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315 times in the Quran · 12 word forms · rank 26
The Quran root ظ ل م ẓ-l-m
Words built from the root ظ ل م ([ẓ-l-m]) appear 315 times in the Quran. The most common is ظالِم, “wrongdoers”, which comes 129 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ظالِم | ẓaalim | wrongdoers · wrongdoing | 129 | |
| ظَلَمَ | ẓalama | wronged · they wronged | 110 | |
| ظُلُمَة | ẓuluma | darkness · darknessess | 23 | |
| ظُلْم | ẓulm | injustice · wrongdoing | 20 | |
| أَظْلَم | aẓlam | more unjust · more wrong | 16 | |
| ظَلّام | ẓallaam | unjust | 5 | |
| ظالِمَة | ẓaalima | doing wrong · unjust | 4 | |
| ظالِمِي | ẓaalimii | they wronging · wronging | 2 | |
| مُظْلِم | muẓlim | darkness night · those in darkness | 2 | |
| ظَلُوم | ẓaluum | unjust | 2 | |
| أَظْلَمَ | aẓlama | it darkens | 1 | |
| مَظْلُوم | maẓluum | wrongfully | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ ٣٥
الظَّالِمِينَ l-ẓālimīna · the wrongdoers
And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:35)
وَإِذْ وَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِن بَعْدِهِ وَأَنتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ ٥١
ظَالِمُونَ ẓālimūna · (were) wrongdoers
And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:51)
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ أَنفُسَكُم بِاتِّخَاذِكُمُ الْعِجْلَ فَتُوبُوا إِلَىٰ بَارِئِكُمْ فَاقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ عِندَ بَارِئِكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ ٥٤
ظَلَمْتُمْ ẓalamtum · [you] have wronged
And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, indeed you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship]. So repent to your Creator and kill yourselves [i.e., the guilty among you]. That is best for [all of] you in the sight of your Creator." Then He accepted your repentance; indeed, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:54)
مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّا أَضَاءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُ ذَهَبَ اللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ ١٧
ظُلُمَاتٍ ẓulumātin · darkness[es]
Their example is that of one who kindled a fire, but when it illuminated what was around him, Allāh took away their light and left them in darkness [so] they could not see. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:17)
تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا اللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِّلْعَالَمِينَ ١٠٨
ظُلْمًا ẓul'man · injustice
These are the verses of Allāh. We recite them to you, [O Muḥammad], in truth; and Allāh wants no injustice to the worlds [i.e., His creatures]. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:108)
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن مَّنَعَ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ أَن يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ وَسَعَىٰ فِي خَرَابِهَا أُولَٰئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ أَن يَدْخُلُوهَا إِلَّا خَائِفِينَ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ١١٤
أَظْلَمُ aẓlamu · (is) more unjust
And who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allāh from being mentioned [i.e., praised] in His mosques and strive toward their destruction. It is not for them to enter them except in fear. For them in this world is disgrace, and they will have in the Hereafter a great punishment. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:114)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 31×
- Surah Al-An'am · 24×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 17×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 15×
- Surah An-Nisa · 14×
- Surah Hud · 14×
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.