أ ه ل Root ʾ-h-l in the Qur’an 127 occurrences in 120 verses

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أَهْل 127 times

• 2:105 · Al-Baqarahأَهْلِ (the) PeopleNeither those who disbelieve from the People of the Scripture nor the polytheists wish that any good should be sent down to you from your Lord. But Allah selects for His mercy whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
• 2:109 · Al-Baqarahأَهْلِ (the) PeopleMany of the People of the Scripture wish they could turn you back to disbelief after you have believed, out of envy from themselves [even] after the truth has become clear to them. So pardon and overlook until Allah delivers His command. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.
• 2:126 · Al-Baqarahأَهْلَهُۥ its peopleAnd [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits - whoever of them believes in Allah and the Last Day." [Allah] said. "And whoever disbelieves - I will grant him enjoyment for a little; then I will force him to the punishment of the Fire, and wretched is the destination."
• 2:196 · Al-Baqarahأَهْلُهُۥ his familyAnd complete the Hajj and 'umrah for Allah. But if you are prevented, then [offer] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached its place of slaughter. And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head [making shaving necessary must offer] a ransom of fasting [three days] or charity or sacrifice. And when you are secure, then whoever performs 'umrah [during the Hajj months] followed by Hajj [offers] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And whoever cannot find [or afford such an animal] - then a fast of three days during Hajj and of seven when you have returned [home]. Those are ten complete [days]. This is for those whose family is not in the area of al-Masjid al-Haram. And fear Allah and know that Allah is severe in penalty.
• 2:217 · Al-Baqarahأَهْلِهِۦ its peopleThey ask you about the sacred month - about fighting therein. Say, "Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allah and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Haram and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allah. And fitnah is greater than killing." And they will continue to fight you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able. And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally.
• 3:64 · Ali 'Imranيَـٰٓأَهْلَ O PeopleSay, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allah." But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."
• 3:65 · Ali 'Imranيَـٰٓأَهْلَ O PeopleO People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason?
• 3:69 · Ali 'Imranأَهْلِ (the) PeopleA faction of the people of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.
• 3:70 · Ali 'Imranيَـٰٓأَهْلَ O PeopleO People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah while you witness [to their truth]?
• 3:71 · Ali 'Imranيَـٰٓأَهْلَ O PeopleO People of the Scripture, why do you confuse the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?
• 3:72 · Ali 'Imranأَهْلِ (the) PeopleAnd a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], "Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they will abandon their religion,
• 3:75 · Ali 'Imranأَهْلِ (the) PeopleAnd among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a great amount [of wealth], he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a [single] silver coin, he will not return it to you unless you are constantly standing over him [demanding it]. That is because they say, "There is no blame upon us concerning the unlearned." And they speak untruth about Allah while they know [it].
• 3:98 · Ali 'Imranيَـٰٓأَهْلَ O PeopleSay, "O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah while Allah is Witness over what you do?"
• 3:99 · Ali 'Imranيَـٰٓأَهْلَ O PeopleSay, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allah those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allah is not unaware of what you do."
• 3:110 · Ali 'Imranأَهْلُ (the) PeopleYou are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.
• 3:113 · Ali 'Imranأَهْلِ (the) PeopleThey are not [all] the same; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night and prostrating [in prayer].
• 3:121 · Ali 'Imranأَهْلِكَ your householdAnd [remember] when you, [O Muhammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uhud] - and Allah is Hearing and Knowing -
• 3:199 · Ali 'Imranأَهْلِ (the) PeopleAnd indeed, among the People of the Scripture are those who believe in Allah and what was revealed to you and what was revealed to them, [being] humbly submissive to Allah. They do not exchange the verses of Allah for a small price. Those will have their reward with their Lord. Indeed, Allah is swift in account.
• 4:25 · An-Nisaأَهْلِهِنَّ (of) their familyAnd whoever among you cannot [find] the means to marry free, believing women, then [he may marry] from those whom your right hands possess of believing slave girls. And Allah is most knowing about your faith. You [believers] are of one another. So marry them with the permission of their people and give them their due compensation according to what is acceptable. [They should be] chaste, neither [of] those who commit unlawful intercourse randomly nor those who take [secret] lovers. But once they are sheltered in marriage, if they should commit adultery, then for them is half the punishment for free [unmarried] women. This [allowance] is for him among you who fears sin, but to be patient is better for you. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 4:35 · An-Nisaأَهْلِهِۦ his familyAnd if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people. If they both desire reconciliation, Allah will cause it between them. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Acquainted [with all things].
• 4:35 · An-Nisaأَهْلِهَآ her familyAnd if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people. If they both desire reconciliation, Allah will cause it between them. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Acquainted [with all things].
• 4:58 · An-Nisaأَهْلِهَا their ownersIndeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which Allah instructs you. Indeed, Allah is ever Hearing and Seeing.
• 4:75 · An-Nisaأَهْلُهَا (are) its peopleAnd what is [the matter] with you that you fight not in the cause of Allah and [for] the oppressed among men, women, and children who say, "Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper?"
• 4:92 · An-Nisaأَهْلِهِۦٓ his familyAnd never is it for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake. And whoever kills a believer by mistake - then the freeing of a believing slave and a compensation payment presented to the deceased's family [is required] unless they give [up their right as] charity. But if the deceased was from a people at war with you and he was a believer - then [only] the freeing of a believing slave; and if he was from a people with whom you have a treaty - then a compensation payment presented to his family and the freeing of a believing slave. And whoever does not find [one or cannot afford to buy one] - then [instead], a fast for two months consecutively, [seeking] acceptance of repentance from Allah. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 4:92 · An-Nisaأَهْلِهِۦ his familyAnd never is it for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake. And whoever kills a believer by mistake - then the freeing of a believing slave and a compensation payment presented to the deceased's family [is required] unless they give [up their right as] charity. But if the deceased was from a people at war with you and he was a believer - then [only] the freeing of a believing slave; and if he was from a people with whom you have a treaty - then a compensation payment presented to his family and the freeing of a believing slave. And whoever does not find [one or cannot afford to buy one] - then [instead], a fast for two months consecutively, [seeking] acceptance of repentance from Allah. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 4:123 · An-Nisaأَهْلِ (of the) PeopleParadise is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allah a protector or a helper.
• 4:153 · An-Nisaأَهْلُ (the) PeopleThe People of the Scripture ask you to bring down to them a book from the heaven. But they had asked of Moses [even] greater than that and said, "Show us Allah outright," so the thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf [for worship] after clear evidences had come to them, and We pardoned that. And We gave Moses a clear authority.
• 4:159 · An-Nisaأَهْلِ (the) PeopleAnd there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in Jesus before his death. And on the Day of Resurrection he will be against them a witness.
• 4:171 · An-Nisaيَـٰٓأَهْلَ O PeopleO People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, "Three"; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.
• 5:15 · Al-Ma'idahيَـٰٓأَهْلَ O PeopleO People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Scripture and overlooking much. There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book.

Also in 97 more places: 5:19, 5:47, 5:59, 5:65, 5:68, 5:77, 5:89, 6:131, 7:83, 7:94, 7:96, 7:97, 7:98, 7:100, 7:123, 9:101, 9:120, 10:24, 11:40, 11:45, 11:46, 11:73, 11:81, 11:117, 12:25, 12:26, 12:62, 12:65, 12:88, 12:93, 12:109, 15:65, 15:67, 16:43, 18:71, 18:77, 18:77, 19:16, 19:55, 20:10, 20:29, 20:40, 20:132, 21:7, 21:76, 21:84, 23:27, 24:27, 26:169, 26:170, 27:7, 27:34, 27:49, 27:49, 27:57, 28:4, 28:12, 28:15, 28:29, 28:29, 28:45, 28:59, 29:31, 29:31, 29:32, 29:33, 29:34, 29:46, 33:13, 33:26, 33:33, 35:43, 36:50, 37:76, 37:134, 38:43, 38:64, 39:15, 42:45, 48:11, 48:12, 48:26, 51:26, 52:26, 57:29, 59:2, 59:7, 59:11, 66:6, 74:56, 74:56, 75:33, 83:31, 84:9, 84:13, 98:1, 98:6

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.