Quranic root
ذعن
dh · ʿ · n
The root centers on tractability: yielding oneself to another’s direction and complying with authority.
The notion of being easy to lead develops into willing obedience, acknowledgment of another’s right, and humble submission. The Form IV verb أَذْعَنَ is the ordinary verbal usage, while مُذْعِنٌ denotes one who is in such a state.
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مُذْعِنٌ
mudhʿinun
- Part of speech
- Active participle
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Promptly and willingly obedient; submitting to authority with readiness to acknowledge its claim or right.
In the Quranic construction يَأْتُوا إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ, it describes coming in voluntary compliance—obedient rather than compelled, with associated humility or acknowledgment.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 24:49word 7
“(as) promptly obedient”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 24:49مُذْعِنِينَ(as) promptly obedient
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 2 Classical meanings
أَذْعَنَ
To obey someone willingly and hasten to render what is due; to acknowledge or confess his right; and to become humble, submissive, tractable, or manageable toward him.
Constructed with لِـ for the person whose authority or right is accepted; the obedience is voluntary rather than compelled.
- Lane · entry 21544
مُذْعِنٌ
Tractable, submissive, manageable, and easy to lead.
A Classical adjectival use applied to a person or to a she-camel; for a she-camel, the expression includes being easy in the head and responsive to its leader.
- Lane · entry 21545
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The proposed use of إِذْعَانٌ for “perception” or “understanding” is explicitly rejected in the supplied lexical evidence and is not listed as a meaning.