# Ra-Dal-Ye — ردي (rdy)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To perish, fall down, he tumbled down into a deep hollow or cavity or pit, break, knock, exceed a thing, to beat in order to break, blandish, destroy, he went away. Arda (vb. 4) - to bring to destruction/ruin. Tradda - to fall. Mutarddiyatun - that which falls, which is slain by a fall.
- **Derived forms:** أَرْدَىٰ (3) · تَرَدَّىٰ (1) · تَرْدَىٰ (1) · مُتَرَدِّيَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ — wal-mutaradiyatu · "and that which has a fatal fall"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tefa'ul · active · feminine · nominative case

حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْز۪يرِ وَمَٓا اُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللّٰهِ بِه۪ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَالنَّط۪يحَةُ وَمَٓا اَكَلَ السَّبُعُ اِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ وَاَنْ تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْاَزْلَامِۜ ذٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌۜ  اَلْيَوْمَ يَـئِسَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ د۪ينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَاخْشَوْنِۜ اَلْيَوْمَ اَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ د۪ينَكُمْ وَاَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَت۪ي وَرَض۪يتُ لَكُمُ الْاِسْلَامَ د۪يناًۜ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ ف۪ي مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِاِثْمٍۙ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Hurrimat AAalaykumu almaytatu waddamuwalahmu alkhinzeeri wama ohilla lighayri Allahibihi walmunkhaniqatu walmawqoothatu walmutaraddiyatuwannateehatu wama akala assabuAAuilla ma thakkaytum wama thubihaAAala annusubi waan tastaqsimoo bil-azlamithalikum fisqun alyawma ya-isa allatheena kafaroomin deenikum fala takhshawhum wakhshawni alyawmaakmaltu lakum deenakum waatmamtu AAalaykum niAAmatee waradeetulakumu al-islama deenan famani idturra fee makhmasatinghayra mutajanifin li-ithmin fa-inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

Forbidden to you is carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that dedicated to other than God, and the strangled, and the beaten, and the fallen, and the gored, and that eaten by the beast of prey save what you slaughter, and that sacrificed upon the altar, and that you seek apportionment by divining arrows — that is perfidy — (this day have those who ignore warning despaired of your doctrine, so fear them not, but fear Me; this day have I perfected for you your doctrine and completed My favour upon you, and approved for you submission as doctrine) but whoso is compelled by hunger, without inclination to sin — God is forgiving and merciful.

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

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 137

- **Form in this verse:** لِيُرْدُوهُمْ — liyur'dūhum · "so that they may ruin them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَث۪يرٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ قَتْلَ اَوْلَادِهِمْ شُرَكَٓاؤُ۬هُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا عَلَيْهِمْ د۪ينَهُمْۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ

Wakathalika zayyana likatheerin minaalmushrikeena qatla awladihim shurakaohumliyurdoohum waliyalbisoo AAalayhim deenahum walaw shaa Allahuma faAAaloohu fatharhum wama yaftaroon

And thus have their partners made fair to many among the idolaters the killing of their children, to bring them to ruin, and to obfuscate their doctrine for them. And had God willed, they would not have done it; so leave thou them and what they fabricate.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-137.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** فَتَرْدَىٰ — fatardā · "lest you perish"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَنْ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّـبَعَ هَوٰيهُ فَتَرْدٰى

Fala yasuddannaka AAanhaman la yu/minu biha wattabaAAa hawahufatarda

“And let not turn thee away from it him who believes not in it but follows his vain desire, or thou wilt perish.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-16.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** لَتُرْدِينِ — latur'dīni · "ruined me"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

قَالَ تَاللّٰهِ اِنْ كِدْتَ لَتُرْد۪ينِۙ

Qala tallahi in kidtalaturdeen

He will say: “By God, thou hadst almost brought me to ruin!

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-56.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** أَرْدَىٰكُمْ — ardākum · "It has ruined you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَذٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذ۪ي ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّكُمْ اَرْدٰيكُمْ فَاَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Wathalikum thannukumuallathee thanantum birabbikum ardakumfaasbahtum mina alkhasireen

“And that — your thought which you thought about your Lord — has brought you to ruin; and you are now among the losers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-23.md_

### 92. Surah Al-Layl, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** تَرَدَّىٰٓ — taraddā · "he falls"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَا يُغْن۪ي عَنْهُ مَالُـهُٓ اِذَا تَرَدّٰىۜ

Wama yughnee AAanhu maluhu ithataradda

And his wealth will not avail him when he falls.

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

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