مودة

مَوَدَّة or مَوِدَّة • (mawadda or mawidda) f (plural مَوَدَّات (mawaddāt) or مَوِدَّات (mawiddāt))

1. verbal noun of وَدَّ (wadda) (form I)
2. deep, strong love, affection and concord shown to someone or something
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:25:

     وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِ اللهِ أَوْثٰنًا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِي الحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا

     waqāla ʔinnamā ttaḵaḏtum min dūni llāhi ʔawṯānan mmawaddata baynikum fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā

     And [Abraham] said, "You have only taken, other than Allah, idols as [a bond of] affection among you in worldly life.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 30:21:

     وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

     wamin ʔāyātihi ʔan ḵalaqa lakum min ʔanfusikum ʔazwājan litaskunū ʔilayhā wajaʕala baynakum mmawaddatan waraḥmatan ʔinna fī ḏālika laʔāyātin liqawmin yatafakkarūna

     And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:23:

     قُل لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى

     qul lā ʔasʔalukum ʕalayhi ʔajran ʔillā al-mawaddata fī l-qurbā

     Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee therefor, save lovingkindness among kinsfolk.