قَدْ
Laqad / Qad
Indeed / Already
Frequency405
Coverage0.52%
Status○ New
Grammar
Part of SpeechParticle of Certainty / Expectation (Ḥarf Taḥqīq / Ḥarf Taqlīl)
Root (Arabic)
Root Transliteration
Tajweed & Pronunciation
Phonetic SpellingQad
Common MistakeFailing to bounce the Dal (دْ) with Qalqalah, or confusing the heavy Qaf (ق) with a soft 'K'.
Learning Notes
Micro Tafsir
Serves as an emphatic marker in Quranic announcements, signaling success (*Qad aflaḥa...*), divine awareness (*Qad ya'lamu...*), or the realization of promised events.
Memory Hook
Think of *Qad* as a stamp of certainty—when paired with past verbs, it confirms that 'it is done!'.
Audio Pronunciation
Contextual Verse
Al-Mu'minun (23:1)
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
Certainly will the believers have succeeded:
Common Combinations
لَقَدْ
La-qad
لَـ (emphatic particle) + قَدْ (indeed/certainly)
Certainly / Indeed / Verily we have
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ
We have certainly created man in the best of stature;
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ
Qad aflaḥa
قَدْ (indeed) + أَفْلَحَ (has succeeded)
Indeed, he has succeeded / Successful indeed is
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Forms
قَدْفَقَدْوَقَدْلَقَدْ
Related Words
فقدوقدلقد