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33 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 272
The Quran root ظ ل ل ẓ-l-l
Words built from the root ظ ل ل ([ẓ-l-l]) appear 33 times in the Quran. The most common is ظِلّ, “shade”, which comes 14 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ظِلّ | ẓill | shade · shades | 14 | |
| ظَلَّ | ẓalla | they were to continue · turns | 9 | |
| ظُلَّة | ẓulla | coverings · shadows | 6 | |
| ظَلَّلْ | ẓallal | We shaded | 2 | |
| ظَلِيل | ẓaliil | thick · cool shade | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا لَّهُمْ فِيهَا أَزْوَاجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَنُدْخِلُهُمْ ظِلًّا ظَلِيلًا ٥٧
ظِلًّا ẓillan · (in the) shade
But those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide forever. For them therein are purified spouses, and We will admit them to deepening shade. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:57)
وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَالُهُم بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ ١٥
وَظِلَالُهُم waẓilāluhum · and (so do) their shadows
And to Allāh prostrates whoever is within the heavens and the earth, willingly or by compulsion, and their shadows [as well] in the mornings and the afternoons. (Surah Ar-Ra'd, 13:15)
وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ ١٤
فَظَلُّوا faẓallū · and they were to continue
And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend, (Surah Al-Hijr, 15:14)
هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَأْتِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي ظُلَلٍ مِّنَ الْغَمَامِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الْأُمُورُ ٢١٠
ظُلَلٍ ẓulalin · (the) shadows
Do they await but that Allāh should come to them in covers of clouds and the angels [as well] and the matter is [then] decided? And to Allāh [all] matters are returned. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:210)
وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْغَمَامَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوَىٰ كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ٥٧
وَظَلَّلْنَا waẓallalnā · And We shaded
And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:57)
لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنَ اللَّهَبِ ٣١
ظَلِيلٍ ẓalīlin · cool shade
[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame." (Surah Al-Mursalat, 77:31)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah An-Nahl · 3×
- Surah Al-Waqi'ah · 3×
- Surah Al-Mursalat · 3×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 3×
- Surah An-Nisa · 2×
- Surah Ar-Ra'd · 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.