Kha-Lam-Qaf
3 words from this root family
Kha-Lam-Qaf (خ-ل-ق) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: khalaqa (he created), al-Khāliq (The Creator (divine name)), akhlāq (ethics / morals).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 261 times in 218 verses, across 75 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:21. The form خَلَقَ (he created) accounts for 184 of them.
Themes: Quranic, Academic Formal
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
خَلَقَ khalaqa | he created | verb, A2 | 184× | Faith and Belief |
الْخَالِقُ al-Khāliq | The Creator (divine name) | noun, A1 | 12× | Divine Names and Attributes |
أَخْلَاق akhlāq | ethics / morals | noun, B2 | Scholarly Discussion |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَO mankind! worship your Lord, Who hath created you and those before you, so that ye may ward off (evil).
فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُم مَّنَـٰسِكَكُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًا ۗ فَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَـٰقٍAnd when ye have completed your devotions, then remember Allah as ye remember your fathers or with a more lively remembrance. But of mankind is he who saith: "Our Lord! Give unto us in the world," and he hath no portion in the Hereafter.
ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ خَـٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌSuch is Allah, your Lord. There is no God save Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He taketh care of all things.
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: خَلَقَ, Present: يَخْلُقُ. Related: خَلْقٌ (creation), خَالِقٌ (creator), مَخْلُوقٌ (creature). God is الْخَالِقُ (The Creator).
Surah Al-ʿAlaq (96), containing this verse, is believed to contain the first words revealed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, beginning with 'Read!' (Iqraʾ).
Active participle of خَلَقَ (to create). Three divine names of creation appear together: الخَالِق (Creator), البَارِئ (Originator), المُصَوِّر (Fashioner).
The distinction between Creator and creation is absolute in Islamic theology - only God creates from nothing (ex nihilo).