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What Does Yahdi (يَهْدِي) Mean in the Quran?

يَهْدِي
yahdi
he guides
Word type
present-tense verb

This page studies يَهْدِي as the written form shown in the mushaf. Attached letters and related inflections are studied separately so the examples stay precise.

In the Quran
44 times

Counted from Barakah’s bundled word-by-word Quran data for this exact written form after vowel marks are removed. Forms with attached letters or pronouns may have their own separate count.

Inside the Quran

يَهْدِي (yahdi) means he guides. It describes giving direction to the right way. The surrounding words identify the subject and the one guided.

Read it inside the complete ayat below. The surrounding words decide the most natural English rendering, so the translation may use more than one English phrase for the same Arabic form.

See it in real ayat
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يُرِيدُ

And thus have We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down as verses of clear evidence and because Allāh guides whom He intends.

يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلرُّشْدِ فَـَٔامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَدًۭا

It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.

ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّى لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى كَيْدَ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ

That is so he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allāh does not guide the plan of betrayers.

Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.

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