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و ص ل Root w-ṣ-l in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 10 verses

Occurrences
12
Verses
10
Surahs
7 of 114
Words
3

Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root و ص ل (w-ṣ-l) gives 3 words. It appears most in Ar-Ra'd (3), Al-An'am (2), Hud (2).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
يَصِلُverb10joined, join, they will reach
وَصِيلَةnoun1Wasilah
وَصَّلْverb1We have conveyed

يَصِلُ 10 times

  • 2:27 · Al-Baqarahيُوصَلَ be joinedWho break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.
  • 4:90 · An-Nisaيَصِلُونَ joinExcept 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.
  • 6:136 · Al-An'amيَصِلُ reachAnd the polytheists assign to Allah from that which He created of crops and livestock a share and say, "This is for Allah," by their claim, "and this is for our partners [associated with Him]." But what is for their "partners" does not reach Allah, while what is for Allah - this reaches their "partners." Evil is that which they rule.
  • 6:136 · Al-An'amيَصِلُ reachesAnd the polytheists assign to Allah from that which He created of crops and livestock a share and say, "This is for Allah," by their claim, "and this is for our partners [associated with Him]." But what is for their "partners" does not reach Allah, while what is for Allah - this reaches their "partners." Evil is that which they rule.
  • 11:70 · Hudتَصِلُ reachingBut when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he distrusted them and felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lot."
  • 11:81 · Hudيَصِلُوٓا۟ they will reachThe angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"
  • 13:21 · Ar-Ra'dيَصِلُونَ joinAnd those who join that which Allah has ordered to be joined and fear their Lord and are afraid of the evil of [their] account,
  • 13:21 · Ar-Ra'dيُوصَلَ be joinedAnd those who join that which Allah has ordered to be joined and fear their Lord and are afraid of the evil of [their] account,
  • 13:25 · Ar-Ra'dيُوصَلَ be joinedBut those who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and spread corruption on earth - for them is the curse, and they will have the worst home.
  • 28:35 · Al-Qasasيَصِلُونَ they will reach[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."

وَصِيلَة 1 time

  • 5:103 · Al-Ma'idahوَصِيلَةٍۢ a WasilahAllah has not appointed [such innovations as] bahirah or sa'ibah or wasilah or ham. But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allah, and most of them do not reason.

وَصَّلْ 1 time

  • 28:51 · Al-Qasasوَصَّلْنَا We have conveyedAnd We have [repeatedly] conveyed to them the Qur'an that they might be reminded.

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.

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