Home Quran Quran roots ص ل ي
25 times in the Quran · 8 word forms · rank 357
The Quran root ص ل ي ṣ-l-y
Words built from the root ص ل ي ([ṣ-l-y]) appear 25 times in the Quran. The most common is يَصْلَى, “he will burn”, which comes 13 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| يَصْلَى | yaṣlaa | he will burn · they will be burned | 13 | |
| أُصْلِي | uṣlii | We cast him · We will burn them | 4 | |
| تَصْطَلُ | taṣṭalu | warm yourselves | 2 | |
| صالُوا | ṣaaluwaa | burn · will burn | 2 | |
| صِلِيّ | ṣiliyy | being burnt | 1 | |
| صال | ṣaal | burn | 1 | |
| تَصْلِيَة | taṣliya | burning | 1 | |
| صَلُّ | ṣallu | burn him | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ الْيَتَامَىٰ ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيرًا ١٠
وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ wasayaṣlawna · and they will be burned
Indeed, those who devour the property of orphans unjustly are only consuming into their bellies fire. And they will be burned in a Blaze [i.e., Hellfire]. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:10)
جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا وَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ ٢٩
يَصْلَوْنَهَا yaṣlawnahā · (in) it they will burn
[It is] Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the settlement. (Surah Ibrahim, 14:29)
وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ عُدْوَانًا وَظُلْمًا فَسَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِ نَارًا وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرًا ٣٠
نُصْلِيهِ nuṣ'līhi · We (will) cast him
And whoever does that in aggression and injustice - then We will drive him into a Fire. And that, for Allāh, is [always] easy. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:30)
إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِ إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا سَآتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ آتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ ٧
تَصْطَلُونَ taṣṭalūna · warm yourselves
[Mention] when Moses said to his family, "Indeed, I have perceived a fire. I will bring you from there information or will bring you a burning torch that you may warm yourselves." (Surah An-Naml, 27:7)
هَٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُو النَّارِ ٥٩
صَالُو ṣālū · (will) burn
[Its inhabitants will say], "This is a company bursting in with you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire." (Surah Sad, 38:59)
ثُمَّ لَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِالَّذِينَ هُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِهَا صِلِيًّا ٧٠
صِلِيًّا ṣiliyyan · (of) being burnt
Then, surely it is We who are most knowing of those most worthy of burning therein. (Surah Maryam, 19:70)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah An-Nisa · 4×
- Surah Sad · 2×
- Surah Ibrahim · 1×
- Surah Al-Isra · 1×
- Surah Ya-Sin · 1×
- Surah At-Tur · 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.