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Quran Maqasid

أَحَلَّ

أحل in the Quran

Meaning: Are made lawful

أحل occurs 20 times in 18 verses across 11 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
20
Verses
18
Surahs
11

أَحَلَّ

Verb · 20 times

Meaning: Are made lawful · Also translated as: has made lawful, Permitted, While has permitted, and so that I make lawful

Forms in the Quran

  • أُحِلَّ ×7
  • وَأَحَلَّ ×2
  • أُحِلَّتْ ×2
  • وَلِأُحِلَّ ×1
  • تُحِلُّوا۟ ×1
  • وَيُحِلُّ ×1
  • يُحِلُّونَهُۥ ×1
  • فَيُحِلُّوا۟ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

أصل الحل: حل العقدة، ومنه قوله عز وجل: واحلل عقدة من لساني

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

كقوله تعالي: ﴿حلالا طيبا﴾ [المائدة: 88] الحلال: المباح، وأصله من حل العقدة أحلها أي أزلت ما كانت ممنوعة به، فالحلال ما ارتفع عن تعاطيه الحظر، وعليه قوله تعالي: ﴿واحلل عقدة من لساني﴾ [طه: 27]، ولذلك قوبل بالحرثم لأن الحرام: الممنوع منه. ويعبر عن أهلنزول بالحلول، فيقال: حل بمكان كذا، وأصله أن النازل يحل إحلالا، ثم جعل…

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ح ل ل

Verses with أحل

Verses 1–18 of 18

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Permitted to you, On the night of the fasts, Is the approach to your wives. They are your garments And ye are their garments. God knoweth what ye Used to do secretly among yourselves; But He turned to you And forgave you; So now associate with them, And seek what God Hath ordained for you, And eat and drink, Until the white thread Of dawn appear to you Distinct from its black thread; Then complete your fast Till the night appears; But do not associate With your wives While ye are in retreat In the mosques. Those are Limits (set by) God: Approach not nigh thereto. Thus doth God make clear His Signs to men: that They may learn self-restraint.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:187
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who devour usury Will not stand except As stands one whom The Evil One by his touch Hath driven to madness. That is because they say: "Trade is like usury," But God hath permitted trade And forbidden usury. Those who after receiving Direction from their Lord, Desist, shall be pardoned For the past; their case Is for God (to judge); But those who repeat (The offence) are Companions Of the Fire: they will Abide therein (for ever).

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:275
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    "'(I have come to you), To attest the Law Which was before me. And to make lawful To you part of what was (Before) forbidden to you; I have come to you With a Sign from your Lord. So fear God, And obey me.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:50
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Also (prohibited are) Women already married, Except those Whom your right hands possess: Thus hath God ordained (Prohibitions) against you: Except for these, all others Are lawful, provided Ye seek (them in marriage) With gifts from your property,— Desiring chastity, not lust. Seeing that ye derive Benefit from them, give them Their dowers (at least) As prescribed; but if, After a dower is prescribed, ye agree Mutually (to vary it), There is no blame on you, And God is All-knowing All-wise.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:24
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    For the iniquity of the Jews We made unlawful for them Certain (foods) good and wholesome Which had been lawful for them;— In that they hindered many From God's Way;—

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:160
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Fulfil (all) obligations Lawful unto you (for food) Are all four-footed animals, With the exceptions named: But animals of the chase Are forbidden while ye Are in the Sacred Precincts Or in pilgrim garb: For God doth command According to His Will and Plan

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:1
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Violate not the sanctity Of the Symbols of God, Nor of the Sacred Month, Nor of the animals brought For sacrifice, nor the garlands That mark out such animals, Nor the people resorting To the Sacred House, Seeking of the bounty And good pleasure Of their Lord. But when ye are clear Of the Sacred Precincts And of pilgrim garb, Ye may hunt And let not the hatred Of some people In (once) shutting you out Of the Sacred Mosque Lead you to transgression (And hostility on your part). Help ye one another In righteousness and piety, But help ye not one another In sin and rancour: Fear God: for God Is strict in punishment.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:2
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    They ask thee what is Lawful to them (as food) Say: Lawful unto you Are (all) things good and pure: And what ye have taught Your trained hunting animals (To catch) in the manner Directed to you by God: Eat what they catch for you, But pronounce the name Of God over it: and fear God; for God is swift In taking account.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:4
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    This day are (all) things Good and pure made lawful Unto you. The food Of the People of the Book Is lawful unto you And yours is lawful Unto them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) Are (not only) chaste women Who are believers, but Chaste women among The People of the Book, Revealed before your time,— When ye give them Their due dowers, and desire Chastity, not lewdness, Nor secret intrigues. If any one rejects faith, Fruitless is his work, And in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks Of those who have lost (All spiritual good).

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:5
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Make not unlawful The good things which God Hath made lawful for you, But commit no excess: For God loveth not Those given to excess.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:87
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Lawful to you is the pursuit Of water-game and its use For food,—for the benefit Of yourselves and those who Travel; but forbidden Is the pursuit of land-game;— As long as ye are In the Sacred Precincts Or in pilgrim garb. And fear God, to Whom Ye shall be gathered back.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:96
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Those who follow the Apostle, The unlettered Prophet, Whom they find mentioned In their own (Scriptures),— In the Law and the Gospel;— For he commands them What is just and forbids them What is evil; he allows Them as lawful what is good (And pure) and prohibits them From what is bad (and impure); He releases them From their heavy burdens And from the yokes That are upon them. So it is those who believe In him, honour him, Help him, and follow the Light Which is sent down with him,— It is they who will prosper."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:157
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Verily the transposing (Of a prohibited month) Is an addition to Unbelief: The Unbelievers are led To wrong thereby: for they make It lawful one year, And forbidden another year, In order to adjust the number Of months forbidden by God And make such forbidden ones Lawful. The evil of their course Seems pleasing to them. But God guideth not Those who reject Faith.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:37
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who Have changed the favour of God. Into blasphemy and caused Their people to descend To the House of Perdition?—

    Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:28
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    Such (is the Pilgrimage): Whoever honours the sacred Rites of God, for him It is good in the sight Of his Lord. Lawful to you (For food in Pilgrimage) are cattle, Except those mentioned to you (As exceptions): but shun The abomination of idols, And shun the word That is false,—

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:30
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    O Prophet! We have Made lawful to thee Thy wives to whom thou Hast paid their dowers; And those whom thy Right hand possesses out of The prisoners of war whom God has assigned to thee; And daughters of thy paternal Uncles and aunts, and daughters Of thy maternal uncles And aunts, who migrated (From Mecca) with thee; And any believing woman Who dedicates her soul To the Prophet if the Prophet Wishes to wed her;—this Only for thee, and not For the Believers (at large); We know what We have Appointed for them as to Their wives and the captives Whom their right hands Possess;—in order that There should be no difficulty For thee. And God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:50
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Who has, out of His Bounty, Settled us in a Home That will last: no toil Nor sense of weariness Shall touch us therein."

    Surah Fatir, verse 35:35
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    O Prophet! Why Holdest thou to be forbidden That which God has Made lawful to thee? Thou seekest to please Thy consorts. But God Is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

    Surah At-Tahrim, verse 66:1