40 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 239

The Quran root ف ل ح f-l-ḥ

Words built from the root ف ل ح ([f-l-ḥ]) appear 40 times in the Quran. The most common is أَفْلَحَ, “successful”, which comes 27 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
أَفْلَحَ	aflaḥa	successful · succeed	27
مُفْلِح	mufliḥ	successful ones · successful	13

Examples from the Quran

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّ وَلَيْسَ الْبِرُّ بِأَن تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ اتَّقَىٰ وَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ١٨٩

تُفْلِحُونَ tuf'liḥūna · (be) successful

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the crescent moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for ḥajj [pilgrimage]." And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allāh. And enter houses from their doors. And fear Allāh that you may succeed. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:189)

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَا أَضْعَافًا مُّضَاعَفَةً وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ١٣٠

تُفْلِحُونَ tuf'liḥūna · (be) successful

O you who have believed, do not consume usury, doubled and multiplied, but fear Allāh that you may be successful. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:130)

أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ٥

الْمُفْلِحُونَ l-muf'liḥūna · (are) the successful ones

Those are upon [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:5)

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.