Note: The table is populated with data obtained from the Quran.corpus.com., and `a represents the Arabic letter, ayn.
Out of 212 instances of da`aa and its derived forms, 160 instances of da`aa found in 145 verses of 47 surahs in the Quran are already reviewed, 52 instances of da`aa, yadda`u, du`aa, da`waa, da`wat, daa` and daa`ii found in 50 verses of 29 surahs are detailed out below to better understand their meaning in different contexts, while an Arabic word may have different meanings in different contexts:
- Details of instances of da`aa in verb form I meaning to pray or call or invite
[70:17] It (a flame of fire) will invite whoever has turned back and has turned away (tad’`uu man ad’bara wa-tawallaa).
[71:5] He (Noah) said, “My Lord; indeed me, I have invited my people night and day (rabbi innii da`awtu qawmii laylan wa-nahaaran).”
[71:7] And indeed me, every time I have invited them that You may forgive them (wa-innii kullamaa da`awtuhum li’taghfira lahum), they have put their fingers in their ears, and have covered themselves with their garments, and have been persistent and have been arrogant with arrogance.”
[71:8] Then indeed me, I have invited them in public (thumma innii da`awtuhum jihaaran).
[72:18] And that the masjids belong to God; so, you do not call anyone with God (fa-laa-tad’`uu ma`a allahi ahadan).
[72:19] And that when a servant of God had stood up to call Him (Alone) (wa-annahu lammaa qaama `abdu allahi), they have been almost all became a band around him.
[72:20] Say, “I (a servant of God) only call my Lord and I do not associate anyone with Him (innamaa ad’`uu rabbii wa-laa-ush’riku bihi ahadan).”
[84:11] Then he will call for destruction (fa-sawfa yad’`uu thubuuran).
[96:17] So let him call on his associates (fal-yad’`uu naadiyahu).
[96:18] We will call the guardians of Hell (sa’nad’`u al-zabaaniyata).
- Details of instances of yadda`u in verb form VIII meaning to call or ask
[36:57] For them (companions of Paradise) therein there are fruits and for them there is whatever they call for (wa-lahum maa yadda`uuna).
[41:31] We are your protectors in the life of the world as well as in the Hereafter, and for you therein there is whatever desires your souls, and for you therein there is whatever you call for (wa-lakum feehaa maa tadda`uuna).
[67:27] Then when they have seen it (Promised day) approaching, there has been distressed faces of those who had disbelieved, and it has been said (to them), ”This is that which you had done to mock with it (haadhaa alladhee kuntum bihi tadda`uuna).”
- Details of instances of du`aa in noun form meaning call or invitation
[2:171] And an example of those who have disbelieved is like an example of one who shouts at what he does not hear except call and crying (ka’mathali alladhee yan’`iqu bimaa laa-yasma`u illaa du`aan wa-nidaa-an) as deaf, dumb, blind, that they do not understand.
[3:38] Once Zakariya had prayed to his Lord, he said: “My Lord, grant for me a pure offspring from Yourself; indeed, You are Hearer of the prayer (innaka samee`u al-du`aa-i).”
[13:14] To Him is a call of the truth, and those whom they call other than Him, cannot respond to them with a thing, except like one who stretches his hands towards the water to reach his mouth, but it is not within reach of it. And a call of the disbelievers is not but in straying (wa-maa du`aa-u al-kaafireena illaa fee dalaalin).
[14:39] “All praise to God, the One Who has granted to me (Abraham) Ismail and Isaac at the old age; indeed, my Lord is surely Hearer of the prayer (inna rabbii la’samee`u al-du`aa-i).”
[14:40] “My Lord, make me an establisher of the salat prayer, and of my offspring. Our Lord, and accept my prayer (rabbanaa wa-taqabbal du`aa-i).”
[17:11] And the human being calls for the evil at his call for the good (wa-yad’`u al-insaanu bil-shari du`aa-ahu bil-khayri), as the human being has been very hasty.
[19:4] He (Zakariya) said, “My Lord, indeed me, the bone has weakened from me and the head has flared white, and I would not be an unblessed in call of You my Lord (wa-lam akun bi-du`aa-ika rabbi shaqiyyan).
[19:48] And I (Abraham) abandon you (his father and people with his father) and what you call other than God, and I call my Lord. It may have been that I would not be an unblessed in call to my Lord (`asaa allaa akuuna bi-du`aa-I rabbii shaqiyyan).”
[21:45] Say, “I (prophet) only warn you with the revelation.” But the deaf do not hear the call (wa-laa-yasma`u al-sumu al-du`aa-a), when what they are warned.
[24:63] You do not make a call to the messenger between yourselves (laa-taj’`aluu du`aa-a al-rasuuli baynakum) like a call of you to other (ka’du`aa-i ba`dikum ba`dan). Certainly, God knows those who slip away among you making excuse. So, you should be aware of those who differ from his order lest a test befalls them, or a painful punishment befalls them.
[25:77] Say, “My Lord will not care for you if not is your call (to Him) (maa ya`ba-u bikum rabbii lawlaa du`aa-ukum). That certainly, you had denied, so there will be inevitable (to burn in the Hellfire).”
[27:80] Indeed, you cannot make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear the call (wa-laa-tus’mi`u al-summa al-du`aa-a) when they have turned back as retreaters.
[30:52] So indeed, you cannot make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear the call (wa-laa-tus’mi`u al-summa al-du`aa-a) when they have turned back as retreaters.
[33:4] God has not made for any man with two hearts in his body, nor has He made your wives whom you estrange them as your mothers, nor has He made your adopted sons as your sons (wa-laa-ja`ala ad’`iyaa-akum ab’naa-akum). That is your saying by your mouths, but God speaks the truth, and He guides to the (right) path.
[33:37] And you (prophet) said to whom God has bestowed favor on him and you have bestowed favor on him: “You shall keep your wife to yourself and shall fear God.” And you conceal within yourself what God is disclosing of it, and you fear the people, while God is worthy that you should fear Him. So, when Zaid has ended his relationship from her, we have had you to marry her that there should not be any discomfort for the believers as wives of their adopted sons (likay laa-yakuuna `alaa al-mu’mineena harajun fee azwaaji ad’`iyaa-ihim) when they have ended relationship from them. And God’s command has done to be accomplished.
[35:14] If you call on them, they cannot hear your call (laa-yas’ma`uu du`aa-akum). And even they had heard you, they would not have responded to you. And on a day of the Resurrection, they will deny of your association. And none can inform you like of a Cognizant.
[40:50] They (guardians of Hell) said, “Did not come to you your messengers with the clear proofs?” They (those who are in Hell) said, “Yes. They (messengers) said that you shall call, while a call of the disbelievers were not except in straying (wa-maa du`aa-u al-kaafireena illaa fee dalaalin).
[41:49] The human being does not get tired from a call of the good (laa-yasamu al-insaanu min du`aa-i al-khayri) if the evil touches him once he is hopeless in despair!
[41:51] And when we bestowed favor upon the human being, he turns away and goes far at his distance, but when the evil touches him, then he is in lengthy call (to God) (fa-dhuu du`aa-in `areedin).
[46:5] And who is far astray than whoever calls other than God, who will not respond to him until a Day of the Resurrection, and they will be unaware from their calls (wa-hum `an du`aa-ihim ghaafiluuna) .
[71:6] But my (Noah) invitation does not increase them except escape (fa-lam yazid’hum du`aa-i illaa firaaran).
- Details of instances of da`waa in noun form meaning call or prayer
[7:5] Then it has not been their plea (fa-maa kaana da`waahum) when our punishment had come to them except that they said: “Indeed, we have been wrongdoers.”
[10:10] Their prayer therein is: (da`waahum feehaa) “Glory is Yours, O God,” and their greeting therein is: “Peace,” and the end of their prayer is: (wa-aakhiru da`waahum) “All praise to God, Lord of the worlds.”
[21:15] So, that of their crying had not ceased (fa-maa zaalat til’ka da`waahum) until we made them complete destruction.
- Details of instances of da`wat in noun form meaning call or invitation or invocation
[2:186] And when anyone of My servants has asked you about Me, then indeed, I am near. I respond to a call of the caller (ujeebu da`wata al-daa`i) when you call Me. So, they shall call to Me and shall believe in Me so that they may be guided.
[10:89] He said, “There has certainly been answered both of your invocation (qad ujeebat da`watukumaa); so, both of you shall be straight, and both of you do not follow a path of those who do not know.”
[13:14] To Him is a call of the truth (lahu da`watu al-haqqi), and those whom they invoke other than Him, cannot respond to them with a thing, except like one who stretches his hands towards the water to reach his mouth, but it is not within reach of it. And a call of the disbelievers is not but in straying.
[14:44] And you shall warn the people of a day the punishment will come to them, then will say those who had done wrong, “Our Lord, give us a respite for a short term, we will respond to Your call (nujib da`wataka) and will follow the messengers.” Did you not do that you had sworn before is not for you any end?
[30:25] And of His signs is that there stands the heaven and the earth by His command. Then when He has called you a call out of the earth (da`watan mina al-ardi), after you will come forth.
[40:43] “There is no doubt that what you invite me to it has not been a call to it (laysa lahu da`watun) in the world, nor in the Hereafter, and that our return is to God, and that the transgressors – they are companions of the Fire.”
- Details of instances of daa` in active participle form meaning caller
[2:186] And when anyone of My servants has asked you about Me, then indeed, I am near. I respond to a call of the caller (ujeebu da`wata al-daa`i) when you call Me. So, they shall call to Me and shall believe in Me so that they may be guided.
[54:6] So, you shall turn away from them. A day the caller will announce a terrible event (yawma yad’`u al-daa`i ilaa shayin nukurin).
[54:8] Racing towards the caller (muh’ti`eena ilaa al-daa`i); the disbelievers will say: “This is a difficult day.”
- Details of instances of daa`ii in active participle form meaning caller
[20:108] On that day, they will follow the caller without deviation from it (yawma-idhin yattabi`uuna al-daa`iya) and the voices will be humbled for the Most Gracious; you will hear nothing except a whisper.
[33:46] And a caller (Quran) to God by His permission (wa-daa`iyan ilaa allahi bi-idh’nihi), and an illuminating light.
[46:31] O our people, respond to a caller of God (yaa-qawmanaa ajeebuu daa`iya allahi) and believe in Him. He will then forgive your sins for you, and will protect you from a painful punishment.”
[46:32] And whoever does not respond to a caller of God (wa-man laa-yujib daa`iya allahi), then he has not been of escape in the earth, nor has he for him any protectors other than Him. Those are in a clear straying.
The core messages from reviewing 52 instances of da`aa, yadda`u, du`aa, da`waa, da`wat, daa`, and daa`ii found in 50 verses of 29 surahs in the Quran are: a flame of fire invites those who turn back or turn away; Noah invited his people telling them that God will forgive them for their sins; a masjid belongs to God not to call anyone with Him; when a messenger of God invited to God alone, then all of them banded together to oppose him, while he said I only call my Lord not associating anyone with Him; for the dwellers of the Paradise there is whatever they call for therein; when the Promised day is approaching, then it will be said to the disbelievers that this is what you had done to mock with it; the call to the disbelievers is like calling and crying as they are deaf, dumb and blind do not understand; those whom they call other than God cannot respond; all praise to God Who is a hearer of the prayer; the human being is very hasty as he calls evil for good; Abraham abandoned his father and what his father called other than God, the prophet warned the people with the revelation but the deaf did not hear the call, while he said to them that my Lord will not care for you if not is your call to Him; neither the dead nor the deaf can be made hearer of the call; the human being does not tire from a call of good when the evil touches him; who is more wicked than whoever calls other than God cannot respond until a day of the resurrection; Noah called his people but it did not increase except escape; when the disbeliever will see the punishment, they said we had been wrongdoers; God is near and He responds to a call of any of His servants; a call to God is the truth, while those who call other than Him cannot respond to them with a thing; a day a caller will announce a terrible event and the disbelievers will say this is a difficult day; on a day of the Resurrection people follow the caller without deviation and the voices will be humbled; Quran is a caller to God by His permission; a party of jinns who have listened to the Quran said to his tribe to respond to a caller of God that there is no escape in the earth nor has he any protectors other than God whoever does not respond to a caller of Him.
Reviewing 212 instances of da`aa in all grammatical forms may be an opportunity for us to avoid idol worship of God associating partner(s) with Him, which is common among the believers of God whether it may have been done conscientiously or unconscientiously, while before of it reviewing 99 instances of sallaa in different grammatical forms makes it clear between the prayer and the salat prayer. It may help us understand that a call to God is the truth and any call to other than Him cannot be responded with a thing being unaware of a call. God is near and He responds to a call of any of His servants when he calls Him, while He has warned that the call of the disbelievers is not except in straying that they will realize it when they are in the Hellfire. A messenger is a caller of God, so is the message, and whoever does not respond to a caller of God, then there is no escape for him in the earth, nor is there any protectors for him in the Hereafter, while God has not given any power of intercession upon anyone except being it a myth around us. Thus, if we can call our Lord using and according to words from the Quran, which is also a messenger of God and a caller of God, He may respond to our call that we may be guided to return to Him to enjoy peace and happiness in the Paradise.
Peaceful Friday, salaam and God bless.
Tafazzal (05/29/2026).