ارتد

العربية

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ارتد

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Compare رَدَّ (radda, “to return”).

verb اِرْتَدَّ · irtadda · يَرْتَدُّ · اِرْتِدَاد · مُرْتَدّ

intransitive to move back quickly or forcefully
intransitive to bounce back; to recoil
derogatory, intransitive, of a convert to revert [with عَن (ʕan) ‘from (orthodoxy)’ and إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘to un-Islamic practices’]; to degenerate religiously; to regress; to backslide وَلَا يَزَالُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ حَتَّى يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَنْ دِينِكُمْ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَاعُوا ۚ وَمَنْ يَرْتَدِدْ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِ فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ فَأُولَٰئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْآخِرَةِ
derogatory, intransitive, of a convert to turn, drift, shift, or fall away عَن (ʕan, “from”) Islam (especially openly or publicly), to leave or renounce Islam, to apostatize
copulative, intransitive to become; to turn back فَلَمَّا أَن جَاءَ الْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَاهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَٱرْتَدَّ بَصِيرًا

In English

tergiversate to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
apostatize give up one's position or belief

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ارتد},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}