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أَهْل

أهل in the Quran

Meaning: People

أهل occurs 131 times in 124 verses across 40 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
131
Verses
124
Surahs
40

أَهْل

Noun · 127 times

Meaning: People · Also translated as: his family, your household, their family

Forms in the Quran

  • أَهْلِ ×39
  • أَهْلِهَآ ×16
  • أَهْلَهُۥ ×14
  • يَٰٓأَهْلَ ×13
  • وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ ×8
  • وَأَهْلُهَا ×4
  • أَهْلِكَ ×3
  • وَأَهْلَكَ ×3

أُهِلَّ

Verb · 4 times

Meaning: has been dedicated · Also translated as: [is] dedicated

Forms in the Quran

  • أُهِلَّ ×4

Its root in the classical dictionaries

أهل الرجل: من يجمعه وإياهم نسب أو دين، أو ما يجري مجراهما من صناعة وبيت وبلد، وأهل الرجل في الأصل: من يجمعه وإياهم مسكن واحد، ثم تجوز به فقيل: أهل الرجل لمن يجمعه وإياهم نسب، وتعورف في أسرة النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام مطلقا إذا قيل:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الهمزة والهاء واللام أصلان متباعدان، أحدهما الأهل. قال الخليل: أهل الرجل زوجه. والتأهل التزوج. وأهل الرجل أخص الناس به. وأهل البيت: سكانه. وأهل الإسلام: من يدين به. وجميع الأهل أهلون. والأهالي جماعة الجماعة. قال النابغة:

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

Verses with أهل

Verses 41–60 of 124

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Whenever We sent a prophet To a town, We took up Its people in suffering And adversity, in order That they might learn humility.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:94
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    If the people of the towns Had but believed and feared God, We should indeed Have opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings From heaven and earth; But they rejected (the truth), And We brought them To book for their misdeeds.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:96
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Did the people of the towns Feel secure against the coming Of Our wrath by night While they were asleep?

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:97
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Or else did they feel Secure against its coming In broad daylight while they Played about (care-free)?

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:98
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    To those who inherit The earth in succession To its (previous) possessors, Is it not a guiding (lesson) That, if We so willed, We could punish them (too) For their sins, and seal up Their hearts so that they Could not hear?

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:100
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Said Pharaoh: "Believe ye In Him before I give You permission? Surely This is a trick which ye Have planned in the City To drive out its people: But soon shall ye know (The consequences).

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:123
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Certain of the desert Arabs Round about you are Hypocrites, As well as (desert Arabs) among The Medina folk: they are Obstinate in hypocrisy: thou Knowest them not: We know them: Twice shall We punish them: And in addition shall they be Sent to a grievous Penalty.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:101
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    It was not fitting For the people of Medina And the Bedouin Arabs Of the neighbourhood, to refuse To follow God's Apostle, Nor to prefer their own lives To his: because nothing Could they suffer or do, But was reckoned to their credit As a deed of righteousness,— Whether they suffered thirst, Or fatigue, or hunger, in the Cause Of God, or trod paths To raise the ire of the Unbelievers, Or received any injury Whatever from an enemy: For God suffereth not The reward to be lost Of those who do good;—

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:120
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    The likeness of the life Of the Present is As the rain which We Send down from the skies: By its mingling arises The produce of the earth— Which provides food For men and animals: (It grows) till the earth Is clad with its golden Ornaments and is decked out (In beauty): the people to whom It belongs think they have All powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command By night or by day, And We make it Like a harvest clean-mown, As if it had not flourished Only the day before! Thus do We explain The Signs in detail For those who reflect.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:24
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    At length, behold! There came Our Command, And the fountains of the earth Gushed forth! We said: "Embark therein, of each kind Two, male and female, And your family—except Those against whom the Word Has already gone forth,— And the Believers." But only a few Believed with him.

    Surah Hud, verse 11:40
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    And Noah called upon His Lord, and said: "O my Lord! surely My son is of my family! And Thy promise is true, And Thou art The Justest of Judges!"

    Surah Hud, verse 11:45
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "O Noah! He is not of thy family: For his conduct is unrighteous. So ask not of Me That of which thou Hast no knowledge! I give thee counsel, lest Thou act like the ignorant!"

    Surah Hud, verse 11:46
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    They said: "Dost thou Wonder at God's decree? The grace of God And His blessings on you, O ye people of the house! For He is indeed Worthy of all praise, Full of all glory!"

    Surah Hud, verse 11:73
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    (The Messengers) said: "O Lūt We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall they Reach thee! Now travel With thy family while yet A part of the night remains, And let not any of you Look back: but thy wife (Will remain behind): To her will happen What happens to the people. Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?"

    Surah Hud, verse 11:81
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nor would thy Lord be The One to destroy Communities for a single wrong-doing, If its members were likely To mend.

    Surah Hud, verse 11:117
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    So they both raced each other To the door, and she Tore his shirt from the back: They both found her lord Near the door. She said: "What is the (fitting) punishment For one who formed An evil design against Thy wife, but prison Or a grievous chastisement?"

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:25
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "It was she That sought to seduce me— From my (true) self." And one Of her household saw (this) And bore witness, (thus):— "If it be that his shirt Is rent from the front, then Is her tale true, And he is a liar!

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:26
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    And (Joseph) told his servants To put their stock-in-trade (With which they had bartered) Into their saddle-bags, So they should know it only When they returned to their people, In order that they Might come back.

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:62
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then when they opened Their baggage, they found Their stock-in-trade had been Returned to them. They said: "O our father! What (more) Can we desire? This our Stock-in-trade has been returned To us: so we shall get (More) food for our family; We shall take care of our brother; And add (at the same time) A full camel's load (of grain To our provisions). This is but a small quantity.

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:65
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then, when they came (Back) into (Joseph's) presence They said: "O exalted one! Distress has seized us And our family: we have (Now) brought but scanty capital: So pay us full measure, (We pray thee), and treat it As charity to us: for God Doth reward the charitable."

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:88