Arabic edit

Root
ه د ي (h-d-y)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

اِهْتَدَى (ihtadā) VIII, non-past يَهْتَدِي‎ (yahtadī) or يَهِدِّي (yahiddī)

  1. to be directed, to be guided
    Antonym: ضَلَّ (ḍalla)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:135:
      قُلْ كُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَابُ الصِّرَاطِ السَّوِيِّ وَمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ
      Say, "Each [of us] is waiting; so wait. For you will know who are the companions of the sound path and who is guided."

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References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “اهتدى”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke
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