ش م ل Root sh-m-l in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 11 verses

Words from this root

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

شِمال 8 times

• 18:17 · Al-Kahfٱلشِّمَالِ the leftAnd [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [laying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allah. He whom Allah guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He leaves astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.
• 18:18 · Al-Kahfٱلشِّمَالِ ۖ the leftAnd 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.
• 34:15 · Sabaوَشِمَالٍۢ ۖ and (on the) leftThere was for [the tribe of] Saba' in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."
• 50:17 · Qafٱلشِّمَالِ the leftWhen the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left.
• 56:41 · Al-Waqi'ahٱلشِّمَالِ (of) the leftAnd the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
• 56:41 · Al-Waqi'ahٱلشِّمَالِ (of) the leftAnd the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
• 69:25 · Al-Haqqahبِشِمَالِهِۦ in his left handBut as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
• 70:37 · Al-Ma'arijٱلشِّمَالِ the left[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?

اشْتَمَلَتْ 2 times

• 6:143 · Al-An'amٱشْتَمَلَتْ contains[They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful."
• 6:144 · Al-An'amٱشْتَمَلَتْ containsAnd of the camels, two and of the cattle, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allah charged you with this? Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah to mislead the people by [something] other than knowledge? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people."

شَمائِل 2 times

• 7:17 · Al-A'rafشَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ their leftThen I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]."
• 16:48 · An-Nahlوَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ and to the leftHave they not considered what things Allah has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah, while they are humble.

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.