Arabic root

ع-د-ل

4 words from this root family

B1noun

عَدَالَة

ʿadāla

justice / fairness

Example

العَدَالَة أساسُ الحُكم.

al-ʿadāla asāsu l-ḥukm.

Justice is the foundation of governance.

Root: ع-د-ل Abstract Concepts

B2noun

مُعَدَّل

muʿaddal

rate / average

Example

اِرتَفَعَ مُعَدَّلُ البِطالَةِ هذا العام.

irtafaʿa muʿaddalu l-biṭālati hādhā l-ʿām.

The unemployment rate increased this year.

Root: ع-د-ل Academic Formal

B2adjective

مُعْتَدِل

muʿtadil

moderate

Example

تَبَنّى مَوقِفًا سِياسِيًّا مُعتَدِلًا.

tabannā mawqifan siyāsiyyan muʿtadilan.

He adopted a moderate political stance.

Root: ع-د-ل Media Politics

B1noun

عَدْلٌ

ʿadl

justice / fairness / equity

Example

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا قَوَّامِينَ بِالْقِسْطِ

yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanū kūnū qawwāmīna bil-qisṭ

O you who believe, be persistently standing firm in justice (4:135)

Root: ع-د-ل Quranic

Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar). Synonym: قِسْطٌ (equity/justice). Related: عَادِلٌ (just), تَعْدِيلٌ (adjustment/rectification). Opposite: ظُلْمٌ (injustice). God is الْعَدْلُ (The Just).

Culture

Justice in Islam must be upheld even against oneself or one's family. The Quran commands justice even toward those one dislikes (5:8).