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صَدَقَة

ṣadaqatin

charity

সদকা

Root letters: ص د قAppears 13 times in the Qur'an#685 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
Learn it in lesson 69

About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ص د ق

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)صَدَقَةٍ5 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)صَدَقَـٰتٍۢ ۚ8 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِthe charitiesl-ṣadaqāti · 4 times
  • صَدَقَةٍcharityṣadaqatin · 1 times
  • صَدَقَةٍۢa charityṣadaqatin · 1 times
  • صَدَقَـٰتِكُمyour charitiesṣadaqātikum · 1 times
  • ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِ ۗ(for) the charitiesl-ṣadaqāti · 1 times
  • بِصَدَقَةٍcharitybiṣadaqatin · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allāh is Free of need and Forbearing.

Surah 2:263 — Read full ayah

Allāh destroys interest and gives increase for charities. And Allāh does not like every sinning disbeliever.

Surah 2:276 — Read full ayah

And among them are some who criticize you concerning the [distribution of] charities. If they are given from them, they approve; but if they are not given from them, at once they become angry.

Surah 9:58 — Read full ayah