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فَضَّلَ

faḍḍala

(has) bestowed

শ্রেষ্ঠত্ব দিয়েছেন

Root letters: ف ض لAppears 17 times in the Qur'an#572 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form II
Learn it in lesson 58

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form IIRoot letters: ف ض ل

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)فَضَّلَ16 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)وَنُفَضِّلُ1 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • فَضَّلْنَاWe (have) preferredfaḍḍalnā · 4 times
  • فَضَّلَ(has) bestowedfaḍḍala · 4 times
  • فَضَّلْتُكُمْ[I] preferred youfaḍḍaltukum · 2 times
  • وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْand We preferred themwafaḍḍalnāhum · 2 times
  • وَفَضَّلَpreferredwafaḍḍala · 1 times
  • فَضَّلَكُمْhas preferred youfaḍḍalakum · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ف ض ل — know one root, recognise many words.

  • فَضْلbountyঅনুগ্রহ
  • تَفْضِيل(in) excellenceশ্রেষ্ঠত্বেও
  • يَتَفَضَّلَassert (his) superiorityশ্রেষ্ঠত্ব লাভ করবে

Examples from the Qur'an

And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.

Surah 6:86 — Read full ayah

He said, "Is it other than Allāh I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"

Surah 7:140 — Read full ayah

O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds [i.e., peoples].

Surah 2:47 — Read full ayah