# Kh-Dad-Ayn — خضع (xDE)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be lowly, to be humble, to be submissive, to be still, to be soft in speech, to bend, to stoop, to lower
- **Derived forms:** تَخْضَعْ (1) · خَٰضِعِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** خَـٰضِعِينَ — khāḍiʿīna · "(in) humility"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ اٰيَةً فَظَلَّتْ اَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِع۪ينَ

In nasha/ nunazzil AAalayhim mina assama-iayatan fathallat aAAnaquhum lahakhadiAAeen

If We will, We can send down upon them from the sky a proof to which their necks will remain humbled.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-4.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** تَخْضَعْنَ — takhḍaʿna · "be soft"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, feminine, plural · present tense

يَا نِسَٓاءَ النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ  كَاَحَدٍ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ اِنِ اتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلَا تَخْضَعْنَ بِالْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ الَّذ۪ي ف۪ي قَلْبِه۪ مَرَضٌ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلاً مَعْرُوفاًۚ

Ya nisaa annabiyyilastunna kaahadin mina annisa-i iniittaqaytunna fala takhdaAAna bilqawli fayatmaAAaallathee fee qalbihi maradun waqulna qawlanmaAAroofa

O wives of the Prophet: you are not like any among women. If you are in prudent fear, then be not soft in speech lest he in whose heart is disease should desire; but speak a fitting word,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-32.md_

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