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108 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 104
The Quran root ف ع ل f-ʿ-l
Words built from the root ف ع ل ([f-ʿ-l]) appear 108 times in the Quran. The most common is فَعَلَ, “you do”, which comes 88 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| فَعَلَ | faʿala | you do · they do | 88 | |
| فاعِل | faaʿil | doers · will do | 9 | |
| مَفْعُول | mafʿuul | destined · fulfilled | 7 | |
| فَعّال | faʿʿaal | All-Accomplisher · Doer | 2 | |
| فِعْل | fiʿl | doing | 1 | |
| فَعْلَت | faʿlat | deed | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَلَن تَفْعَلُوا فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّتِي وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَافِرِينَ ٢٤
تَفْعَلُوا tafʿalū · you do
But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:24)
قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِيَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ فَافْعَلُوا مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ ٦٨
فَافْعَلُوا fa-if'ʿalū · so do
They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allāh] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:68)
قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِي غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ السَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ ١٠
فَاعِلِينَ fāʿilīna · doing
Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]." (Surah Yusuf, 12:10)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ آمِنُوا بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّطْمِسَ وُجُوهًا فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَىٰ أَدْبَارِهَا أَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّا أَصْحَابَ السَّبْتِ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ مَفْعُولًا ٤٧
مَفْعُولًا mafʿūlan · (always) executed
O you who were given the Scripture, believe in what We have sent down [to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], confirming that which is with you, before We obliterate faces and turn them toward their backs or curse them as We cursed the sabbath-breakers. And ever is the matter [i.e., decree] of Allāh accomplished. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:47)
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ رَبُّكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ١٠٧
فَعَّالٌ faʿʿālun · (is) All-Accomplisher
[They will be] abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will. Indeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends. (Surah Hud, 11:107)
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَإِقَامَ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءَ الزَّكَاةِ وَكَانُوا لَنَا عَابِدِينَ ٧٣
فِعْلَ fiʿ'la · (the) doing
And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakāh; and they were worshippers of Us. (Surah Al-Anbya, 21:73)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 13×
- Surah Al-Anbya · 9×
- Surah An-Nisa · 7×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 6×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 6×
- Surah Yusuf · 4×
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.