Sad-Lam-Ha
4 words from this root family
Sad-Lam-Ha (ص-ل-ح) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: iṣlāḥ (reform / reconciliation / setting right), aṣlaḥa (to fix / to repair), muṣṭalaḥ (term / terminology), iṣlāḥ (reform).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 180 times in 170 verses, across 54 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:11. The form أَصْلَحَ (to fix / to repair) accounts for 28 of them.
Themes: Quranic, Verbs, Actions, Academic Formal
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
إِصْلَاحٌ iṣlāḥ | reform / reconciliation / setting right | noun, B1 | 7× | Covenants, Testing, and Forgiveness |
أَصْلَحَ aṣlaḥa | to fix / to repair | verb, A1 | 28× | Action Verbs - Miscellaneous |
مُصْطَلَح muṣṭalaḥ | term / terminology | noun, B2 | Critical Thinking | |
إِصْلَاح iṣlāḥ | reform | noun, B2 | 7× | Logic & Arguments |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَAnd when it is said unto them: Make not mischief in the earth, they say: We are peacemakers only.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ وَبَيَّنُوا۟ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنَا ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُExcept those who repent and amend and make manifest (the truth). These it is toward whom I relent. I am the Relenting, the Merciful.
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَٱبْعَثُوا۟ حَكَمًا مِّنْ أَهْلِهِۦ وَحَكَمًا مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن يُرِيدَآ إِصْلَـٰحًا يُوَفِّقِ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا خَبِيرًاAnd if ye fear a breach between them twain (the man and wife), appoint an arbiter from his folk and an arbiter from her folk. If they desire amendment Allah will make them of one mind. Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Aware.
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 IV maṣdar (verbal noun). Verb: أَصْلَحَ (to reform/reconcile). Related: صَالِحٌ (righteous). Opposite: فَسَادٌ (corruption).
Prophet Shuʿayb's words here embody the Islamic ideal of social reform - working for justice within one's capacity.
Form IV verb (أَفْعَلَ). Past: aṣlaḥa, Present: yuṣliḥu.