Ayn-Lam-Mim
9 words from this root family
Ayn-Lam-Mim (ع-ل-م) has 9 words in the Fahm dictionary: ʿilm (knowledge / science), muʿallimun (teacher (male)), ʿalīm (all-knowing / omniscient), muʿallima (teacher (female)), and 5 more.
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 854 times in 728 verses, across 85 of the 114 suras. The first is in 1:2. The form عَلِمَ (to know (a fact)) accounts for 382 of them.
Themes: Quranic, Nouns, Basics, Relationships, Work, Verbs, Education, Advanced Verbs, Hobbies, Cognition, Abstract Concepts, Technology Media
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
عِلْمٌ ʿilm | knowledge / science | noun, A1 | 105× | The Most Frequent Words (Part 2) |
مُعَلِّمٌ muʿallimun | teacher (male) | noun, A1 | Nature, People & The World Around Us | |
عَلِيمٌ ʿalīm | all-knowing / omniscient | adjective, A2 | 163× | Creation and Nature |
مُعَلِّمَة muʿallima | teacher (female) | noun, A1 | Social Relationships | |
عَلَّمَ ʿallama | to teach | verb, A1 | 41× | Action Verbs - Communication |
تَعَلَّمَ taʿallama | to learn | verb, A1 | Action Verbs - Work & Study | |
عَلِمَ ʿalima | to know (a fact) | verb, A1 | 382× | Action Verbs - Work & Study |
تَعْلِيم taʿlīm | education / teaching | noun, B1 | Society & Culture | |
مَعْلُومَات maʿlūmāt | information | noun, B1 | Entertainment Media |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا يَعْلَمُونَAnd when it is said unto them: believe as the people believe, they say: shall we believe as the foolish believe? are not they indeed the foolish? But they know not.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ ۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌHe it is Who created for you all that is in the earth. Then turned He to the heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is knower of all things.
وَعَلَّمَ ءَادَمَ ٱلْأَسْمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنۢبِـُٔونِى بِأَسْمَآءِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَAnd He taught Adam all the names, then showed them to the angels, saying: Inform Me of the names of these, if ye are truthful.
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).
Masculine noun from the root ع-ل-م. Related words: عَالِمٌ (scholar), عَلِيمٌ (all-knowing), تَعْلِيم (education).
Knowledge is highly venerated in Islam. This duʿāʾ (supplication) is beloved among Muslims seeking beneficial knowledge.
Feminine: muʿallima (مُعَلِّمَةٌ). Root ʿ-l-m gives: ʿilm (knowledge), ʿālam (world), taʿlīm (education).
Intensive adjective (فَعِيل pattern) from عَلِمَ (to know). One of the most frequently mentioned divine names. Often paired with حَكِيم (wise) or سَمِيع (hearing).
Al-ʿAlīm (The All-Knowing) appears over 150 times in the Quran. God's knowledge encompasses all things: past, present, future, seen and unseen.
Form II verb (فَعَّلَ). Past: 'allama, Present: yu'allimu. Takes double accusative (person taught + subject).
Form V verb (تَفَعَّلَ). Past: ta'allama, Present: yata'allamu. Same root as 'allama (teach).
Form I verb. Past: 'alima, Present: ya'lamu. Used for knowing facts (vs 'arafa for familiarity).