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أَلِيم

أليم in the Quran

Meaning: painful

أليم occurs 72 times in 72 verses across 42 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
72
Verses
72
Surahs
42

أَلِيم

Noun · 72 times

Meaning: painful

Forms in the Quran

  • أَلِيمٌۢ ×52
  • أَلِيمًا ×14
  • ٱلْأَلِيمَ ×6

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الألم الوجع الشديد، يقال: ألم يألم ألما فهو آلم.

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الهمزة واللام والميم أصل واحد، وهو الوجع. قال الخليل: الألم: الوجع، يقال: وجع أليم، والفعل من الألم ألم. وهو ألم، والمجاوز أليم، فهو على هذا القياس فعيل بمعنى مفعل. وكذلك وجيع بمعنى موجع. قال:

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس
The full entries on the root أ ل م

Verses with أليم

Verses 1–20 of 72

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    In their hearts is a disease; And God has increased their disease: And grievous is the penalty they (incur), Because they are false (to themselves).

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:10
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    ye of Faith! Say not (to the Apostle) Words of ambiguous import, But words of respect; And hearken (to him): To those without Faith Is a grievous punishment.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:104
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who conceal God's revelations in the Book, And purchase for them A miserable profit,— They swallow into themselves Naught but Fire; God will not address them On the Day of Resurrection, Nor purify them: Grievous will be Their Penalty.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:174
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! The law of equality Is prescribed to you In cases of murder: The free for the free, The slave for the slave, The woman for the woman. But if any remission Is made by the brother Of the slain, then grant Any reasonable demand, And compensate him With handsome gratitude. This is a concession And a Mercy From your Lord. After this whoever Exceeds the limits Shall be in grave penalty.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:178
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    As to those who deny The Signs of God, and in defiance Of right, slay the prophets, And slay those who teach Just dealing with mankind, Announce to them a grievous penalty.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:21
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    As for those who sell The faith they owe to God And their own plighted word For a small price, They shall have no portion In the Hereafter: Nor will God (Deign to) speak to them Or look at them On the Day of Judgment, Nor will He cleanse them (Of sin): they shall have A grievous Penalty.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:77
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    As to those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,— Never would be accepted From any such as much Gold as the earth contains, Though they should offer it For ransom. For such Is (in store) a penalty grievous, And they will find no helpers.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:91
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who purchase Unbelief at the price Of faith, Not the least harm Will they do to God, But they will have A grievous punishment.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:177
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    Think not that those Who exult in what they Have brought about, and love To be praised for what They have not done,— Think not that they Can escape the Penalty. For them is a Penalty Grievous indeed.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:188
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Of no effect is the repentance Of those who continue To do evil, until Death Faces one of them, and he says, "Now have I repented indeed;" Nor of those who die Rejecting Faith: for them Have we prepared A punishment most grievous.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:18
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    To the Hypocrites give The glad tidings that There is for them (But) a grievous Penalty;—

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:138
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    That they took usury, Though they were forbidden; And that they devoured Men's substance wrongfully;— We have prepared for those Among them who reject Faith A grievous punishment.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:161
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    But to those who believe And do deeds of righteousness, He will give their (due) Rewards,—and more, Out of His bounty: But those who are Disdainful and arrogant, He will punish With a grievous penalty; Nor will they find, Besides God, any To protect or help them.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:173
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    As to those who reject Faith,—if they had Everything on earth, And twice repeated, To give as ransom For the penalty of the Day Of Judgment, it would Never be accepted of them. Theirs would be A grievous Penalty.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:36
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    They do blaspheme who say: God is one of three In a Trinity: for there is No god except One God. If they desist not From their word (of blasphemy), Verily a grievous penalty Will befall the blasphemers Among them.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:73
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! God doth but make a trial of you In a little matter Of game well within reach Of your hands and your lances, That He may test Who feareth Him unseen: Any who transgress Thereafter, will have A grievous penalty.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:94
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    Leave alone those Who take their religion To be mere play And amusement, And are deceived By the life of this world. But proclaim (to them) This (truth): that every soul Delivers itself to ruin By its own acts: It will find for itself No protector or intercessor Except God: if it offered Every ransom, (or Reparation), none Will be accepted: such is (The end of) those who Deliver themselves to ruin By their own acts: They will have for drink (Only) boiling water, And for punishment, One most grievous: For they persisted In rejecting God.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:70
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    To the Thamūd people (We sent) Ṣaliḥ, one Of their own brethren: He said: "O my people! Worship God; ye have No other god but Him. Now hath come unto you A clear (Sign) from your Lord! This she-camel of God Is a Sign unto you: So leave her to graze In God's earth, and let her Come to no harm, Or ye shall be seized With a grievous punishment.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:73
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Remember how they said: "O God! if this is indeed The Truth from Thee, Rain down on us a shower Of stones from the sky, Or send us a grievous Penalty.

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:32
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    And an announcement from God And His Apostle, to the people (Assembled) on the day Of the Great Pilgrimage,— That God and His Apostle Dissolve (treaty) obligations With the Pagans. If, then, ye repent, It were best for you; But if ye turn away, Know ye that ye cannot Frustrate God. And proclaim A grievous penalty to those Who reject Faith.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:3