ل غ و Root l-gh-w in the Qur’an 11 occurrences in 11 verses

Words from this root

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

لَغْو 9 times

• 2:225 · Al-Baqarahبِٱللَّغْوِ for (what is) unintentionalAllah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
• 5:89 · Al-Ma'idahبِٱللَّغْوِ for the thoughtless utterancesAllah will not impose blame upon you for what is meaningless in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for [breaking] what you intended of oaths. So its expiation is the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your [own] families or clothing them or the freeing of a slave. But whoever cannot find [or afford it] - then a fast of three days [is required]. That is the expiation for oaths when you have sworn. But guard your oaths. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be grateful.
• 19:62 · Maryamلَغْوًا vain talkThey will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon.
• 23:3 · Al-Mu'minunٱللَّغْوِ the vain talkAnd they who turn away from ill speech
• 25:72 · Al-Furqanبِٱللَّغْوِ by futilityAnd [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.
• 28:55 · Al-Qasasٱللَّغْوَ vain talkAnd when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."
• 52:23 · At-Turلَغْوٌۭ ill speechThey will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.
• 56:25 · Al-Waqi'ahلَغْوًۭا vain talkThey will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -
• 78:35 · An-Nabaلَغْوًۭا any vain talkNo ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

الْغَ 1 time

• 41:26 · Fussilatوَٱلْغَوْا۟ and make noiseAnd those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur'an and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."

لاغِيَة 1 time

• 88:11 · Al-Ghashiyahلَـٰغِيَةًۭ vain talkWherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

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.