16 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 446

The Quran root ع ل ن ʿ-l-n

Words built from the root ع ل ن ([ʿ-l-n]) appear 16 times in the Quran. The most common is أَعْلَن, “they declare”, which comes 12 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
أَعْلَن	aʿlan	they declare · you declare	12
عَلانِيَة	ʿalaaniya	openly · publicly	4

Examples from the Quran

أَوَلَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ٧٧

يُعْلِنُونَ yuʿ'linūna · they declare

But do they not know that Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare? (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:77)

أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا مِنْهُ أَلَا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ ٥

يُعْلِنُونَ yuʿ'linūna · they reveal

Unquestionably, they [i.e., the disbelievers] turn away their breasts to hide themselves from him. Unquestionably, [even] when they cover themselves in their clothing, He [i.e., Allāh] knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts. (Surah Hud, 11:5)

الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ٢٧٤

وَعَلَانِيَةً waʿalāniyatan · and openly

Those who spend their wealth [in Allāh's way] by night and by day, secretly and publicly - they will have their reward with their Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:274)

Surahs where it comes most

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.