Home Quran Quran roots خ ل ص
31 times in the Quran · 7 word forms · rank 293
The Quran root خ ل ص kh-l-ṣ
Words built from the root خ ل ص ([kh-l-ṣ]) appear 31 times in the Quran. The most common is مُخْلِص, “sincere”, which comes 11 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مُخْلِص | mukhliṣ | sincere · sincerely | 11 | |
| مُخْلَص | mukhlaṣ | chosen ones · chosen | 9 | |
| خالِصَة | khaaliṣa | exclusively · only | 5 | |
| أَخْلَصُ | akhlaṣu | are sincere · chose them | 2 | |
| خالِص | khaaliṣ | pure | 2 | |
| أَسْتَخْلِصْ | astakhliṣ | I will select him | 1 | |
| خَلَصُ | khalaṣu | they secluded themselves | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
قُلْ أَتُحَاجُّونَنَا فِي اللَّهِ وَهُوَ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْ وَلَنَا أَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَالُكُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُخْلِصُونَ ١٣٩
مُخْلِصُونَ mukh'liṣūna · (are) sincere
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Do you argue with us about Allāh while He is our Lord and your Lord? For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. And we are sincere [in deed and intention] to Him." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:139)
قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّي بِالْقِسْطِ وَأَقِيمُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ ٢٩
مُخْلِصِينَ mukh'liṣīna · (being) sincere
Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you direct yourselves [to the Qiblah] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] - (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:29)
وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَا أَن رَّأَىٰ بُرْهَانَ رَبِّهِ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوءَ وَالْفَحْشَاءَ إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِينَ ٢٤
الْمُخْلَصِينَ l-mukh'laṣīna · the sincere
And she certainly determined [to seduce] him, and he would have inclined to her had he not seen the proof [i.e., sign] of his Lord. And thus [it was] that We should avert from him evil and immorality. Indeed, he was of Our chosen servants. (Surah Yusuf, 12:24)
قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ عِندَ اللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ٩٤
خَالِصَةً khāliṣatan · exclusively
Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the home of the Hereafter with Allāh is for you alone and not the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:94)
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَأَصْلَحُوا وَاعْتَصَمُوا بِاللَّهِ وَأَخْلَصُوا دِينَهُمْ لِلَّهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَسَوْفَ يُؤْتِ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا ١٤٦
وَأَخْلَصُوا wa-akhlaṣū · and are sincere
Except for those who repent, correct themselves, hold fast to Allāh, and are sincere in their religion for Allāh, for those will be with the believers. And Allāh is going to give the believers a great reward. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:146)
وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِ مِن بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًا سَائِغًا لِّلشَّارِبِينَ ٦٦
خَالِصًا khāliṣan · pure
And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers. (Surah An-Nahl, 16:66)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah As-Saffat · 5×
- Surah Az-Zumar · 4×
- Surah Yusuf · 3×
- Surah Sad · 3×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 2×
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.