# Sin-Vav-Dal — سود (swd)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be black, to darken, black color, to dominate, to reign, to lead, to preside, to be master
- **Derived forms:** أَسْوَد (1) · سُود (1) · سَيِّد (3) · مُسْوَدّ (2) · مُّسْوَدَّة (1) · ٱسْوَدَّتْ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 187

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَسْوَدِ — l-aswadi · "[the] black"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case

اُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ اِلٰى نِسَٓائِكُمْۜ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَهُنَّۜ عَلِمَ اللّٰهُ اَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنْكُمْۚ فَالْـٰٔنَ بَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَابْتَغُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْۖ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتّٰى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْاَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْاَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِۖ ثُمَّ اَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ اِلَى الَّيْلِۚ وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَاَنْتُمْ عَاكِفُونَۙ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِۜ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَاۜ  كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ اٰيَاتِه۪ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

Ohilla lakum laylata assiyamiarrafathu ila nisa-ikum hunna libasunlakum waantum libasun lahunna AAalima Allahuannakum kuntum takhtanoona anfusakum fatabaAAalaykum waAAafa AAankum fal-ana bashiroohunnawabtaghoo ma kataba Allahu lakum wakuloo washraboohatta yatabayyana lakumu alkhaytu al-abyadumina alkhayti al-aswadi mina alfajri thumma atimmoo assiyamaila allayli wala tubashiroohunna waantum AAakifoonafee almasajidi tilka hudoodu Allahi falataqrabooha kathalika yubayyinu Allahu ayatihilinnasi laAAallahum yattaqoon

It is made lawful for you on the night of the fast to go in unto your women. They are a covering for you, and you are a covering for them. God knows that you deceived yourselves, so He turned towards you and pardoned you; so now lie with them and seek what God has prescribed for you. And eat and drink until clear to you be the white thread from the black thread of the dawn. Then complete the fast until night. And lie with them not when you remain in the places of worship. Those are the limits of God, so approach them not. Thus does God make plain His proofs to men, that they might be in prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-187.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** وَسَيِّدًۭا — wasayyidan · "and a noble"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَٓائِمٌ يُصَلّ۪ي فِي الْمِحْرَابِۙ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيٰى مُصَدِّقاً بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَسَيِّداً وَحَصُوراً وَنَبِياًّ مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Fanadat-hu almala-ikatu wahuwaqa-imun yusallee fee almihrabi annaAllaha yubashshiruka biyahya musaddiqanbikalimatin mina Allahi wasayyidan wahasooranwanabiyyan mina assaliheen

And the angels called to him as he stood performing the duty in the chamber: “God gives thee glad tidings of John, confirming a word from God, both honourable and chaste, and a prophet among the righteous.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-39.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 106

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَسْوَدُّ — wataswaddu · "and would become black"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'ilal · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌۚ فَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ۠  اَكَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ ا۪يمَانِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

Yawma tabyaddu wujoohun wataswadduwujoohun faamma allatheena iswaddat wujoohuhumakafartum baAAda eemanikum fathooqoo alAAathababima kuntum takfuroon

The day faces will be white, and faces will be black: as for those whose faces will be black: ­— “Did you deny after your faith? Then taste the punishment for what you denied!”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-106.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 106

- **Form in this verse:** ٱسْوَدَّتْ — is'waddat · "turn black"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'ilal · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌۚ فَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ۠  اَكَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ ا۪يمَانِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

Yawma tabyaddu wujoohun wataswadduwujoohun faamma allatheena iswaddat wujoohuhumakafartum baAAda eemanikum fathooqoo alAAathababima kuntum takfuroon

The day faces will be white, and faces will be black: as for those whose faces will be black: ­— “Did you deny after your faith? Then taste the punishment for what you denied!”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-106.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** سَيِّدَهَا — sayyidahā · "her husband"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

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_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** مُسْوَدًّۭا — mus'waddan · "dark"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'ilal · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِالْاُنْثٰى ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَداًّ وَهُوَ كَظ۪يمٌۚ

Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bilonthathalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem

And when one of them receives tidings of a female, his face darkens and he suppresses grief.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-58.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** سَادَتَنَا — sādatanā · "our chiefs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَٓا اِنَّٓا اَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُـبَرَٓاءَنَا فَاَضَلُّونَا السَّب۪يلَا

Waqaloo rabbana inna ataAAnasadatana wakubaraana faadalloonaassabeela

And they will say: “Our Lord: we obeyed our masters and our great men, but they led us astray in the path.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-67.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** سُودٌۭ — sūdun · "and intensely black"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, plural · nominative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءًۚ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِه۪ ثَمَرَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفاً اَلْوَانُهَاۜ وَمِنَ الْجِبَالِ جُدَدٌ ب۪يضٌ وَحُمْرٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ اَلْوَانُهَا وَغَرَاب۪يبُ سُودٌ

Alam tara anna Allaha anzala mina assama-imaan faakhrajna bihi thamaratin mukhtalifanalwanuha wamina aljibali judadun beedunwahumrun mukhtalifun alwanuha wagharabeebusood

Dost thou not see that God sends down from the sky water? And We bring forth therewith fruit differing in its hues; and among the mountains are streaks, white and red — differing in their hues — and deep black,

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

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** مُّسْوَدَّةٌ ۚ — mus'waddatun · "(will be) blackened"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

وَيَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ تَرَى الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ وُجُوهُهُمْ مُسْوَدَّةٌۜ اَلَيْسَ ف۪ي جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِلْمُتَكَبِّر۪ينَ

Wayawma alqiyamati tara allatheenakathaboo AAala Allahi wujoohuhum muswaddatunalaysa fee jahannama mathwan lilmutakabbireen

And on the Day of Resurrection, thou wilt see those who lied against God, their faces blackened; is then there not in Gehenna a home for the proud?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-60.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** مُسْوَدًّۭا — mus'waddan · "dark"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'ilal · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ مَثَلاً ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَداًّ وَهُوَ كَظ۪يمٌ

Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bimadaraba lirrahmani mathalan thallawajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem

(But when one of them is given glad tidings of that which he strikes for the Almighty as a similitude, his face turns black and he suppresses grief:

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-17.md_

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