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Arabic root

ع-م-ل

Ayn-Mim-Lam

6 words from this root family

About this root

Ayn-Mim-Lam (ع-م-ل) has 6 words in the Fahm dictionary: ʿamila (to work / to do), istaʿmala (to use / to utilize), ʿamal (work / job), ʿamīl (client / customer), and 2 more.

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 360 times in 313 verses, across 68 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:25. The form عَمِلَ (to work / to do) accounts for 276 of them.

Themes: Verbs, Work, Quranic, Actions, Advanced Verbs, Basics, Business, Shopping, Payment, Health, Treatment

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
عَمِلَ
ʿamila
to work / to doverb, A1276×Action Verbs - Communication
اِسْتَعْمَلَ
istaʿmala
to use / to utilizeverb, A1Action Verbs - Thinking & Feeling
عَمَل
ʿamal
work / jobnoun, A271×The Office
عَميل
ʿamīl
client / customernoun, A2Work Skills & Technology
عُمْلة
ʿumla
currencynoun, A2Payment & Receipts
عَمَلِيّة
ʿamaliyya
operation / surgerynoun, A2Medicine & Treatment

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

In the Quran

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ وَٱلصَّـٰبِـِٔينَ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee, Muhammad), and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans - whoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - surely their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.

Quran 2:62
قُلْ أَتُحَآجُّونَنَا فِى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْ وَلَنَآ أَعْمَـٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُخْلِصُونَ

Say (unto the People of the Scripture): Dispute ye with us concerning Allah when He is our Lord and your Lord? Ours are our works and yours your works. We look to Him alone.

Quran 2:139
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَجَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ ٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَ

The reward of such will be forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever - a bountiful reward for workers!

Quran 3:136

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

A1verb
عَمِلَ
ʿamila

to work / to do

Example
عملتُ في شركةٍ كبيرةٍ
ʿamiltu fī sharikatin kabīratin
I worked in a big company
Grammar

Form I verb. Past: 'amila, Present: ya'malu.

A1verb
اِسْتَعْمَلَ
istaʿmala

to use / to utilize

Example
استعملتُ الحاسوبَ للعملِ
istaʿmaltu al-ḥāsūba lil-ʿamali
I used the computer for work
Grammar

Form X verb (اِسْتَفْعَلَ). Past: ista'mala, Present: yasta'milu.

A2noun
عَمَل
ʿamal

work / job

Example
أَذْهَبُ إلى العَمَل كُلَّ صَباح.
adh-habu ilā al-ʿamal kulla ṣabāḥ.
I go to work every morning.
A2noun
عَميل
ʿamīl

client / customer

Example
العَميل يَنْتَظِر في المَكْتَب.
al-ʿamīl yantaẓir fī al-maktab.
The client is waiting in the office.
A2noun
عُمْلة
ʿumla

currency

Example
ما العُمْلة المُسْتَخْدَمة هُنا؟
mā al-ʿumla al-mustakhdama hunā?
What currency is used here?
A2noun
عَمَلِيّة
ʿamaliyya

operation / surgery

Example
أَجْرى الطَبيب العَمَلِيّة بِنَجاح.
ajrā aṭ-ṭabīb al-ʿamaliyya binajāḥ.
The doctor performed the surgery successfully.

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