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40 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 241
The Quran root م ل أ m-l-’
Words built from the root م ل أ ([m-l-’]) appear 40 times in the Quran. The most common is مَلَأ, “chiefs”, which comes 30 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مَلَأ | mala’ | chiefs · O chiefs | 30 | |
| مُلِئَتْ | muli’at | I will fill · you would have been filled | 6 | |
| مالِئ | maali’ | fill · will fill | 2 | |
| مِلْء | mil’ | full | 1 | |
| امْتَلَأْ | amtala’ | you filled | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ مِن بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِن بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰ إِذْ قَالُوا لِنَبِيٍّ لَّهُمُ ابْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكًا نُّقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ أَلَّا تُقَاتِلُوا قَالُوا وَمَا لَنَا أَلَّا نُقَاتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ أُخْرِجْنَا مِن دِيَارِنَا وَأَبْنَائِنَا فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْا إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ ٢٤٦
الْمَلَإِ l-mala-i · the chiefs
Have you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after [the time of] Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allāh"? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if battle was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allāh when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when battle was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:246)
قَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِ إِنَّا لَنَرَاكَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ ٦٠
الْمَلَأُ l-mala-u · the chiefs
Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:60)
قَالَ اخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْءُومًا مَّدْحُورًا لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ١٨
لَأَمْلَأَنَّ la-amla-anna · surely, I will fill
[Allāh] said, "Depart from it [i.e., Paradise], reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them - I will surely fill Hell with you, all together." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:18)
فَإِنَّهُمْ لَآكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِئُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ ٦٦
فَمَالِئُونَ famāliūna · and fill
And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies. (Surah As-Saffat, 37:66)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِم مِّلْءُ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا وَلَوِ افْتَدَىٰ بِهِ أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ ٩١
مِّلْءُ mil'u · full
Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. For those there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:91)
يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ امْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ ٣٠
امْتَلَأْتِ im'talati · you filled
On the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more," (Surah Qaf, 50:30)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 9×
- Surah Hud · 4×
- Surah Yunus · 3×
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 3×
- Surah An-Naml · 3×
- Surah Al-Qasas · 3×
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.