ل ه و Root l-h-w in the Qur’an 16 occurrences in 15 verses

Words from this root

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

لَهْو 10 times

• 6:32 · Al-An'amوَلَهْوٌۭ ۖ and amusementAnd 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'amوَلَهْوًۭا and amusementAnd 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'rafلَهْوًۭا (as) an amusementWho 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.
• 21:17 · Al-Anbyaلَهْوًۭا a pastimeHad We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
• 29:64 · Al-'Ankabutلَهْوٌۭ amusementAnd 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.
• 31:6 · Luqmanلَهْوَ idle talesAnd of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
• 47:36 · Muhammadوَلَهْوٌۭ ۚ and amusement[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-Hadidوَلَهْوٌۭ and amusementKnow 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.
• 62:11 · Al-Jumu'ahلَهْوًا a sportBut when they saw a transaction or a diversion, [O Muhammad], they rushed to it and left you standing. Say, "What is with Allah is better than diversion and than a transaction, and Allah is the best of providers."
• 62:11 · Al-Jumu'ahٱللَّهْوِ the sportBut when they saw a transaction or a diversion, [O Muhammad], they rushed to it and left you standing. Say, "What is with Allah is better than diversion and than a transaction, and Allah is the best of providers."

أَلْهَى 4 times

• 15:3 · Al-Hijrوَيُلْهِهِمُ and diverted themLet them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.
• 24:37 · An-Nurتُلْهِيهِمْ distracts them[Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and giving of zakah. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will [fearfully] turn about -
• 63:9 · Al-Munafiqunتُلْهِكُمْ divert youO you who have believed, let not your wealth and your children divert you from remembrance of Allah. And whoever does that - then those are the losers.
• 102:1 · At-Takathurأَلْهَىٰكُمُ Diverts youCompetition in [worldly] increase diverts you

تَلَهَّى 1 time

• 80:10 · Abasaتَلَهَّىٰ (are) distractedFrom him you are distracted.

لاهِيَة 1 time

• 21:3 · Al-Anbyaلَاهِيَةًۭ DistractedWith their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

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.