Advocate
📌 Etymology
From Middle English advocat, advoket, from Old French advocat, from Latin advocātus (past participle of advocāre (“to call for”)), a calque of Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos) (whence English paraclete). Doublet of advoke, avouch and avow.
The triliteral root hamza yā dāl (أ ي د), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 11 times.
(2:87) We gave Moses the book, and after him, We sent the messengers. Later We gave Jesus son of Mary the clear proofs, and We advocated (Arab. وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ, wa-ayyadnāhu) Him with the Holy Spirit. Is it that every time a messenger comes to you with what your minds do not desire, you become arrogant? A group of them you deny, and a group of them you kill!
(2:253) Such messengers. We have preferred some to others. Some of them talked to Allah, and He raised some of them in ranks, and We gave Jesus son of Mary the clear proofs and We advocated (Arab. وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ, wa-ayyadnāhu) him with the Holy Spirit. Had Allah wished, the people after them would not have fought after the proofs had come to them, but they disputed, some of them acknowledged and some of them did not appreciate. Had Allah wished they would not have fought, but Allah does whatever He wishes.
(3:13) There was a sign for you in the two groups that met. One was fighting in the cause of Allah, and the other was ingrate. They thus saw them as twice their number with their eyes. Allah advocates (Arab. يُؤَيِّدُ, yu-ayyidu) with His victory whomever He wills. In this is a lesson for those with vision.
(5:110) Allah said, "O Jesus son of Mary, recall My blessings upon you and your mother that I advocated (Arab. أَيَّدْتُكَ, ayyadttuka) you with the Holy Spirit. You spoke to the people in the cradle and in old age. And I taught you the Book and the Philosophy, and the Torah, and the Injeel. And you would create from clay the shape of a bird, then blow into it and it becomes a bird by My leave. And you heal the blind and the leper by My leave, and you brought out the dead by My leave. I have restrained the Children of Israel from you, that you came to them with clear proofs, but those who rejected amongst them said, "This is an obvious magic!""
