غ ل ل Root gh-l-l in the Qur’an 16 occurrences in 13 verses

Words from this root

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

غِلّ 9 times

• 7:43 · Al-A'rafغِلٍّۢ maliceAnd We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment, [while] flowing beneath them are rivers. And they will say, "Praise to Allah, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us. Certainly the messengers of our Lord had come with the truth." And they will be called, "This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do."
• 7:157 · Al-A'rafوَٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ and the fettersThose 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.
• 13:5 · Ar-Ra'dٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُ the iron chainsAnd if you are astonished, [O Muhammad] - then astonishing is their saying, "When we are dust, will we indeed be [brought] into a new creation?" Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord, and those will have shackles upon their necks, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 15:47 · Al-Hijrغِلٍّ rancorAnd We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.
• 34:33 · Sabaٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ shacklesThose who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allah and attribute to Him equals." But they will [all] confide regret when they see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be recompensed except for what they used to do?
• 36:8 · Ya-Sinأَغْلَـٰلًۭا iron collarsIndeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.
• 40:71 · Ghafirٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُ the iron collarsWhen the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged
• 59:10 · Al-Hashrغِلًّۭا any rancorAnd [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful."
• 76:4 · Al-Insanوَأَغْلَـٰلًۭا and shacklesIndeed, We have prepared for the disbelievers chains and shackles and a blaze.

غَلَّ 5 times

• 3:161 · Ali 'Imranيَغُلَّ ۚ he defraudsIt is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfaithfully [in regard to war booty]. And whoever betrays, [taking unlawfully], will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection. Then will every soul be [fully] compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.
• 3:161 · Ali 'Imranيَغْلُلْ defraudsIt is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfaithfully [in regard to war booty]. And whoever betrays, [taking unlawfully], will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection. Then will every soul be [fully] compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.
• 3:161 · Ali 'Imranغَلَّ he had defraudedIt is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfaithfully [in regard to war booty]. And whoever betrays, [taking unlawfully], will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection. Then will every soul be [fully] compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.
• 5:64 · Al-Ma'idahغُلَّتْ Are chainedAnd the Jews say, "The hand of Allah is chained." Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters.
• 69:30 · Al-Haqqahفَغُلُّوهُ and shackle him[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

مَغْلُولَة 2 times

• 5:64 · Al-Ma'idahمَغْلُولَةٌ ۚ (is) chainedAnd the Jews say, "The hand of Allah is chained." Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters.
• 17:29 · Al-Israمَغْلُولَةً chainedAnd do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.

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.