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1722 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 2
The Quran root ق و ل q-w-l
Words built from the root ق و ل ([q-w-l]) appear 1722 times in the Quran. The most common is قالَ, “say”, which comes 1618 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| قالَ | qaala | say · He said | 1618 | |
| قَوْل | qawl | word · speech | 92 | |
| قائِل | qaa’il | speaker · speaks it | 5 | |
| قِيل | qiil | saying · statement | 4 | |
| تَقَوَّلَ | taqawwala | He has made it up · he fabricated | 2 | |
| أَقاوِيل | aqaawiil | sayings | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ٨
يَقُولُ yaqūlu · say
And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh and the Last Day," but they are not believers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:8)
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ ١١
قِيلَ qīla · it is said
And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:11)
فَبَدَّلَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا قَوْلًا غَيْرَ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا رِجْزًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ ٥٩
قَوْلًا qawlan · (the) word
But those who wronged changed [those words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them, so We sent down upon those who wronged a punishment [i.e., plague] from the sky because they were defiantly disobeying. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:59)
قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِي غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ السَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ ١٠
قَائِلٌ qāilun · a speaker
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)
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقًّا وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ اللَّهِ قِيلًا ١٢٢
قِيلًا qīlan · (in) statement
But the ones who believe and do righteous deeds - We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. [It is] the promise of Allāh, [which is] truth, and who is more truthful than Allāh in statement. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:122)
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٣٣
تَقَوَّلَهُ taqawwalahu · He has made it up
Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe. (Surah At-Tur, 52:33)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 139×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 110×
- Surah Al-An'am · 87×
- Surah Yusuf · 79×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 74×
- Surah Taha · 59×
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.