Arabic root

ق-و-ل

Qaf-Waw-Lam

2 words from this root family

About this root

Qaf-Waw-Lam (ق-و-ل) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: qāla (to say / to tell), maqāl (article).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 1,722 times in 1,383 verses, across 84 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:8. The form قَالَ (to say / to tell) accounts for 1,618 of them.

Themes: Verbs, Communication, Quranic, Technology Media

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
قَالَ qāla	to say / to tell	verb, A1	1,618×	Action Verbs - Movement & Travel
مَقَال maqāl	article	noun, B1		Social Media & Communication

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

And of mankind are some who say: We believe in Allah and the Last Day, when they believe not.

Quran 2:8

فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

But those who did wrong changed the word which had been told them for another saying, and We sent down upon the evil-doers wrath from heaven for their evil-doing.

Quran 2:59

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۖ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا ۚ وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ قِيلًا

But as for those who believe and do good works We shall bring them into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. It is a promise from Allah in truth; and who can be more truthful than Allah in utterance?

Quran 4:122

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).