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Quran Maqasid

أَوَّل

أول in the Quran

Meaning: first

أول occurs 82 times in 82 verses across 39 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
82
Verses
82
Surahs
39

أَوَّل

Noun · 82 times

Meaning: first · Also translated as: the former, the ancient

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ×31
  • أَوَّلَ ×20
  • ٱلْأُولَىٰ ×14
  • ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ×6
  • وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ×3
  • ٱلْأَوَّلِ ×2
  • لِّأَوَّلِنَا ×1
  • لِأُولَىٰهُمْ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الهمزة والواو واللام أصلان: ابتداء الأمر وانتهاؤه. أما الأول فالأول، وهو مبتدأ الشيء، والمؤنثة الأولى، مثل أفعل وفعلى، وجمع الأولى أوليات مثل الأخرى. فأما الأوائل فمنهم من يقول: تأسيس بناء " أول " من همزة وواو ولام، وهو القول. ومنهم من يقول: تأسيسه من واوين بعدهما لام. وقد قالت العرب للمؤنثة أولة. وجمعوها أولات وأنشد…

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس

الأول: الرجوع. آل الشيء يؤول أولا ومآلا: رجع. وأول إليه الشيء: رجعه. وألت عن الشيء: ارتددت. وفي الحديث:

لسان العرب — ابن منظور
The full entries on the root أ و ل

Verses with أول

Verses 21–40 of 82

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    When the first of the warnings Came to pass, We sent Against you Our servants Given to terrible warfare: They entered the very inmost Parts of your homes; And it was a warning (Completely) fulfilled.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:5
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    If ye did well, Ye did well for yourselves; If ye did evil, (Ye did it) against yourselves? So when the second Of the warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) To disfigure your faces, And to enter your Temple As they had entered it before, And to visit with destruction All that fell into their power.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:7
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Or created matter Which, in your minds, Is hardest (to be raised up), (Yet shall ye be raised up)!" Then will they say: "Who will cause us To return?" Say: "He Who created you first!" Then will they wag Their heads towards thee, And say, "When will That be?" Say, "May be It will be quite soon!

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:51
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We refrain from sending The Signs, only because The men of former generations Treated them as false: We sent the She-camel To the Thamūd to open Their eyes, but they Treated her wrongfully: We only send the Signs By way of terror (And warning from evil).

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:59
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    And they will be marshalled Before thy Lord in ranks, (With the announcement), "Now have ye come to Us (Bare) as We created you First: aye, ye thought We shall not fulfil The appointment made to you To meet (Us)!":

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:48
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    And what is there To keep back men From believing, now that Guidance has come to them, Nor from praying for forgiveness From their Lord, but that (They ask that) the ways Of the ancients be repeated With them, or the Wrath Be brought to them Face to face?

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:55
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    (God) said, "Seize it, And fear not: We Shall return it at once To its former condition"…

    Surah Taha, verse 20:21
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    (Pharaoh) said: "What then Is the condition Of previous generations?"

    Surah Taha, verse 20:51
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    They said: "O Moses! Whether wilt thou That thou throw (first) Or that we be the first To throw?"

    Surah Taha, verse 20:65
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    They say: "Why does he not Bring us a Sign from His Lord?" Has not A Clear Sign come to them Of all that was In the former Books Of revelation?

    Surah Taha, verse 20:133
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Nay," they say, "(these are) Medleys of dreams!—Nay, He forged it!—Nay, He is (but) a poet! Let him then bring us A Sign like the ones That were sent to (Prophets) of old!"

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:5
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Day that We roll up The heavens like a scroll Rolled up for books (completed),— Even as We produced The first Creation, so Shall We produce A new one: a promise We have undertaken: Truly shall We fulfil it.

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:104
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    The chiefs of the Unbelievers Among his people said: "He is no more than a man Like yourselves: his wish is To assert his superiority Over you: if God had wished (To send messengers), He could have sent down Angels: never did we hear Such a thing (as he says), Among our ancestors of old."

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:24
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do they not ponder over The Word (of God), or Has anything (new) come To them that did not Come to their fathers of old?

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:68
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    On the contrary they say Things similar to what The ancients said.

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:81
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Such things have been promised To us and to our fathers Before! They are nothing But tales of the ancients!"

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:83
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    And they say: "Tales of The ancients, which he has caused To be written: and they Are dictated before him Morning and evening."

    Surah Al-Furqan, verse 25:5
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    (Moses) said: "Your Lord And the Lord of your fathers From the beginning!"

    Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 26:26
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Only, our desire is That our Lord will Forgive us our faults, That we may become Foremost among the Believers!"

    Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 26:51
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    "This is no other than A customary device Of the ancients,

    Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 26:137