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2851 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 1
The Quran root أ ل ه ’-l-h
Words built from the root أ ل ه ([’-l-h]) appear 2851 times in the Quran. The most common is اللَّه, “Allah”, which comes 2699 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| اللَّه | allaah | Allah · besides Allah | 2699 | |
| إِلٰه | ilaah | God · gods | 147 | |
| اللَّهُمَّ | allaahumma | O Allah | 5 |
Examples from the Quran
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ١
اللَّهِ l-lahi · (of) Allah
In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (Surah Al-Fatihah, 1:1)
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ٢
لِلَّهِ lillahi · (be) to Allah
[All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Lord of the worlds - (Surah Al-Fatihah, 1:2)
أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَاءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ الْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن بَعْدِي قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ إِلَٰهَكَ وَإِلَٰهَ آبَائِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ إِلَٰهًا وَاحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ ١٣٣
إِلَٰهَكَ ilāhaka · your God
Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac - one God. And we are Muslims [in submission] to Him." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:133)
قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتَنزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَاءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَاءُ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ٢٦
اللَّهُمَّ l-lahuma · O Allah
Say, "O Allāh, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honor whom You will and You humble whom You will. In Your hand is [all] good. Indeed, You are over all things competent. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:26)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 289×
- Surah An-Nisa · 231×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 215×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 172×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 151×
- Surah Al-An'am · 93×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.