Quranic root
حسد
ḥ · s · d
The root centers on ḥasad: wishing that a blessing be removed from its rightful possessor, sometimes with the desire that it pass to oneself.
The core noun names envy, while related formations describe the act, its envier and object, reciprocal envy, and associated derived constructions. Classical usage also distinguishes a benign wish to possess a like excellence without wishing its removal.
- Maqāyīs · row 1356
- Mufradāt · row 322
- Lane · entry 14431
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- Lane · entry 14439
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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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.
حَسَدَ
ḥasada
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 3 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To envy: to dislike another's possession of a blessing or excellence and wish that it be removed, sometimes wishing it transferred to oneself.
Quranic Form I usage includes active finite forms. The construction may concern a person or the blessing possessed by that person; the wished-for object is a blessing, source of happiness, or excellence.
- Lane · entry 14431
Selected Quran examples
حَاسِد
ḥāsid
- 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.
An envier: one who wishes that another's blessing or excellence be removed.
Active participle used substantivally for the person characterized by the act of envy.
- Lane · entry 14437
Selected Quran examples
Quran 113:5word 3
“(of) an envier”
حَسَد
ḥasad
- Part of speech
- Noun
- 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.
Envy: wishing that a blessing be removed from its rightful possessor, sometimes with the desire that it pass to oneself.
Abstract noun for the state or disposition of envy; Quranic usage explicitly concerns a blessing possessed by another.
- Lane · entry 14435
- Mufradāt · row 322
Selected Quran examples
Quran 2:109word 12
“(out of) jealousy”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 2:109حَسَدًۭا(out of) jealousy
- 4:54يَحْسُدُونَare they jealous
- 48:15تَحْسُدُونَنَا ۚyou envy us
- 113:5حَاسِدٍ(of) an envier
- 113:5حَسَدَhe envies
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 7 Classical meanings
حَسَدَ
To wish for another's excellence or comparable good without wishing that the other be deprived of it; to admire or emulate.
A distinct Classical Form I use, explicitly contrasted with hostile envy and treated as synonymous with غَبَطَ.
- Lane · entry 14431
أَحْسَدَ
To find or regard someone as envious.
Classical Form IV usage in the construction of associating with someone and finding him envious.
- Lane · entry 14433
تَحَاسَدَ
To envy one another; to engage in mutual envy.
Reciprocal Form VI construction.
- Lane · entry 14434
حَسُود
Envious; an envious person.
Used as an epithet, including as a feminine epithet without ة; its plural is حُسُد.
- Lane · entry 14436
المَحْسَدَة
A cause of envy; in a proverb, that which occasions envy is said also to occasion corruption or evil.
Occurs in the cited proverbial expression rather than as a general abstract noun for envy.
- Lane · entry 14438
مَحْسُود
Envied; the object of another's envy.
Passive-participial designation for one whose blessing or excellence is envied.
- Lane · entry 14439
حَسَدَنِيَ اللَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتُ أَحْسُدُكَ
An oath-like saying meaning, “May God punish me for my envy if I envy you.”
A fixed Arab saying, not an independent general sense of the verb.
- Lane · entry 14431
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Form I verb also has a Classical use for admiring or wishing to possess a like excellence without wishing the other person's loss; that distinct branch is listed under broader Classical meanings rather than assigned to the Quranic senses.