Ha-Waw-Lam
6 words from this root family
Ha-Waw-Lam (ح-و-ل) has 6 words in the Fahm dictionary: kayfa ḥāluka (how are you (to a male)), ḥāwala (to try / to attempt), mustaḥīl (impossible), taḥawwala (to transform / to change into (Form V)), and 2 more.
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 25 times in 25 verses, across 19 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:17.
Themes: Greetings, Basics, Verbs, Actions, Advanced Verbs, Adjectives, Advanced Expressions
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
كَيْفَ حَالُكَ kayfa ḥāluka | how are you (to a male) | phrase, A1 | More Greetings & Courtesies |
حَاوَلَ ḥāwala | to try / to attempt | verb, A1 | Action Verbs - Thinking & Feeling |
مُستَحيل mustaḥīl | impossible | adjective, A1 | Adjectives - States & Conditions |
تَحَوَّلَ taḥawwala | to transform / to change into (Form V) | verb, B1 | Verbs of Achievement |
عَلَى أَيِّ حَال ʿalā ayyi ḥāl | in any case / anyway | phrase, B2 | Advanced Idioms |
لَا مَحَالَة lā maḥāla | inevitably / without doubt | phrase, B2 | Rhetorical Devices |
مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتٍ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَTheir likeness is as the likeness of one who kindleth fire, and when it sheddeth its light around him Allah taketh away their light and leaveth them in darkness, where they cannot see,
إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًاExcept the feeble among men, and the women, and the children, who are unable to devise a plan and are not shown a way.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ ۖ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَأَنَّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَO ye who believe! Obey Allah, and the messenger when He calleth you to that which quickeneth you, and know that Allah cometh in between the man and his own heart, and that He it is unto Whom ye will be gathered.
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).
To a female: 'kayfa ḥāluki' (كَيْفَ حَالُكِ). Common response: 'bi-khayrin' (بِخَيْرٍ) meaning 'fine/well'.
Form III verb (فَاعَلَ). Past: ḥāwala, Present: yuḥāwilu. Followed by an + subjunctive.
Feminine form: mustaḥīla (مُستَحيلة). Opposite of mumkin (مُمكِن). Form X active participle.