ل ع ب Root l-ʿ-b in the Qur’an 20 occurrences in 20 verses

Words from this root

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

يَلْعَبْ 9 times

• 6:91 · Al-An'amيَلْعَبُونَ playingAnd they did not appraise Allah with true appraisal when they said, "Allah did not reveal to a human being anything." Say, "Who revealed the Scripture that Moses brought as light and guidance to the people? You [Jews] make it into pages, disclosing [some of] it and concealing much. And you were taught that which you knew not - neither you nor your fathers." Say, "Allah [revealed it]." Then leave them in their [empty] discourse, amusing themselves.
• 7:98 · Al-A'rafيَلْعَبُونَ (were) playingOr did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?
• 9:65 · At-Tawbahوَنَلْعَبُ ۚ and playingAnd if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"
• 12:12 · Yusufوَيَلْعَبْ and playSend him with us tomorrow that he may eat well and play. And indeed, we will be his guardians.
• 21:2 · Al-Anbyaيَلْعَبُونَ (are at) playNo mention comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play
• 43:83 · Az-Zukhrufوَيَلْعَبُوا۟ and playSo leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.
• 44:9 · Ad-Dukhanيَلْعَبُونَ playingBut they are in doubt, amusing themselves.
• 52:12 · At-Turيَلْعَبُونَ are playingWho are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
• 70:42 · Al-Ma'arijوَيَلْعَبُوا۟ and amuse themselvesSo leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

لَعِب 8 times

• 5:57 · Al-Ma'idahوَلَعِبًۭا and funO you who have believed, take not those who have taken your religion in ridicule and amusement among the ones who were given the Scripture before you nor the disbelievers as allies. And fear Allah, if you should [truly] be believers.
• 5:58 · Al-Ma'idahوَلَعِبًۭا ۚ and funAnd when you call to prayer, they take it in ridicule and amusement. That is because they are a people who do not use reason.
• 6:32 · Al-An'amلَعِبٌۭ a playAnd the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah, so will you not reason?
• 6:70 · Al-An'amلَعِبًۭا (as) a playAnd leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with the Qur'an, lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allah no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve.
• 7:51 · Al-A'rafوَلَعِبًۭا and playWho took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded." So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for having rejected Our verses.
• 29:64 · Al-'Ankabutوَلَعِبٌۭ ۚ and playAnd this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.
• 47:36 · Muhammadلَعِبٌۭ (is) play[This] worldly life is only amusement and diversion. And if you believe and fear Allah, He will give you your rewards and not ask you for your properties.
• 57:20 · Al-Hadidلَعِبٌۭ (is) playKnow that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.

لاعِب 3 times

• 21:16 · Al-Anbyaلَـٰعِبِينَ (for) playingAnd We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.
• 21:55 · Al-Anbyaٱللَّـٰعِبِينَ those who playThey said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"
• 44:38 · Ad-Dukhanلَـٰعِبِينَ (in) playAnd We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.

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.