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16 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 456
The Quran root ل ه و l-h-w
Words built from the root ل ه و ([l-h-w]) appear 16 times in the Quran. The most common is لَهْو, “amusement”, which comes 10 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| لَهْو | lahw | amusement · sport | 10 | |
| أَلْهَى | alhaa | diverted them · distracts them | 4 | |
| لاهِيَة | laahiya | Distracted | 1 | |
| تَلَهَّى | talahhaa | distracted | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَلَلدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ٣٢
وَلَهْوٌ walahwun · and amusement
And the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allāh, so will you not reason? (Surah Al-An'am, 6:32)
وَذَرِ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَهُمْ لَعِبًا وَلَهْوًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا وَذَكِّرْ بِهِ أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيٌّ وَلَا شَفِيعٌ وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ لَّا يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَا أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُوا بِمَا كَسَبُوا لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ ٧٠
وَلَهْوًا walahwan · and amusement
And leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with it [i.e., the Qur’ān], lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allāh no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it [i.e., that soul]. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:70)
ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ٣
وَيُلْهِهِمُ wayul'hihimu · and diverted them
Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know. (Surah Al-Hijr, 15:3)
لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا النَّجْوَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا هَلْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ أَفَتَأْتُونَ السِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ ٣
لَاهِيَةً lāhiyatan · Distracted
With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?" (Surah Al-Anbya, 21:3)
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠
تَلَهَّىٰ talahhā · (are) distracted
From him you are distracted. (Surah 'Abasa, 80:10)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-An'am · 2×
- Surah Al-Anbya · 2×
- Surah Al-Jumu'ah · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 1×
- Surah Al-'Ankabut · 1×
- Surah Luqman · 1×
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.