# Kh-Ra-Dal-Lam — خردل (xrdl)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** (mustard seed) a grain of a certain tree that is well known.
- **Derived forms:** خَرْدَل (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** خَرْدَلٍ — khardalin · "a mustard"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَاز۪ينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَاِنْ كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ اَتَيْنَا بِهَاۜ وَكَفٰى بِنَا حَاسِب۪ينَ

WanadaAAu almawazeena alqistaliyawmi alqiyamati fala tuthlamunafsun shay-an wa-in kana mithqala habbatinmin khardalin atayna biha wakafa binahasibeen

And We will set up the balances of equity for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be wronged in anything; and though it be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And sufficient are We as account-takers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-47.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** خَرْدَلٍۢ — khardalin · "a mustard seed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

يَا بُنَيَّ اِنَّـهَٓا اِنْ تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُنْ ف۪ي صَخْرَةٍ اَوْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ اَوْ فِي الْاَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَط۪يفٌ خَب۪يرٌ

Ya bunayya innaha in takumithqala habbatin min khardalin fatakun fee sakhratinaw fee assamawati aw fee al-ardiya/ti biha Allahu inna Allaha lateefunkhabeer

“O my son: though it be the weight of a grain of mustard seed, and it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, God will bring it forth; God is subtle and aware.”

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

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