Fa-Lam-Ha
2 words from this root family
Fa-Lam-Ha (ف-ل-ح) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: falāḥ (success / prosperity / salvation), fallāḥ (farmer).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 40 times in 40 verses, across 24 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:5.
Themes: Quranic, Work, Job Titles
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
فَلَاحٌ falāḥ | success / prosperity / salvation | noun, A2 | Faith, Monotheism, and Hypocrisy |
فَلّاح fallāḥ | farmer | noun, A2 | Work Communication |
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَThese depend on guidance from their Lord. These are the successful.
وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَAnd there may spring from you a nation who invite to goodness, and enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency. Such are they who are successful.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَأْكُلُوا۟ ٱلرِّبَوٰٓا۟ أَضْعَـٰفًا مُّضَـٰعَفَةً ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَO ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubling and quadrupling (the sum lent). Observe your duty to Allah, that ye may be successful.
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 (maṣdar). Verb: أَفْلَحَ (Form IV, to succeed/prosper). Active participle: مُفْلِحٌ (successful one). Used in the adhān: حَيَّ عَلَى الفَلَاح.
The adhān (call to prayer) includes 'hasten to success (falāḥ)' - defining true success as responding to God's call, not worldly achievement.