Al-Wadūd
The Most Loving
Root و د د (w-d-d). Al-Rāghib defines wudd as love of a thing and wishing for it. This sense of love extends to affection, used in Qur'an 30:21 with the term mawadda, and to the simple term for love, wudd, referenced in Qur'an 19:96. The verb form wadda indicates wishing, as seen in Qur'an 2:109. Lisān al-ʿArab reports two meanings for Al-Wadūd: Ibn al-Anbārī names Him as the One who loves His servants and Ibn al-Athīr as the One beloved in the hearts of His friends. The Qur'an states in 85:14, ‘And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate’.
The root
و د دw-d-d
Love. Al-Rāghib defines wudd as love of a thing and wishing for it. Lisān al-ʿArab reports al-Wadūd both as the One who loves His servants (Ibn al-Anbārī) and as the One beloved in the hearts of His friends (Ibn al-Athīr).
- مَوَدَّةmawaddaaffection (30:21)
- وُدّwuddlove (19:96)
- وَدَّwaddahe wished (2:109)
Pronunciation
الْوَدُودُ
al-wa-DOOD
In the Qur'an
وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
85:14 · Sahih International