Arabic root

ص-ل-و

Sad-Lam-Waw

2 words from this root family

About this root

Sad-Lam-Waw (ص-ل-و) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: ṣalāh (prayer / salah), ṣallā (to pray).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 99 times in 90 verses, across 37 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:3. The form صَلَاةٌ (prayer / salah) accounts for 83 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Verbs, Daily

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
صَلَاةٌ ṣalāh	prayer / salah	noun, A1	83×	The Most Frequent Words (Part 5)
صَلَّى ṣallā	to pray	verb, A1	12×	Action Verbs - Social Interactions

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

In the Quran

ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

Who believe in the Unseen, and establish worship, and spend of that We have bestowed upon them;

Quran 2:3

فَنَادَتْهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئِمٌ يُصَلِّى فِى ٱلْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ مُصَدِّقًۢا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًا وَحَصُورًا وَنَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous.

Quran 3:39

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

Quran 74:43

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

A1noun

صَلَاةٌ

ṣalāh

prayer / salah

Example

إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ

inna aṣ-ṣalāta tanhā ʿani al-faḥshāʾi wal-munkar

Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing (29:45)

Root: ص-ل-و Quranic

Grammar

Feminine noun. Plural: صَلَوَاتٌ (ṣalawāt). The root originally means 'connection' or 'supplication.' When God 'sends ṣalāh' upon someone, it means blessings.

Culture

The five daily prayers (ṣalawāt) are the second pillar of Islam and the most emphasized act of worship in the Quran. They serve as a direct connection to God.

A1verb

صَلَّى

ṣallā