أ ل ف Root ʾ-l-f in the Qur’an 22 occurrences in 19 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

أَلْف 14 times

• 2:96 · Al-Baqarahأَلْفَ (of) a thousandAnd you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life - [even] more than those who associate others with Allah. One of them wishes that he could be granted life a thousand years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allah is Seeing of what they do.
• 2:243 · Al-Baqarahأُلُوفٌ (were in) thousandsHave you not considered those who left their homes in many thousands, fearing death? Allah said to them, "Die"; then He restored them to life. And Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of the people do not show gratitude.
• 3:124 · Ali 'Imranءَالَـٰفٍۢ thousand[s][Remember] when you said to the believers, "Is it not sufficient for you that your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand angels sent down?
• 3:125 · Ali 'Imranءَالَـٰفٍۢ thousand[s]Yes, if you remain patient and conscious of Allah and the enemy come upon you [attacking] in rage, your Lord will reinforce you with five thousand angels having marks [of distinction]
• 8:9 · Al-Anfalبِأَلْفٍۢ with a thousand[Remember] when you asked help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another."
• 8:65 · Al-Anfalأَلْفًۭا a thousandO Prophet, urge the believers to battle. If there are among you twenty [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome a thousand of those who have disbelieved because they are a people who do not understand.
• 8:66 · Al-Anfalأَلْفٌۭ a thousandNow, Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the steadfast.
• 8:66 · Al-Anfalأَلْفَيْنِ two thousandNow, Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the steadfast.
• 22:47 · Al-Hajjكَأَلْفِ (is) like a thousandAnd they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allah will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.
• 29:14 · Al-'Ankabutأَلْفَ a thousandAnd We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.
• 32:5 · As-Sajdahأَلْفَ a thousandHe arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.
• 37:147 · As-Saffatأَلْفٍ thousandAnd We sent him to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.
• 70:4 · Al-Ma'arijأَلْفَ thousandThe angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
• 97:3 · Al-Qadrأَلْفِ a thousandThe Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

أَلَّفَ 5 times

• 3:103 · Ali 'Imranفَأَلَّفَ then He made friendshipAnd hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you - when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be guided.
• 8:63 · Al-Anfalوَأَلَّفَ And He (has) put affectionAnd brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allah brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.
• 8:63 · Al-Anfalأَلَّفْتَ (could) you (have) put affectionAnd brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allah brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.
• 8:63 · Al-Anfalأَلَّفَ (has) put affectionAnd brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allah brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.
• 24:43 · An-Nurيُؤَلِّفُ joinsDo you not see that Allah drives clouds? Then He brings them together, then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightening almost takes away the eyesight.

إِلاف 2 times

• 106:1 · Qurayshلِإِيلَـٰفِ For (the) familiarityFor the accustomed security of the Quraysh -
• 106:2 · Qurayshإِۦلَـٰفِهِمْ Their familiarityTheir accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer -

مُؤَلَّفَة 1 time

• 9:60 · At-Tawbahوَٱلْمُؤَلَّفَةِ and the ones inclinedZakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allah. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.

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.