Arabic root

ت-ل-و

Ta-Lam-Waw

2 words from this root family

About this root

Ta-Lam-Waw (ت-ل-و) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: tilāwah (recitation (of the Quran)), wa-bi-t-tālī (consequently / and therefore).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 63 times in 61 verses, across 33 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:44.

Themes: Quranic, Advanced Expressions

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	Taught in
تِلَاوَةٌ tilāwah	recitation (of the Quran)	noun, B1	Knowledge, Reflection, and Recitation
وَبِالتَّالِي wa-bi-t-tālī	consequently / and therefore	phrase, B2	Nuanced Communication

In the Quran

۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to practise it)? And ye are readers of the Scripture! Have ye then no sense?

Quran 2:44

وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ لَيْسَتِ ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ وَقَالَتِ ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ لَيْسَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ وَهُمْ يَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

And the Jews say the Christians follow nothing (true), and the Christians say the Jews follow nothing (true); yet both are readers of the Scripture. Even thus speak those who know not. Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differ.

Quran 2:113

فَٱلتَّـٰلِيَـٰتِ ذِكْرًا

And those who read (the Word) for a reminder,

Quran 37:3

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

B1noun

تِلَاوَةٌ

tilāwah

recitation (of the Quran)

Example

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ

inna alladhīna yatlūna kitāba Allāhi wa-aqāmū aṣ-ṣalāh

Indeed, those who recite the Book of Allah and establish prayer (35:29)

Root: ت-ل-و Quranic

Grammar

Feminine noun (maṣdar). Verb: تَلَا (to recite/follow). Present: يَتْلُو. Active participle: تَالٍ (reciter). Specifically used for Quran recitation.

Culture

Tilāwah is not mere reading but engaged, reflective recitation with proper pronunciation (tajwīd). The Quran promises special rewards for its reciters.

B2phrase

وَبِالتَّالِي

wa-bi-t-tālī