Quran glossary · draft

سَدِيد

sound

Straight, sound, and rightly directed in what is said.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: سدد

Lemmas: سديد

Forms: سَدِيدًا

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

4:9

وَلْيَخْشَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَوْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّةً ضِعَٰفًا خَافُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلْيَتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلْيَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا

33:70

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا

Why this meaning was chosen

All six occurrences were reviewed. سَدّ is a firm barrier that closes passage or sight, while سَدِيد describes speech directed straight and soundly toward what is right.