| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 23 (2:23:13) | وَادْعُوا | وادعوا | ved’û | and call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts) are true(42).* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 61 (2:61:10) | فَادْعُ | فادع | fed’u | so pray | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And remember ye said: "O Moses! we cannot endure one kind of food (always); so beseech thy Lord for us to produce for us of what the earth groweth, -its potherbs, and cucumbers, Its garlic, lentils, and onions." He said: "Will ye exchange the better for the worse? Go ye down to any town(74), and ye shall find what ye want!" They were covered with humiliation(75) and misery; they drew on themselves the wrath of Allah. This because they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah and slaying His Messengers without just cause. This because they rebelled and went on transgressing.* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 221 (2:221:26) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | they invite | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do not marry unbelieving(245-A) women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Baqarah Verse 221 (2:221:30) | يَدْعُٓوا | يدعوا | yed’û | invites | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do not marry unbelieving(245-A) women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.* | |||||
| 5 | Ali 'Imran Verse 61 (3:61:12) | نَدْعُ | ندع | ned’u | let us call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If any one disputes in this matter with thee, now after (full) knowledge Hath come to thee, say: "Come! let us gather together,- our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves: Then let us earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie!(400)"* | |||||
| 6 | Ali 'Imran Verse 104 (3:104:4) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | inviting | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity(431).* | |||||
| 7 | Ali 'Imran Verse 153 (3:153:8) | يَدْعُوكُمْ | يدعوكم | yed’ûkum | was calling you | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! ye were climbing up the high ground, without even casting a side glance at any one, and the Messenger in your rear was calling you back. There did Allah give you one distress after another by way of requital,(464) to teach you not to grieve for (the booty) that had escaped you and for (the ill) that had befallen you. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do.* | |||||
| 8 | An-Nisa Verse 117 (4:117:2) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | they invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (The Pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities:(627) They call but upon satan the persistent rebel!* | |||||
| 9 | An-Nisa Verse 117 (4:117:8) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | they invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (The Pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities:(627) They call but upon satan the persistent rebel!* | |||||
| 10 | Al-An'am Verse 40 (6:40:12) | تَدْعُونَۚ | تدعون | ted’ûne | you call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Think ye to yourselves, if there come upon you the wrath of Allah, or the Hour (that ye dread), would ye then call upon other than Allah.- (reply) if ye are truthful! | |||||
| 11 | Al-An'am Verse 41 (6:41:3) | تَدْعُونَ | تدعون | ted’ûne | you call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Nay,- On Him would ye call, and if it be His will, He would remove (the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him, and ye would forget (the false gods) which ye join with Him!" | |||||
| 12 | Al-An'am Verse 41 (6:41:6) | تَدْعُونَ | تدعون | ted’ûne | you call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Nay,- On Him would ye call, and if it be His will, He would remove (the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him, and ye would forget (the false gods) which ye join with Him!" | |||||
| 13 | Al-An'am Verse 52 (6:52:4) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Send not away those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His face.(870) In naught art thou accountable for them, and in naught are they accountable for thee,(871) that thou shouldst turn them away, and thus be (one) of the unjust.* | |||||
| 14 | Al-An'am Verse 56 (6:56:7) | تَدْعُونَ | تدعون | ted’ûne | you call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say:(876) "I am forbidden to worship those - others than Allah - whom ye call upon." Say: "I will not follow your wain desires: If I did, I would stray from the path, and be not of the company of those who receive guidance."* | |||||
| 15 | Al-An'am Verse 63 (6:63:8) | تَدْعُونَهُ | تدعونه | ted’ûnehu | you call Him | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say:(885) "Who is it that delivereth you from the dark recesses(886) of land and sea, when ye call upon Him in humility and silent terror:(887) ´If He only delivers us from these (dangers), (we vow) we shall truly show our gratitude´.?"* | |||||
| 16 | Al-An'am Verse 71 (6:71:2) | اَنَدْعُوا | اندعوا | ened’û | Shall we call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say:(895) "Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah,- things that can do us neither good nor harm,- and turn on our heels after receiving guidance from Allah. - like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling, come to us´, (vainly) guiding him to the path." Say: "(Allah)´s guidance is the (only) guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds;-* | |||||
| 17 | Al-An'am Verse 71 (6:71:26) | يَدْعُونَهُٓ | يدعونه | yed’ûnehu | who call him | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say:(895) "Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah,- things that can do us neither good nor harm,- and turn on our heels after receiving guidance from Allah. - like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling, come to us´, (vainly) guiding him to the path." Say: "(Allah)´s guidance is the (only) guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds;-* | |||||
| 18 | Al-An'am Verse 108 (6:108:4) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | they invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to each people(936) its own doings. In the end will they return to their Lord, and We shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.* | |||||
| 19 | Al-A'raf Verse 29 (7:29:10) | وَادْعُوهُ | وادعوه | ved’ûhu | and invoke Him | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "My Lord hath commanded justice; and that ye set your whole selves (to Him)(1010) at every time and place of prayer, and call upon Him, making your devotion sincere as in His sight: such as He created you(1011) in the beginning, so shall ye return."* | |||||
| 20 | Al-A'raf Verse 37 (7:37:25) | تَدْعُونَ | تدعون | ted’ûne | invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Signs? For such, their portion(1018) appointed must reach them from the Book (of decrees): until, when our messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls, they say: "Where are the things that ye used to invoke besides Allah." They will reply, "They have left us in the lurch," And they will bear witness against themselves, that they had rejected Allah.* | |||||
| 21 | Al-A'raf Verse 56 (7:56:7) | وَادْعُوهُ | وادعوه | ved’ûhu | And call Him | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been(1034) set in order, but call on Him with fear(1035) and longing (in your hearts): for the Mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good.* | |||||
| 22 | Al-A'raf Verse 193 (7:193:0) | تَدْعُوهُمْ | تدعوهم | ted’ûhum | you call them | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If ye call them to guidance, they will not obey: For you it is the same whether ye call them or ye hold your peace!(1166)* | |||||
| 23 | Al-A'raf Verse 194 (7:194:0) | تَدْعُونَ | تدعون | ted’ûne | you call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Verily those whom ye call upon besides Allah are servants like unto you:(1167) Call upon them, and let them listen to your prayer, if ye are (indeed) truthful!* | |||||
| 24 | Al-A'raf Verse 197 (7:197:0) | تَدْعُونَ | تدعون | ted’ûne | you invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "But those ye call upon besides Him, are unable to help you, and indeed to help themselves." | |||||
| 25 | Al-A'raf Verse 198 (7:198:0) | تَدْعُوهُمْ | تدعوهم | ted’ûhum | you call them | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not.(1169)* | |||||
| 26 | Yunus Verse 12 (10:12:0) | يَدْعُنَٓا | يدعنا | yed’unâ | called Us | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When trouble toucheth a man, He crieth unto Us (in all postures)- lying down(1399) on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have solved his trouble, he passeth on his way as if he had never cried to Us for a trouble that touched him! thus do the deeds of transgressors seem fair in their eyes!(1400)* | |||||
| 27 | Yunus Verse 25 (10:25:0) | يَدْعُٓوا | يدعوا | yed’û | calls | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But Allah doth call to the Home of Peace:(1413) He doth guide whom He pleaseth to a way that is straight.* | |||||
| 28 | Yunus Verse 38 (10:38:0) | وَادْعُوا | وادعوا | ved’û | and call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or do they say, "He forged it"? say: "Bring then a Sura like unto it, and call (to your aid) anyone you can besides Allah, if it be ye speak the truth!"(1430)* | |||||
| 29 | Yunus Verse 66 (10:66:0) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! verily to Allah belong all creatures, in the heavens and on earth. What do they follow who worship as His "partners" other than Allah. They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie.(1453)* | |||||
| 30 | Yunus Verse 106 (10:106:0) | تَدْعُ | تدع | ted’u | invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "´Nor call on any, other than Allah.- Such will neither profit thee nor hurt thee: if thou dost, behold! thou shalt certainly be of those who do wrong.´" | |||||
| 31 | Hud Verse 13 (11:13:10) | وَادْعُوا | وادعوا | ved’û | and call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or they may say, "He forged it," Say, "Bring ye then ten suras forged, like unto it, and call (to your aid) whomsoever ye can, other than Allah.- If ye speak the truth!(1510)* | |||||
| 32 | Hud Verse 62 (11:62:20) | تَدْعُونَٓا | تدعونا | ted’ûnâ | you call us | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "O Salih! thou hast been of us! a centre of our hopes(1558) hitherto! dost thou (now) forbid us the worship of what our fathers worshipped? But we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to that to which thou invitest us."* | |||||
| 33 | Hud Verse 101 (11:101:11) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | they invoked | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It was not We that wronged them: They wronged their own souls: the deities, other than Allah, whom they invoked, profited them no whit when there issued the decree of thy Lord:(1603) Nor did they add aught (to their lot) but perdition!* | |||||
| 34 | Yusuf Verse 33 (12:33:7) | يَدْعُونَن۪ٓي | يدعونني | yed’ûnenî | they invite me | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He said: "O my Lord! the prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me:(1681) Unless Thou turn away their snare from me, I should (in my youthful folly) feel inclined towards them and join the ranks of the ignorant."(1682)* | |||||
| 35 | Yusuf Verse 108 (12:108:4) | اَدْعُٓوا | ادعوا | ed’û | I invite | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say thou: "This is my way: I do invite unto Allah,- on evidence clear as the seeing with one´s eyes,-(1792) I and whoever follows me. Glory to Allah. and never will I join gods with Allah."* | |||||
| 36 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 14 (13:14:5) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | they invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | For Him (alone) is prayer in Truth:(1822) any others that they call upon besides Him hear them no more than if they were to stretch forth their hands for water to reach their mouths but it reaches them not: for the prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile) wandering (in the mind).(1823)* | |||||
| 37 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 36 (13:36:23) | اَدْعُوا | ادعوا | ed’û | I call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those to whom We have given the Book(1857) rejoice at what hath been revealed unto thee: but there are among the clans(1858) those who reject a part thereof. Say: "I am commanded to worship Allah, and not to join partners with Him. Unto Him do I call, and unto Him is my return."* | |||||
| 38 | Ibrahim Verse 9 (14:9:35) | تَدْعُونَنَٓا | تدعوننا | ted’ûnenâ | you invite us | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Has not the story reached you, (O people!), of those who (went) before you? - of the people of Noah, and ´Ad, and Thamud? - And of those who (came) after them? None knows them(1882) but Allah. To them came messengers with Clear (Signs); but they put their hands(1883) up to their mouths, and said: "We do deny (the mission) on which ye have been sent, and we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt(1884) as to that to which ye invite us."* | |||||
| 39 | Ibrahim Verse 10 (14:10:9) | يَدْعُوكُمْ | يدعوكم | yed’ûkum | He invites you | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Their messengers said: "Is there a doubt about Allah, The Creator of the heavens and the earth? It is He(1885) Who invites you, in order that He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a term appointed!" They said: "Ah! ye are no more than human, like ourselves! Ye wish to turn us away from the (gods) our fathers used to worship: then bring us some clear authority."(1886)* | |||||
| 40 | An-Nahl Verse 20 (16:20:2) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | they invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing and are themselves created.(2043)* | |||||
| 41 | An-Nahl Verse 86 (16:86:12) | نَدْعُوا | ندعوا | ned’û | invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When those who gave partners to Allah will see their "partners", they will say: "Our Lord! these are our ´partners,´ those whom we used to invoke(2124) besides Thee." But they will throw back their word at them (and say): "Indeed ye are liars!"* | |||||
| 42 | Al-Isra Verse 11 (17:11:1) | وَيَدْعُ | ويدع | ve yed’u | And prays | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil;(2184) for man is given to hasty (deeds).* | |||||
| 43 | Al-Isra Verse 52 (17:52:2) | يَدْعُوكُمْ | يدعوكم | yed’ûkum | He will call you | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "It will be on a Day when He will call you, and ye will answer (His call) with (words of) His praise, and ye will(2236) think that ye tarried but a little while!"(2237)* | |||||
| 44 | Al-Isra Verse 57 (17:57:3) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | they call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those whom they call upon do desire (for themselves) means of access to their Lord, - even those who are nearest:(2243) they hope for His Mercy and fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord is something to take heed of.* | |||||
| 45 | Al-Isra Verse 67 (17:67:8) | تَدْعُونَ | تدعون | ted’ûne | you call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When distress seizes you at sea, those that ye call upon - besides Himself - leave you in the lurch! but when He brings you back safe to land, ye turn away (from Him). Most ungrateful(2262) is man!* | |||||
| 46 | Al-Isra Verse 71 (17:71:2) | نَدْعُوا | ندعوا | ned’û | We will call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | One day We shall call together all human beings with their (respective) Imams:(2266) those who are given their record in their right hand will read it (with pleasure), and they will not be dealt with unjustly in the least.(2267)* | |||||
| 47 | Al-Isra Verse 110 (17:110:9) | تَدْعُوا | تدعوا | ted’û | you invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Call upon Allah, or call upon Al Rahman:(2321) by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names.(2322) Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone,(2323) but seek a middle course between."* | |||||
| 48 | Al-Kahf Verse 14 (18:14:12) | نَدْعُوَ۬ا | ندعوا | ned’uve | we will invoke | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We gave strength to their hearts:(2343) Behold, they stood up(2344) and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and of the earth: never shall we call upon any god other than Him: if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity!* | |||||
| 49 | Al-Kahf Verse 28 (18:28:5) | يَدْعُونَ | يدعون | yed’ûne | call | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And keep thy soul content with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking(2369) His Face; and let not thine eyes pass beyond them, seeking the pomp and glitter of this Life; no obey any whose heart We have permitted to neglect the remembrance of Us, one who follows his own desires, whose case has gone beyond all bounds.(2370)* | |||||
| 50 | Al-Kahf Verse 57 (18:57:24) | تَدْعُهُمْ | تدعهم | ted’uhum | you call them | د ع و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And who doth more wrong than one who is reminded of the Signs of his Lord, but turns away from them, forgetting the (deeds) which his hands(2401) have sent forth? Verily We have set veils over their hearts lest they should understand this, and over their ears, deafness, if thou callest them to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance.* | |||||