to sit / to sit down
Form I verb. Past: jalasa, Present: yajlisu. Takes 'alā (على) for surface.
Jim-Lam-Sin
1 word from this root family
Jim-Lam-Sin (ج-ل-س) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: jalasa (to sit / to sit down).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 1 time in 1 verse, across 1 of the 114 suras. The first is in 58:11.
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
جَلَسَ jalasa | to sit / to sit down | verb, A1 | Action Verbs - Daily Activities |
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمْ تَفَسَّحُوا۟ فِى ٱلْمَجَـٰلِسِ فَٱفْسَحُوا۟ يَفْسَحِ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا قِيلَ ٱنشُزُوا۟ فَٱنشُزُوا۟ يَرْفَعِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ دَرَجَـٰتٍ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌO ye who believe! when it is said unto you: Make room! in assemblies, then make room; Allah will make way for you (hereafter). And when it is said: Come up higher! go up higher; Allah will exalt those who believe among you, and those who have knowledge, to high ranks. Allah is informed of what ye do.
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).
Form I verb. Past: jalasa, Present: yajlisu. Takes 'alā (على) for surface.