Waw-Lam-Ya
1 word from this root family
Waw-Lam-Ya (و-ل-ي) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: waliyy (protector / guardian / ally / saint).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 232 times in 202 verses, across 55 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:64. The form وَلِيٌّ (protector / guardian / ally / saint) accounts for 86 of them.
Themes: Quranic
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
وَلِيٌّ waliyy | protector / guardian / ally / saint | noun, A2 | 86× | Faith, Monotheism, and Hypocrisy |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَكُنتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَThen, even after that, ye turned away, and if it had not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers.
أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍKnowest thou not that it is Allah unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and ye have not, beside Allah, any guardian or helper?
وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا۟ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌUnto Allah belong the East and the West, and whithersoever ye turn, there is Allah's Countenance. Lo! Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.
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).
Adjective/noun (faʿīl pattern). Plural: أَوْلِيَاءُ (awliyāʾ). Means friend, protector, or saint. God is the ultimate Walī.
In Sufism, walī refers to a 'friend of God' - a saintly person. The concept of God as Walī provides comfort and protection for believers.