (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَدَّتْ — waqaddat · "and she tore"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَاسْتَبَقَا الْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَم۪يصَهُ مِنْ دُبُرٍ وَاَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا الْبَابِۜ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَٓاءُ مَنْ اَرَادَ بِاَهْلِكَ سُٓوءاً اِلَّٓا اَنْ يُسْجَنَ اَوْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Wastabaqa albabawaqaddat qameesahu min duburin waalfaya sayyidahalada albabi qalat ma jazao manarada bi-ahlika soo-an illa an yusjana aw AAathabunaleem

And they raced to the door; and she tore his shirt from behind; and they met her master at the door. She said; “What is the reward of him who wished evil on thy household save that he be imprisoned, or a painful punishment?”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-25.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** قُدَّ — qudda · "(is) torn"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالَ هِيَ رَاوَدَتْن۪ي عَنْ نَفْس۪ي وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِنْ اَهْلِهَاۚ اِنْ كَانَ قَم۪يصُهُ قُدَّ مِنْ قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

Qala hiya rawadatnee AAannafsee washahida shahidun min ahliha in kanaqameesuhu qudda min qubulin fasadaqat wahuwa minaalkathibeen

Said he: “She it was who sought to lure me away from my soul.” And there bore witness a witness from her household: “If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has spoken the truth and he is of the liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-26.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** قُدَّ — qudda · "(is) torn"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاِنْ كَانَ قَم۪يصُهُ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ

Wa-in kana qameesuhu qudda minduburin fakathabat wahuwa mina assadiqeen

“But if his shirt is torn from behind, then she has lied and he is of the truthful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-27.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** قُدَّ — qudda · "torn"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَلَمَّا رَاٰ قَم۪يصَهُ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ قَالَ اِنَّهُ مِنْ كَيْدِكُنَّۜ اِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظ۪يمٌ

Falamma raa qameesahuqudda min duburin qala innahu min kaydikunna innakaydakunna AAatheem

And when he saw his shirt torn from behind, he said: “This is a plan of you women; indeed, your guile is great.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-28.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** قِدَدًۭا — qidadan · "different"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَاَنَّا مِنَّا الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذٰلِكَۜ كُنَّا طَرَٓائِقَ قِدَداًۙ

Waanna minna assalihoonawaminna doona thalika kunna tara-iqaqidada

“And that: ‘Among us are those righteous, and among us are other than that; we are of diverse paths.’

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-11.md_

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