أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ ٩٨
Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?
The root ض ح و (ḍ-ḥ-w) in the Quran
Meaning: forenoon, sun exposure
7 occurrences in 7 verses and 5 surahs · 2 derived words
Every Quranic word built on this root is counted, prefixes and suffixes included (و، ب، ال…), in the Hafs reading.
Words built on this root
- ضُحًى noun · forenoon, morning brightness 6 times ضحا3ضحى3 Word page ضُحًى
- تَضْحَى verb · to be sun-scorched 1 time تضحى1
Surahs where it occurs most
The 7 verses
قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًى ٥٩
[Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."
وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَؤُا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَىٰ ١١٩
And indeed, you will not be thirsty therein or be hot from the sun."
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦
It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١
By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ١
By the morning brightness
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