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اسْتَضْعَفُ

yastaḍʿifu

oppressing

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Root letters: ض ع فAppears 8 times in the Qur'an#957 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form X
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About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form XRoot letters: ض ع ف

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟6 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)يَسْتَضْعِفُ2 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟were oppressedus'tuḍ'ʿifū · 4 times
  • يُسْتَضْعَفُونَconsidered weakyus'taḍʿafūna · 1 times
  • ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِىconsidered me weakis'taḍʿafūnī · 1 times
  • يَسْتَضْعِفُoppressingyastaḍʿifu · 1 times
  • ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟who were oppressedus'tuḍ'ʿifū · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors

Surah 28:5 — Read full ayah

Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."

Surah 34:32 — Read full ayah

Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.

Surah 28:4 — Read full ayah