م ل أ Root m-l-ʾ in the Qur’an 40 occurrences in 40 verses

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

مَلَأ 30 times

• 2:246 · Al-Baqarahٱلْمَلَإِ the chiefsHave you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after [the time of] Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allah "? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if fighting was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allah when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
• 7:60 · Al-A'rafٱلْمَلَأُ the chiefsSaid the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."
• 7:66 · Al-A'rafٱلْمَلَأُ the chiefsSaid the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "Indeed, we see you in foolishness, and indeed, we think you are of the liars."
• 7:75 · Al-A'rafٱلْمَلَأُ the chiefsSaid the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people to those who were oppressed - to those who believed among them, "Do you [actually] know that Salih is sent from his Lord?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which he was sent, are believers."
• 7:88 · Al-A'rafٱلْمَلَأُ the chiefsSaid the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people, "We will surely evict you, O Shu'ayb, and those who have believed with you from our city, or you must return to our religion." He said, "Even if we were unwilling?"
• 7:90 · Al-A'rafٱلْمَلَأُ the chiefsSaid the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shu'ayb, indeed, you would then be losers."
• 7:103 · Al-A'rafوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ and his chiefsThen We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were unjust toward them. So see how was the end of the corrupters.
• 7:109 · Al-A'rafٱلْمَلَأُ the chiefsSaid the eminent among the people of Pharaoh, "Indeed, this is a learned magician
• 7:127 · Al-A'rafٱلْمَلَأُ the chiefsAnd the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said," Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."
• 10:75 · Yunusوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ and his chiefsThen We sent after them Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his establishment with Our signs, but they behaved arrogantly and were a criminal people
• 10:83 · Yunusوَمَلَإِي۟هِمْ and their chiefsBut no one believed Moses, except [some] youths among his people, for fear of Pharaoh and his establishment that they would persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was haughty within the land, and indeed, he was of the transgressors
• 10:88 · Yunusوَمَلَأَهُۥ and his chiefsAnd Moses said, "Our Lord, indeed You have given Pharaoh and his establishment splendor and wealth in the worldly life, our Lord, that they may lead [men] astray from Your way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment."
• 11:27 · Hudٱلْمَلَأُ the chiefsSo the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "We do not see you but as a man like ourselves, and we do not see you followed except by those who are the lowest of us [and] at first suggestion. And we do not see in you over us any merit; rather, we think you are liars."
• 11:38 · Hudمَلَأٌۭ (the) chiefsAnd he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.
• 11:97 · Hudوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ and his chiefsTo Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.
• 12:43 · Yusufٱلْمَلَأُ chiefsAnd [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."
• 23:24 · Al-Mu'minunٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ the chiefsBut the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "This is not but a man like yourselves who wishes to take precedence over you; and if Allah had willed [to send a messenger], He would have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our forefathers.
• 23:33 · Al-Mu'minunٱلْمَلَأُ the chiefsAnd the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, "This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.
• 23:46 · Al-Mu'minunوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ and his chiefsTo Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.
• 26:34 · Ash-Shu'araلِلْمَلَإِ to the chiefs[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.
• 27:29 · An-Namlٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ chiefsShe said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.
• 27:32 · An-Namlٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ chiefsShe said, "O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me."
• 27:38 · An-Namlٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ chiefs[Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"
• 28:20 · Al-Qasasٱلْمَلَأَ the chiefsAnd a man came from the farthest end of the city, running. He said, "O Moses, indeed the eminent ones are conferring over you [intending] to kill you, so leave [the city]; indeed, I am to you of the sincere advisors."
• 28:32 · Al-Qasasوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦٓ ۚ and his chiefsInsert your hand into the opening of your garment; it will come out white, without disease. And draw in your arm close to you [as prevention] from fear, for those are two proofs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his establishment. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."
• 28:38 · Al-Qasasٱلْمَلَأُ O chiefsAnd Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Haman, [a fire] upon the clay and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."
• 37:8 · As-Saffatٱلْمَلَإِ the assembly[So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,
• 38:6 · Sadٱلْمَلَأُ the chiefsAnd the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended.
• 38:69 · Sadبِٱلْمَلَإِ (of) the chiefsI had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].
• 43:46 · Az-Zukhrufوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ and his chiefsAnd certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

مُلِئَتْ 6 times

• 7:18 · Al-A'rafلَأَمْلَأَنَّ surely, I will fill[Allah] said, "Get out of Paradise, reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them - I will surely fill Hell with you, all together."
• 11:119 · Hudلَأَمْلَأَنَّ Surely I will fillExcept whom your Lord has given mercy, and for that He created them. But the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
• 18:18 · Al-Kahfوَلَمُلِئْتَ and surely you would have been filledAnd you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.
• 32:13 · As-Sajdahلَأَمْلَأَنَّ that I will surely fillAnd if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together.
• 38:85 · Sadلَأَمْلَأَنَّ Surely I will fill[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."
• 72:8 · Al-Jinnمُلِئَتْ filled (with)And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

مالِئ 2 times

• 37:66 · As-Saffatفَمَالِـُٔونَ and fillAnd indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.
• 56:53 · Al-Waqi'ahفَمَالِـُٔونَ Then will fillAnd filling with it your bellies

امْتَلَأْ 1 time

• 50:30 · Qafٱمْتَلَأْتِ you filledOn the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more,"

مِلْء 1 time

• 3:91 · Ali 'Imranمِّلْءُ fullIndeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. For those there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.

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.