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The root DHk (ض ح ك) occurs 10 times in Quran, in 4 derived forms:
  • 1 times as form IV verb aDHk
  • 1 times as active noun DaHk
  • 1 times as active noun DaHkẗ
  • 7 times as verb DHkt

aDHk

1

53:43

and that it is He alone who causes [you] to laugh and to weep;

wanh hw aDHk wabkya

وانه هو اضحك وابكى

DaHk

2

27:19

Thereupon [Solomon] smiled joyously at her words, and said: “O my Sustainer! Inspire me so that I may forever be grateful for those blessings of Thine with which Thou hast graced me and my parents,* and that I may do what is right [in a manner] that will please Thee; and include me, by Thy grace, among Thy righteous servants!"

ftbsm DaHka mn qwlha wqal rb awzAny an aşkr nAmtk alty anAmt Aly wAlya waldy wan aAml SalHa trDyah wadKlny brHmtk fy Abadk alSalHyn

فتبسم ضاحكا من قولها وقال رب اوزعنى ان اشكر نعمتك التى انعمت على وعلى ولدى وان اعمل صلحا ترضىه وادخلنى برحمتك فى عبادك الصلحين

DaHkẗ

3

80:39

laughing, rejoicing at glad tidings.

DaHkẗ mstbşrẗ

ضاحكة مستبشرة

DHkt

4

9:82

Let them, then, laugh a little -.for they will weep a lot* in return for what they have earned.

flyDHkwa qlyla wlybkwa kśyra jzaa bma kanwa yksbwn

فليضحكوا قليلا وليبكوا كثيرا جزاء بما كانوا يكسبون

5

11:71

And his wife, standing [nearby], laughed [with happiness]* ; whereupon We gave her the glad tiding of [the birth of] Isaac and, after Isaac, of [his son] Jacob.

wamrath qaamẗ fDHkt fbşrnaha basHaq wmn wraa asHaq yAqwb

وامراته قائمة فضحكت فبشرنها باسحق ومن وراء اسحق يعقوب

6

23:110

- but you made them a target of your derision to the point where it made you forget* all remembrance of Me; and you went on and on laugh­ing at them.

fatKźtmwhm sKrya Htya answkm źkry wkntm mnhm tDHkwn

فاتخذتموهم سخريا حتى انسوكم ذكرى وكنتم منهم تضحكون

7

43:47

But as soon as he came before them with Our [miraculous] signs,* lo! they derided them,

flma jaahm bayatna aźa hm mnha yDHkwn

فلما جاءهم بايتنا اذا هم منها يضحكون

8

53:60

And do you laugh instead of weeping,

wtDHkwn wla tbkwn

وتضحكون ولا تبكون

9

83:29

BEHOLD, those who have abandoned themselves to sin are wont to laugh at such as have attained to faith*

an alźyn ajrmwa kanwa mn alźyn aamnwa yDHkwn

ان الذين اجرموا كانوا من الذين ءامنوا يضحكون

10

83:34

But on the Day [of Judgment], they who had attained to faith will [be able to] laugh at the [erstwhile] deniers of the truth:*

falywm alźyn aamnwa mn alkfar yDHkwn

فاليوم الذين ءامنوا من الكفار يضحكون