س ل ط Root s-l-ṭ in the Qur’an 39 occurrences in 39 verses

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سُلْطان 37 times

• 3:151 · Ali 'Imranسُلْطَـٰنًۭا ۖ any authorityWe 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.
• 4:91 · An-Nisaسُلْطَـٰنًۭا an authorityYou will find others who wish to obtain security from you and [to] obtain security from their people. Every time they are returned to [the influence of] disbelief, they fall back into it. So if they do not withdraw from you or offer you peace or restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you overtake them. And those - We have made for you against them a clear authorization.
• 4:144 · An-Nisaسُلْطَـٰنًۭا an evidenceO you who have believed, do not take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do you wish to give Allah against yourselves a clear case?
• 4:153 · An-Nisaسُلْطَـٰنًۭا an authorityThe People of the Scripture ask you to bring down to them a book from the heaven. But they had asked of Moses [even] greater than that and said, "Show us Allah outright," so the thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf [for worship] after clear evidences had come to them, and We pardoned that. And We gave Moses a clear authority.
• 6:81 · Al-An'amسُلْطَـٰنًۭا ۚ any authorityAnd how should I fear what you associate while you do not fear that you have associated with Allah that for which He has not sent down to you any authority? So which of the two parties has more right to security, if you should know?
• 7:33 · Al-A'rafسُلْطَـٰنًۭا any authoritySay, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed - and sin, and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allah that which you do not know."
• 7:71 · Al-A'rafسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ ۚ authority[Hud] said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allah has not sent down any authority? Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."
• 10:68 · Yunusسُلْطَـٰنٍۭ authorityThey have said, "Allah has taken a son." Exalted is He; He is the [one] Free of need. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. You have no authority for this [claim]. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?
• 11:96 · Hudوَسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ and an authorityAnd We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority
• 12:40 · Yusufسُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ authorityYou worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority. Legislation is not but for Allah. He has commanded that you worship not except Him. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.
• 14:10 · Ibrahimبِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ an authorityTheir messengers said, "Can there be doubt about Allah, Creator of the heavens and earth? He invites you that He may forgive you of your sins, and He delays your death for a specified term." They said, "You are not but men like us who wish to avert us from what our fathers were worshipping. So bring us a clear authority."
• 14:11 · Ibrahimبِسُلْطَـٰنٍ an authorityTheir messengers said to them, "We are only men like you, but Allah confers favor upon whom He wills of His servants. It has never been for us to bring you evidence except by permission of Allah. And upon Allah let the believers rely.
• 14:22 · Ibrahimسُلْطَـٰنٍ authorityAnd Satan will say when the matter has been concluded, "Indeed, Allah had promised you the promise of truth. And I promised you, but I betrayed you. But I had no authority over you except that I invited you, and you responded to me. So do not blame me; but blame yourselves. I cannot be called to your aid, nor can you be called to my aid. Indeed, I deny your association of me [with Allah] before. Indeed, for the wrongdoers is a painful punishment."
• 15:42 · Al-Hijrسُلْطَـٰنٌ any authorityIndeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.
• 16:99 · An-Nahlسُلْطَـٰنٌ (is) any authorityIndeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord.
• 16:100 · An-Nahlسُلْطَـٰنُهُۥ his authorityHis authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allah.
• 17:33 · Al-Israسُلْطَـٰنًۭا an authorityAnd do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right. And whoever is killed unjustly - We have given his heir authority, but let him not exceed limits in [the matter of] taking life. Indeed, he has been supported [by the law].
• 17:65 · Al-Israسُلْطَـٰنٌۭ ۚ any authorityIndeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.
• 17:80 · Al-Israسُلْطَـٰنًۭا an authorityAnd say, "My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority."
• 18:15 · Al-Kahfبِسُلْطَـٰنٍۭ with an authorityThese, our people, have taken besides Him deities. Why do they not bring for [worship of] them a clear authority? And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie?"
• 22:71 · Al-Hajjسُلْطَـٰنًۭا any authorityAnd they worship besides Allah that for which He has not sent down authority and that of which they have no knowledge. And there will not be for the wrongdoers any helper.
• 23:45 · Al-Mu'minunوَسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ and an authorityThen We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority
• 27:21 · An-Namlبِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ a reasonI will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him unless he brings me clear authorization."
• 28:35 · Al-Qasasسُلْطَـٰنًۭا an authority[Allah] said, "We will strengthen your arm through your brother and grant you both supremacy so they will not reach you. [It will be] through Our signs; you and those who follow you will be the predominant."
• 30:35 · Ar-Rumسُلْطَـٰنًۭا an authorityOr have We sent down to them an authority, and it speaks of what they were associating with Him?
• 34:21 · Sabaسُلْطَـٰنٍ authorityAnd he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.
• 37:30 · As-Saffatسُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ authorityAnd we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.
• 37:156 · As-Saffatسُلْطَـٰنٌۭ an authorityOr do you have a clear authority?
• 40:23 · Ghafirوَسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ and an authorityAnd We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority
• 40:35 · Ghafirسُلْطَـٰنٍ any authorityThose who dispute concerning the signs of Allah without an authority having come to them - great is hatred [of them] in the sight of Allah and in the sight of those who have believed. Thus does Allah seal over every heart [belonging to] an arrogant tyrant.

Also in 7 more places: 40:56, 44:19, 51:38, 52:38, 53:23, 55:33, 69:29

سَلَّطَ 2 times

• 4:90 · An-Nisaلَسَلَّطَهُمْ surely He (would have) given them powerExcept for those who take refuge with a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty or those who come to you, their hearts strained at [the prospect of] fighting you or fighting their own people. And if Allah had willed, He could have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. So if they remove themselves from you and do not fight you and offer you peace, then Allah has not made for you a cause [for fighting] against them.
• 59:6 · Al-Hashrيُسَلِّطُ gives powerAnd what Allah restored [of property] to His Messenger from them - you did not spur for it [in an expedition] any horses or camels, but Allah gives His messengers power over whom He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.

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.