ذ ل ل Root dh-l-l in the Qur’an 24 occurrences in 23 verses

Words from this root

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

ذِلَّة 7 times

• 2:61 · Al-Baqarahٱلذِّلَّةُ the humiliationAnd [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allah [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.
• 3:112 · Ali 'Imranٱلذِّلَّةُ the humiliationThey have been put under humiliation [by Allah] wherever they are overtaken, except for a covenant from Allah and a rope from the Muslims. And they have drawn upon themselves anger from Allah and have been put under destitution. That is because they disbelieved in the verses of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That is because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.
• 7:152 · Al-A'rafوَذِلَّةٌۭ and humiliationIndeed, those who took the calf [for worship] will obtain anger from their Lord and humiliation in the life of this world, and thus do We recompense the inventors [of falsehood].
• 10:26 · Yunusذِلَّةٌ ۚ humiliationFor them who have done good is the best [reward] and extra. No darkness will cover their faces, nor humiliation. Those are companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally
• 10:27 · Yunusذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ humiliationBut they who have earned [blame for] evil doings - the recompense of an evil deed is its equivalent, and humiliation will cover them. They will have from Allah no protector. It will be as if their faces are covered with pieces of the night - so dark [are they]. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 68:43 · Al-Qalamذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ humiliationTheir eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
• 70:44 · Al-Ma'arijذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ humiliationTheir eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

أَذِلَّة 4 times

• 3:123 · Ali 'Imranأَذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ weakAnd already had Allah given you victory at [the battle of] Badr while you were few in number. Then fear Allah; perhaps you will be grateful.
• 5:54 · Al-Ma'idahأَذِلَّةٍ humbleO you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion - Allah will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him [who are] humble toward the believers, powerful against the disbelievers; they strive in the cause of Allah and do not fear the blame of a critic. That is the favor of Allah; He bestows it upon whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
• 27:34 · An-Namlأَذِلَّةًۭ ۖ (the) lowestShe said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.
• 27:37 · An-Namlأَذِلَّةًۭ (in) humiliationReturn to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be debased."

ذُلّ 3 times

• 17:24 · Al-Israٱلذُّلِّ (of) humilityAnd lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."
• 17:111 · Al-Israٱلذُّلِّ ۖ weaknessAnd say, "Praise to Allah, who has not taken a son and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no [need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him with [great] glorification."
• 42:45 · Ash-Shuraٱلذُّلِّ disgraceAnd you will see them being exposed to the Fire, humbled from humiliation, looking from [behind] a covert glance. And those who had believed will say, "Indeed, the [true] losers are the ones who lost themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, the wrongdoers are in an enduring punishment."

أَذَلّ 2 times

• 58:20 · Al-Mujadilaٱلْأَذَلِّينَ the most humiliatedIndeed, the ones who oppose Allah and His Messenger - those will be among the most humbled.
• 63:8 · Al-Munafiqunٱلْأَذَلَّ ۚ the more humbleThey say, "If we return to al-Madinah, the more honored [for power] will surely expel therefrom the more humble." And to Allah belongs [all] honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.

ذَلُول 2 times

• 2:71 · Al-Baqarahذَلُولٌۭ trainedHe said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.' " They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it.
• 67:15 · Al-Mulkذَلُولًۭا subservientIt is He who made the earth tame for you - so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision - and to Him is the resurrection.

ذُلِّلَتْ 2 times

• 36:72 · Ya-Sinوَذَلَّلْنَـٰهَا And We have tamed themAnd We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.
• 76:14 · Al-Insanوَذُلِّلَتْ and will hang lowAnd near above them are its shades, and its [fruit] to be picked will be lowered in compliance.

تَذْلِيل 1 time

• 76:14 · Al-Insanتَذْلِيلًۭا dangling lowAnd near above them are its shades, and its [fruit] to be picked will be lowered in compliance.

تُذِلُّ 1 time

• 3:26 · Ali 'Imranوَتُذِلُّ and You humiliateSay, "O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honor whom You will and You humble whom You will. In Your hand is [all] good. Indeed, You are over all things competent.

ذُلُل 1 time

• 16:69 · An-Nahlذُلُلًۭا ۚ made smoothThen eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

نَذِلَّ 1 time

• 20:134 · Ta-Haنَّذِلَّ we were humiliatedAnd if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses before we were humiliated and disgraced?"

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.