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مَقْعَد

maqāʿida

(to take) positions

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Root letters: ق ع دAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,645 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 165

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ق ع د

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)مَقْعَدِ2 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)مَقَـٰعِدَ2 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • مَقَـٰعِدَ(to take) positionsmaqāʿida · 2 times
  • بِمَقْعَدِهِمْin their stayingbimaqʿadihim · 1 times
  • مَقْعَدِa seatmaqʿadi · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ق ع د — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.

Surah 54:55 — Read full ayah

And [remember] when you, [O Muḥammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uḥud] - and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing -

Surah 3:121 — Read full ayah

And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

Surah 72:9 — Read full ayah