h-d-th

Description

The Arabic root ح-د-ث (h-d-th) fundamentally conveys the meaning of something new, recent, or brought into being, which extends to speech acts like narrations, statements, and reports that convey information or events. In the Quranic context, this root often refers to divine revelations, prophetic narratives, or accounts of past nations, emphasizing both the newness of God's message to each generation and the act of communicating important truths through stories and statements. The root carries a dual significance of temporal newness and the transmission of knowledge, whether referring to God's speech (hadith) to humanity or the historical narratives meant to provide guidance and warning.