رَعْد
Boy Arabic origin Raʿd
In the QuranSurah name“Thunder”
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Ar-Ra’d 13:13.
Surah 13, al-Raʿd, bears this name because of the verse: “The thunder glorifies His praise, and so do the angels, in awe of Him” (13:13). The word also occurs in 2:19.
Raʿd is thunder, the rumble that accompanies a storm (root r-ʿ-d, that of trembling). The name evokes strength and the coming of beneficial rain. It is given in Iraq, Syria, Jordan and the Gulf. Surah 13 bears this name.
Yes: the word Raad appears in the Quran 2 times, in 2 surahs.
وَيُسَبِّحُ ٱلرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِۦ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُمْ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْمِحَالِ ١٣
And the thunder exalts [Allāh] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allāh; and He is severe in assault.
أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَٰتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ١٩
Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allāh is encompassing of the disbelievers.
All the words of the root ر ع د in the Quran (2 occurrences)
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Raad in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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