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ضِياء

ḍiyāan

a shining light

দীপ্তিময়

Root letters: ض و أAppears 3 times in the Qur'an#1,895 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 190

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ض و أ

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ضِيَآءًۭ3 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ضِيَآءًۭa shining lightḍiyāan · 1 times
  • وَضِيَآءًۭand a lightwaḍiyāan · 1 times
  • بِضِيَآءٍ ۖlightbiḍiyāin · 1 times

Words with similar meaning

Close in meaning, but each word keeps its own nuance.

Words from the same root

More words from the root ض و أ — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder for the righteous

Surah 21:48 — Read full ayah

Say, "Have you considered: if Allāh should make for you the night continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you light? Then will you not hear?"

Surah 28:71 — Read full ayah

It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allāh has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know.

Surah 10:5 — Read full ayah