ق ل ب Root q-l-b in the Qur’an 168 occurrences in 155 verses

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قَلْب 132 times

• 2:7 · Al-Baqarahقُلُوبِهِمْ their heartsAllah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.
• 2:10 · Al-Baqarahقُلُوبِهِم their heartsIn their hearts is disease, so Allah has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie.
• 2:74 · Al-Baqarahقُلُوبُكُم your heartsThen your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder. For indeed, there are stones from which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that split open and water comes out, and there are some of them that fall down for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.
• 2:88 · Al-Baqarahقُلُوبُنَا Our heartsAnd they said, "Our hearts are wrapped." But, [in fact], Allah has cursed them for their disbelief, so little is it that they believe.
• 2:93 · Al-Baqarahقُلُوبِهِمُ their heartsAnd [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."
• 2:97 · Al-Baqarahقَلْبِكَ your heartSay, "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel - it is [none but] he who has brought the Qur'an down upon your heart, [O Muhammad], by permission of Allah, confirming that which was before it and as guidance and good tidings for the believers."
• 2:118 · Al-Baqarahقُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ their heartsThose who do not know say, "Why does Allah not speak to us or there come to us a sign?" Thus spoke those before them like their words. Their hearts resemble each other. We have shown clearly the signs to a people who are certain [in faith].
• 2:204 · Al-Baqarahقَلْبِهِۦ his heartAnd of the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life, and he calls Allah to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the fiercest of opponents.
• 2:225 · Al-Baqarahقُلُوبُكُمْ ۗ your heartsAllah 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.
• 2:260 · Al-Baqarahقَلْبِى ۖ my heartAnd [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [Allah] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [Allah] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself. Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them - they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise."
• 2:283 · Al-Baqarahقَلْبُهُۥ ۗ his heartAnd if you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a security deposit [should be] taken. And if one of you entrusts another, then let him who is entrusted discharge his trust [faithfully] and let him fear Allah, his Lord. And do not conceal testimony, for whoever conceals it - his heart is indeed sinful, and Allah is Knowing of what you do.
• 3:7 · Ali 'Imranقُلُوبِهِمْ their heartsIt is He who has sent down to you, [O Muhammad], the Book; in it are verses [that are] precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others unspecific. As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]. And no one knows its [true] interpretation except Allah. But those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord." And no one will be reminded except those of understanding.
• 3:8 · Ali 'Imranقُلُوبَنَا our hearts[Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.
• 3:103 · Ali 'Imranقُلُوبِكُمْ your heartsAnd hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you - when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be guided.
• 3:126 · Ali 'Imranقُلُوبُكُم your heartsAnd Allah made it not except as [a sign of] good tidings for you and to reassure your hearts thereby. And victory is not except from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise -
• 3:151 · Ali 'Imranقُلُوبِ (the) heartsWe will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down [any] authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers.
• 3:154 · Ali 'Imranقُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ your heartsThen after distress, He sent down upon you security [in the form of] drowsiness, overcoming a faction of you, while another faction worried about themselves, thinking of Allah other than the truth - the thought of ignorance, saying, "Is there anything for us [to have done] in this matter?" Say, "Indeed, the matter belongs completely to Allah." They conceal within themselves what they will not reveal to you. They say, "If there was anything we could have done in the matter, some of us would not have been killed right here." Say, "Even if you had been inside your houses, those decreed to be killed would have come out to their death beds." [It was] so that Allah might test what is in your breasts and purify what is in your hearts. And Allah is Knowing of that within the breasts.
• 3:156 · Ali 'Imranقُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ their heartsO you who have believed, do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they traveled through the land or went out to fight, "If they had been with us, they would not have died or have been killed," so Allah makes that [misconception] a regret within their hearts. And it is Allah who gives life and causes death, and Allah is Seeing of what you do.
• 3:159 · Ali 'Imranٱلْقَلْبِ (at) [the] heartSo by mercy from Allah, [O Muhammad], you were lenient with them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you. So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and consult them in the matter. And when you have decided, then rely upon Allah. Indeed, Allah loves those who rely [upon Him].
• 3:167 · Ali 'Imranقُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ their heartsAnd that He might make evident those who are hypocrites. For it was said to them, "Come, fight in the way of Allah or [at least] defend." They said, "If we had known [there would be] fighting, we would have followed you." They were nearer to disbelief that day than to faith, saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts. And Allah is most Knowing of what they conceal -
• 4:63 · An-Nisaقُلُوبِهِمْ their heartsThose are the ones of whom Allah knows what is in their hearts, so turn away from them but admonish them and speak to them a far-reaching word.
• 4:155 · An-Nisaقُلُوبُنَا Our heartsAnd [We cursed them] for their breaking of the covenant and their disbelief in the signs of Allah and their killing of the prophets without right and their saying, "Our hearts are wrapped". Rather, Allah has sealed them because of their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few.
• 5:13 · Al-Ma'idahقُلُوبَهُمْ their heartsSo for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard. They distort words from their [proper] usages and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded. And you will still observe deceit among them, except a few of them. But pardon them and overlook [their misdeeds]. Indeed, Allah loves the doers of good.
• 5:41 · Al-Ma'idahقُلُوبُهُمْ ۛ their heartsO Messenger, let them not grieve you who hasten into disbelief of those who say, "We believe" with their mouths, but their hearts believe not, and from among the Jews. [They are] avid listeners to falsehood, listening to another people who have not come to you. They distort words beyond their [proper] usages, saying "If you are given this, take it; but if you are not given it, then beware." But he for whom Allah intends fitnah - never will you possess [power to do] for him a thing against Allah. Those are the ones for whom Allah does not intend to purify their hearts. For them in this world is disgrace, and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment.
• 5:41 · Al-Ma'idahقُلُوبَهُمْ ۚ their heartsO Messenger, let them not grieve you who hasten into disbelief of those who say, "We believe" with their mouths, but their hearts believe not, and from among the Jews. [They are] avid listeners to falsehood, listening to another people who have not come to you. They distort words beyond their [proper] usages, saying "If you are given this, take it; but if you are not given it, then beware." But he for whom Allah intends fitnah - never will you possess [power to do] for him a thing against Allah. Those are the ones for whom Allah does not intend to purify their hearts. For them in this world is disgrace, and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment.
• 5:52 · Al-Ma'idahقُلُوبِهِم their heartsSo you see those in whose hearts is disease hastening into [association with] them, saying, "We are afraid a misfortune may strike us." But perhaps Allah will bring conquest or a decision from Him, and they will become, over what they have been concealing within themselves, regretful.
• 5:113 · Al-Ma'idahقُلُوبُنَا our heartsThey said, "We wish to eat from it and let our hearts be reassured and know that you have been truthful to us and be among its witnesses."
• 6:25 · Al-An'amقُلُوبِهِمْ their heartsAnd among them are those who listen to you, but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. Even when they come to you arguing with you, those who disbelieve say, "This is not but legends of the former peoples."
• 6:43 · Al-An'amقُلُوبُهُمْ their heartsThen why, when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing.
• 6:46 · Al-An'amقُلُوبِكُم your heartsSay, "Have you considered: if Allah should take away your hearing and your sight and set a seal upon your hearts, which deity other than Allah could bring them [back] to you?" Look how we diversify the verses; then they [still] turn away.

Also in 102 more places: 7:100, 7:101, 7:179, 8:2, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 8:24, 8:49, 8:63, 8:63, 8:70, 9:8, 9:15, 9:45, 9:60, 9:64, 9:77, 9:87, 9:93, 9:110, 9:110, 9:117, 9:125, 9:127, 10:74, 10:88, 13:28, 13:28, 15:12, 16:22, 16:106, 16:108, 17:46, 18:14, 18:28, 18:57, 21:3, 22:32, 22:35, 22:46, 22:46, 22:53, 22:53, 22:54, 23:60, 23:63, 24:37, 24:50, 26:89, 26:194, 26:200, 28:10, 30:59, 33:4, 33:5, 33:10, 33:12, 33:26, 33:32, 33:51, 33:53, 33:53, 33:60, 34:23, 37:84, 39:22, 39:23, 39:45, 40:18, 40:35, 41:5, 42:24, 45:23, 47:16, 47:20, 47:24, 47:29, 48:4, 48:11, 48:12, 48:18, 48:26, 49:3, 49:7, 49:14, 50:33, 50:37, 57:16, 57:16, 57:27, 58:22, 59:2, 59:10, 59:14, 61:5, 63:3, 64:11, 66:4, 74:31, 79:8, 83:14

انقَلَبَ 17 times

• 2:143 · Al-Baqarahيَنقَلِبُ turns backAnd thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult except for those whom Allah has guided. And never would Allah have caused you to lose your faith. Indeed Allah is, to the people, Kind and Merciful.
• 3:127 · Ali 'Imranفَيَنقَلِبُوا۟ so (that) they turn backThat He might cut down a section of the disbelievers or suppress them so that they turn back disappointed.
• 3:144 · Ali 'Imranٱنقَلَبْتُمْ will you turn backMuhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allah at all; but Allah will reward the grateful.
• 3:144 · Ali 'Imranيَنقَلِبْ turns backMuhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allah at all; but Allah will reward the grateful.
• 3:149 · Ali 'Imranفَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ then you will turn backO you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.
• 3:174 · Ali 'Imranفَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ So they returnedSo they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
• 5:21 · Al-Ma'idahفَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ then you will turn backO my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you and do not turn back [from fighting in Allah 's cause] and [thus] become losers."
• 7:119 · Al-A'rafوَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ and returnedAnd Pharaoh and his people were overcome right there and became debased.
• 9:95 · At-Tawbahٱنقَلَبْتُمْ you returnedThey will swear by Allah to you when you return to them that you would leave them alone. So leave them alone; indeed they are evil; and their refuge is Hell as recompense for what they had been earning.
• 12:62 · Yusufٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ they go backAnd [Joseph] said to his servants, "Put their merchandise into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again] return."
• 22:11 · Al-Hajjٱنقَلَبَ he turnsAnd of the people is he who worships Allah on an edge. If he is touched by good, he is reassured by it; but if he is struck by trial, he turns on his face [to the other direction]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss.
• 26:227 · Ash-Shu'araيَنقَلِبُونَ they will returnExcept those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.
• 48:12 · Al-Fathيَنقَلِبَ returnBut you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families, ever, and that was made pleasing in your hearts. And you assumed an assumption of evil and became a people ruined."
• 67:4 · Al-Mulkيَنقَلِبْ Will returnThen return [your] vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.
• 83:31 · Al-Mutaffifinٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ they returnedAnd when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
• 83:31 · Al-Mutaffifinٱنقَلَبُوا۟ they would returnAnd when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
• 84:9 · Al-Inshiqaqوَيَنقَلِبُ And he will returnAnd return to his people in happiness.

قَلَّبُ 6 times

• 6:110 · Al-An'amوَنُقَلِّبُ And We will turnAnd We will turn away their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it the first time. And We will leave them in their transgression, wandering blindly.
• 9:48 · At-Tawbahوَقَلَّبُوا۟ and had upsetThey had already desired dissension before and had upset matters for you until the truth came and the ordinance of Allah appeared, while they were averse.
• 18:18 · Al-Kahfوَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ And We turned themAnd 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.
• 18:42 · Al-Kahfيُقَلِّبُ twistingAnd his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."
• 24:44 · An-Nurيُقَلِّبُ Allah alternatesAllah alternates the night and the day. Indeed in that is a lesson for those who have vision.
• 33:66 · Al-Ahzabتُقَلَّبُ will be turned aboutThe Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger."

تَقَلُّب 5 times

• 2:144 · Al-Baqarahتَقَلُّبَ (the) turningWe have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muhammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
• 3:196 · Ali 'Imranتَقَلُّبُ (the) movementBe not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the disbelievers throughout the land.
• 16:46 · An-Nahlتَقَلُّبِهِمْ their going to and froOr that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure?
• 26:219 · Ash-Shu'araوَتَقَلُّبَكَ And your movementsAnd your movement among those who prostrate.
• 40:4 · Ghafirتَقَلُّبُهُمْ their movementNo one disputes concerning the signs of Allah except those who disbelieve, so be not deceived by their [uninhibited] movement throughout the land.

مُنقَلِب 3 times

• 7:125 · Al-A'rafمُنقَلِبُونَ (will) returnThey said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.
• 26:50 · Ash-Shu'araمُنقَلِبُونَ (will) returnThey said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.
• 43:14 · Az-Zukhrufلَمُنقَلِبُونَ will surely returnAnd indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

مُنقَلَب 2 times

• 18:36 · Al-Kahfمُنقَلَبًۭا (as) a returnAnd I do not think the Hour will occur. And even if I should be brought back to my Lord, I will surely find better than this as a return."
• 26:227 · Ash-Shu'araمُنقَلَبٍۢ returnExcept those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.

تَتَقَلَّبُ 1 time

• 24:37 · An-Nurتَتَقَلَّبُ will turn about[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 -

تُقْلَبُ 1 time

• 29:21 · Al-'Ankabutتُقْلَبُونَ you will be returnedHe punishes whom He wills and has mercy upon whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned.

مُتَقَلَّب 1 time

• 47:19 · Muhammadمُتَقَلَّبَكُمْ your movementSo know, [O Muhammad], that there is no deity except Allah and ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women. And Allah knows of your movement and your resting place.

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.