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Arabic root

خ-ل-د

Kha-Lam-Dal

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About this root

Kha-Lam-Dal (خ-ل-د) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: khalada (he remained forever / he was immortal).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 87 times in 86 verses, across 40 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:25.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
خَلَدَ
khalada
he remained forever / he was immortalverb, B1Covenants, Testing, and Forgiveness

In the Quran

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

But they who disbelieve, and deny Our revelations, such are rightful Peoples of the Fire. They will abide therein.

Quran 2:39
ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْخُلْدِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

Then will it be said unto those who dealt unjustly Taste the torment of eternity. Are ye requited aught save what ye used to earn?

Quran 10:52
يُضَـٰعَفْ لَهُ ٱلْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا

The doom will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein disdained for ever;

Quran 25:69

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

B1verb
خَلَدَ
khalada

he remained forever / he was immortal

Example
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا
khālidīna fīhā abadā
Abiding therein forever (4:57)
Grammar

Form I verb. Active participle: خَالِدٌ (remaining/abiding). خُلُودٌ (eternity/immortality). خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا is the most common description of Paradise/Hell.

Culture

The concept of khulūd (eternal abiding) in Paradise or Hell is central to Quranic eschatology and motivates moral accountability.

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