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# Qur'anic Arabic Roots: Words, Patterns and Phrases
- URL: https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/quranic-arabic-roots/
- Published: 2026-11-11T00:03:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T01:12:51.000Z
- Description: Eighteen roots that open up hundreds of Qur'anic words, the patterns that build them, and everyday phrases with flashcards. Tap any verse reference to read it in Arabic and English.
- Author: Sarge Siddiqui
- Tags: Deen, The Qur'an and the Prophet, Interactive Tools

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Most Qur'anic words grow from a root of three letters, poured into a handful of patterns. Learn a root and you can recognise a whole family of words across the muṣḥaf.

Root explorer Patterns Phrases and flashcards 

The root carries the meaning; the pattern carries the role. Grammarians write patterns with the dummy root **ف ع ل** (f-ʿ-l, “to do”), so *fāʿil* means “one who does”. Swap in a real root and the word builds itself. Only real words are filled in; a few, such as *maktab* and *istiʿlām*, are everyday Arabic rather than Qur'anic.

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Tap the card to see the meaning.

Sources 

Verse references point to a place each word occurs; most occur many more times. Meanings follow standard Qur'anic dictionaries (al-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī's *Mufradāt*, Lane's *Lexicon*). Phrase sources: Qur'an where given; the hadith-based phrases are widely reported and only the sources shown were checked.

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**Spotted a mistake, or know a better source?** I check and correct these pages when readers point things out. Please email [mohammad.siddiqui@icloud.com](mailto:mohammad.siddiqui@icloud.com?subject=Correction%3A%20Qur%27anic%20Arabic%20Roots%3A%20Words%2C%20Patterns%20and%20Phrases) with the passage, what you think is wrong, and your source (Qur'an reference, hadith with collection and number, or a book with page).

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- [Prayer (ṣalāh): How and Why](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/prayer/)
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