Dictionaries

  • Ejtaal Arabic Almanac: Lane's Lexicon, Hans Wehr, Lisan al-Arab and others
  • Perseus: Lane's Lexicon (in text format)
    • qdw
    • qdw (if it is not found in the link above)
The root qdw (ق د و) occurs 2 times in Quran, in 2 derived forms:
  • 1 times as form VIII active noun mqtdwn
  • 1 times as form VIII verb aqtdh

mqtdwn

1

And thus it is: whenever We sent, before thy time, a warner to any community, those of its people who had lost themselves entirely in the pursuit of pleasures* would always say, “Behold, we found our forefathers agreed on what to believe - and, verily, it is but in their footsteps that we follow!"*

aqtdh

2

to those whom God has guided. Follow, then, their guidance, [and] say: "No reward do I ask of you for this [truth]: behold, it is but an admonition unto all mankind!"