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ا-ل-ه

Alif-Lam-Heh

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Alif-Lam-Heh (ا-ل-ه) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: Allāh (Allah / God).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 2,851 times in 1,879 verses, across 86 of the 114 suras. The first is in 1:1. The form اللَّهُ (Allah / God) accounts for 2,699 of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
اللَّهُ
Allāh
Allah / Godnoun, A12,699×The Most Frequent Words (Part 1)

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Quran 1:1
أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِى قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ إِلَـٰهَكَ وَإِلَـٰهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ

Or were ye present when death came to Jacob, when he said unto his sons: What will ye worship after me? They said: We shall worship thy god, the god of thy fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, One Allah, and unto Him we have surrendered.

Quran 2:133
قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَـٰلِكَ ٱلْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِى ٱلْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ ٱلْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْخَيْرُ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Say: O Allah! Owner of Sovereignty! Thou givest sovereignty unto whom Thou wilt, and Thou withdrawest sovereignty from whom Thou wilt. Thou exaltest whom Thou wilt, and Thou abasest whom Thou wilt. In Thy hand is the good. Lo! Thou art Able to do all things.

Quran 3:26

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1noun
اللَّهُ
Allāh

Allah / God

Example
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa al-ḥayyu al-qayyūm
Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence (2:255)
Grammar

The supreme name of God; appears over 2,600 times in the Quran. Preceded by the definite article alif-lām.

Culture

The most frequently used noun in the Quran (only the preposition min occurs more often). Central to the shahādah (declaration of faith) and all Islamic worship.

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