هَدَى guide in Arabic
هَدَى is how you say “guide” in Arabic.
Root ه د ي h-d-y. verb (form I). hadā.
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Meaning of guide in Arabic
- to guide, direct someone to the right way also used of directing someone aright in conduct
- to lead a bride to her husband a specific classical usage, i.q. zaffahā
Example sentence
هداني للإسلام
guided me to Islam.
هَدَانِي guided me
Past-tense verb 'guided', 'he' form; the ending '-ni' adds 'me' — 'He guided me'.
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How it is used
Central to religious vocabulary: huḍā (guidance) and ihtadā (to be rightly guided) are common Qur'anic and classical terms, and al-mahdī is a well-known proper name built on the same root.
Words from the same root
- هُدًى guidance, right direction
- اِهْتَدَى to be rightly guided, find the way
- هَدِيَّةٌ a gift, present
- هَادٍ a guide, one who guides
- المَهْدِيُّ the one guided by God to the truth
More example sentences
فإذا قال ﴿اهدنا الصراط المستقيم﴾ إلى آخر السورة
When he says: "Guide us on the Straight Path" to the end of the surah.
اهْدِنَا guide us
A command, 'guide us!' — the bare imperative with 'us' attached as object; a petition addressed to God.
فإذا قال ﴿اهدنا الصراط المستقيم﴾ إلى آخر السورة
Then when he says: 'Guide us to the straight path,' to the end of the Surah.
اهْدِنَا guide us
A command, 'guide us!' — the bare imperative with 'us' attached as object; a petition addressed to God.
وأرحم من أمر ، وأعلم من أوحى ، وأكرم من هدى ،
And more merciful than those who command, more knowledgeable than those who have revealed, and more generous than those who guide,
هَدَى he guided
This is a past-tense verb, 'he guided', with its subject built in, inside the relative clause 'those who guide'. The doer lives within the verb, and the clause names the group God surpasses in generosity.
وَإِذا لآتيناهم من لدنا أجرا عَظِيما ولهديناهم صراطا مُسْتَقِيمًا
And if We were to give them from Us a great reward, and (so) guide them to a straight path.
وَلَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ and We would guide them
A connector plus the same emphatic-conditional letter plus a past verb with 'we' and 'them', 'and we would surely guide them'. It runs parallel to the earlier 'we gave them', the 'and' pairing the two divine acts.
فَإِنَّ آدَمَ قَدْ تَابَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَاجْتَبَاهُ وَهَدَى
For Adam had repented to his Lord, so He chose him and guided him.
وَهَدَى and guided
A linking 'and' joined to a past verb 'guided' whose object 'him' is left unspoken but understood from the parallel verb before it. Arabic freely drops a repeated object when the prior clause already supplied it, trusting the reader to carry it over.
Common questions
- How do you say "guide" in Arabic?
- هَدَى (hadā) — a form I verb meaning to guide or direct someone to the right way.
- What is the difference between هُدًى and هَدِيَّةٌ?
- Both come from the same root, but hudan means guidance or right direction, while hadiyyah means a gift or present.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).