What does « Garden / Meadow » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word Garden / Meadow (روض) in the Quran, with 2 verses in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.

روض

Garden / Meadow

Root: ر - ض

Creed (aqida) 2 verses

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of Garden / Meadow

Al-rawd: the place where water stagnates and greenery grows.

Allah says: 'In gardens (rawdât), rejoicing' (Ar-Rûm: 15).

Believers will rejoice in Paradise gardens.

Garden / Meadow in the Quran (2)

Meccan: 2 Medinan: 0

Distribution of verses by surah

Ar-Rum 1

Ash-Shura 1

Surah Ar-Rum : 15 Meccan

﴿فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَهُمْ فِى رَوْضَةٍ يُحْبَرُونَ﴾

And as for those who had believed and done righteous deeds, they will be in a garden [of Paradise], delighted.

Surah Ash-Shura : 22 Meccan

﴿تَرَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ وَهُوَ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فِى رَوْضَاتِ ٱلْجَنَّاتِ لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ﴾

You will see the wrongdoers fearful of what they have earned, and it will [certainly] befall them. And those who have believed and done righteous deeds will be in lush regions of the gardens [in Paradise] having whatever they will in the presence of their Lord. That is what is the great bounty.