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

Words from this root

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

غُلام 13 times

• 3:40 · Ali 'Imranغُلَـٰمٌۭ a sonHe said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" The angel said, "Such is Allah; He does what He wills."
• 12:19 · Yusufغُلَـٰمٌۭ ۚ (is) a boyAnd there came a company of travelers; then they sent their water drawer, and he let down his bucket. He said, "Good news! Here is a boy." And they concealed him, [taking him] as merchandise; and Allah was knowing of what they did.
• 15:53 · Al-Hijrبِغُلَـٰمٍ of a boy[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."
• 18:74 · Al-Kahfغُلَـٰمًۭا a boySo they set out, until when they met a boy, al-Khidh r killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."
• 18:80 · Al-Kahfٱلْغُلَـٰمُ the boyAnd as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.
• 18:82 · Al-Kahfلِغُلَـٰمَيْنِ for two orphan boysAnd as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience."
• 19:7 · Maryamبِغُلَـٰمٍ of a boy[He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."
• 19:8 · Maryamغُلَـٰمٌۭ a boyHe said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"
• 19:19 · Maryamغُلَـٰمًۭا a sonHe said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."
• 19:20 · Maryamغُلَـٰمٌۭ a sonShe said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"
• 37:101 · As-Saffatبِغُلَـٰمٍ of a boySo We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.
• 51:28 · Adh-Dhariyatبِغُلَـٰمٍ of a sonAnd he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
• 52:24 · At-Turغِلْمَانٌۭ boysThere will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.

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.