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ف ل ح Root f-l-ḥ in the Qur’an 40 occurrences in 40 verses

Occurrences
40
Verses
40
Surahs
24 of 114
Words
2

Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ف ل ح (f-l-ḥ) gives 2 words. It appears most in Ali 'Imran (3), Al-Ma'idah (3), Al-A'raf (3).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
أَفْلَحَverb27successful, succeed, they will not succeed
مُفْلِحnoun13successful ones, successful

أَفْلَحَ 27 times

  • 2:189 · Al-Baqarahتُفْلِحُونَ (be) successfulThey ask you, [O Muhammad], about the new moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for Hajj." And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allah. And enter houses from their doors. And fear Allah that you may succeed.
  • 3:130 · Ali 'Imranتُفْلِحُونَ (be) successfulO you who have believed, do not consume usury, doubled and multiplied, but fear Allah that you may be successful.
  • 3:200 · Ali 'Imranتُفْلِحُونَ (be) successfulO you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful.
  • 5:35 · Al-Ma'idahتُفْلِحُونَ succeedO you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed.
  • 5:90 · Al-Ma'idahتُفْلِحُونَ (be) successfulO you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.
  • 5:100 · Al-Ma'idahتُفْلِحُونَ (be) successfulSay, "Not equal are the evil and the good, although the abundance of evil might impress you." So fear Allah, O you of understanding, that you may be successful.
  • 6:21 · Al-An'amيُفْلِحُ will be successfulAnd who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.
  • 6:135 · Al-An'amيُفْلِحُ succeedSay, "O my people, work according to your position; [for] indeed, I am working. And you are going to know who will have succession in the home. Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.
  • 7:69 · Al-A'rafتُفْلِحُونَ succeedThen do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature extensively. So remember the favors of Allah that you might succeed.
  • 8:45 · Al-Anfalتُفْلِحُونَ (be) successfulO you who have believed, when you encounter a company [from the enemy forces], stand firm and remember Allah much that you may be successful.
  • 10:17 · Yunusيُفْلِحُ will succeedSo who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about Allah or denies His signs? Indeed, the criminals will not succeed
  • 10:69 · Yunusيُفْلِحُونَ they will not succeedSay, "Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allah will not succeed."
  • 10:77 · Yunusيُفْلِحُ succeedMoses said, "Do you say [thus] about the truth when it has come to you? Is this magic? But magicians will not succeed."
  • 12:23 · Yusufيُفْلِحُ will succeedAnd she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allah. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."
  • 16:116 · An-Nahlيُفْلِحُونَ they will not succeedAnd do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allah. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allah will not succeed.
  • 18:20 · Al-Kahfتُفْلِحُوٓا۟ will you succeedIndeed, if they come to know of you, they will stone you or return you to their religion. And never would you succeed, then - ever."
  • 20:64 · Ta-Haأَفْلَحَ (will be) successfulSo resolve upon your plan and then come [forward] in line. And he has succeeded today who overcomes."
  • 20:69 · Ta-Haيُفْلِحُ will be successfulAnd throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."
  • 22:77 · Al-Hajjتُفْلِحُونَ ۩ be successfulO you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord and do good - that you may succeed.
  • 23:1 · Al-Mu'minunأَفْلَحَ successfulCertainly will the believers have succeeded:
  • 23:117 · Al-Mu'minunيُفْلِحُ will succeedAnd whoever invokes besides Allah another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.
  • 24:31 · An-Nurتُفْلِحُونَ succeedAnd tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
  • 28:37 · Al-Qasasيُفْلِحُ will be successfulAnd Moses said, "My Lord is more knowing [than we or you] of who has come with guidance from Him and to whom will be succession in the home. Indeed, wrongdoers do not succeed."
  • 28:82 · Al-Qasasيُفْلِحُ will succeedAnd those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allah extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allah had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"
  • 62:10 · Al-Jumu'ahتُفْلِحُونَ succeedAnd when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the land and seek from the bounty of Allah, and remember Allah often that you may succeed.
  • 87:14 · Al-A'laأَفْلَحَ has succeededHe has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
  • 91:9 · Ash-Shamsأَفْلَحَ he succeedsHe has succeeded who purifies it,

مُفْلِح 13 times

  • 2:5 · Al-Baqarahٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (are) the successful onesThose are upon [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.
  • 3:104 · Ali 'Imranٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (are) the successful onesAnd let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.
  • 7:8 · Al-A'rafٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (will be) the successful onesAnd the weighing [of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy - it is they who will be the successful.
  • 7:157 · Al-A'rafٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ the successful onesThose who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful.
  • 9:88 · At-Tawbahٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (are) the successful onesBut the Messenger and those who believed with him fought with their wealth and their lives. Those will have [all that is] good, and it is those who are the successful.
  • 23:102 · Al-Mu'minunٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (are) the successfulAnd those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.
  • 24:51 · An-Nurٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (are) the successfulThe only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, "We hear and we obey." And those are the successful.
  • 28:67 · Al-Qasasٱلْمُفْلِحِينَ the successful onesBut as for one who had repented, believed, and done righteousness, it is promised by Allah that he will be among the successful.
  • 30:38 · Ar-Rumٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (are) the successful onesSo give the relative his right, as well as the needy and the traveler. That is best for those who desire the countenance of Allah, and it is they who will be the successful.
  • 31:5 · Luqmanٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (are) the successfulThose are on [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.
  • 58:22 · Al-Mujadilaٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (are) the successful onesYou will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred. Those - He has decreed within their hearts faith and supported them with spirit from Him. And We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him - those are the party of Allah. Unquestionably, the party of Allah - they are the successful.
  • 59:9 · Al-Hashrٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (are) the successful onesAnd [also for] those who were settled in al-Madinah and [adopted] the faith before them. They love those who emigrated to them and find not any want in their breasts of what the emigrants were given but give [them] preference over themselves, even though they are in privation. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.
  • 64:16 · At-Taghabunٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (are) the successful onesSo fear Allah as much as you are able and listen and obey and spend [in the way of Allah]; it is better for your selves. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.

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.

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