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Quranic root

لدن

l · d · n

The root has two attested orientations: physical pliancy or softness, and a locative relation marking a point of presence or origin.

The locative value of لَدُنْ is more specific than ordinary عند and, in the Quranic مِنْ لَدُنْ construction, marks origin from a specified presence or source. The related adjective لَدْنٌ retains the sense of being supple or flexible.

  • Maqāyīs · row 4143
  • Mufradāt · row 1298
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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.

لَدُنْ

ladun

Part of speech
Adverbial noun / preposition
Quran occurrences
18 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.

  1. From the presence, side, or source of a specified referent.

    In the Quran it occurs in مِنْ لَدُنْ constructions, including forms with attached pronouns and with a named source. The expression marks origin from a particular presence or source; contextual renderings such as “from Yourself,” “from Us,” and “near Him” reflect this construction rather than separate lexical senses.

    • Mufradāt · row 1298
    • Lane · entry 20597
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 18:10word 10

    “Yourself”

    Quran 18:65word 11

    “Us”

    Quran 18:2word 6

    “near Him”

    Quran 11:1word 8

    “from (he One Who)”

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 3:8لَّدُنكَYourself
  • 3:38لَّدُنكَYourself
  • 4:40لَّدُنْهُnear Him
  • 4:67لَّدُنَّآOurselves
  • 4:75لَّدُنكَYourself
View all 18 occurrences

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 4 Classical meanings

  • لَدْنٌ

    Supple, pliant, limber, flexible, or soft.

    An adjectival description of something characterized by physical pliancy or flexibility.

    • Lane · entry 20596

  • لَدُنْ

    At or near; in the presence of a specified point or person.

    A locative value more specific than عند and reported as capable of replacing it in suitable usage.

    • Mufradāt · row 1298

  • مِنْ لَدُنْ

    From the time of; since a specified time.

    A temporal starting-point construction marking the beginning of a period or interval.

    • Lane · entry 20597

  • مِنْ لَدُنْهُ

    From his side; on his part, that is, from him.

    A conventional construction used of a matter attributed to or proceeding from a person, equivalent in the cited usage to مِنْ قِبَلِهِ.

    • Lane · entry 20597

Cautions

Points that affect how this root should be read.

  • The Quranic occurrences supplied here are overwhelmingly مِنْ لَدُنْ constructions; apparent variations such as “near Him” and “Yourself” are contextual renderings of the same source/presence sense.

  • A Lane pointer associated with the temporal construction does not provide a secure modern verse location, so no Quran example is claimed for that classical temporal use.

Unassigned or ambiguous evidence

  • The temporal مِنْ لَدُنْ statement in Lane points to a verse through another article, but the cited passage and its modern location are not supplied; its Quranic status therefore cannot be verified from this packet.