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Quran Maqasid

كَلَّمَ

كلم in the Quran

Meaning: will speak to them

كلم occurs 24 times in 24 verses across 14 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
24
Verses
24
Surahs
14

كَلَّمَ

Verb · 20 times

Meaning: will speak to them · Also translated as: you will speak, speaks to us, spoke, And he will speak

Forms in the Quran

  • يُكَلِّمُهُمُ ×3
  • تُكَلِّمَ ×3
  • كَلَّمَ ×2
  • يُكَلِّمُنَا ×1
  • وَيُكَلِّمُ ×1
  • وَكَلَّمَ ×1
  • وَكَلَّمَهُمُ ×1
  • وَكَلَّمَهُۥ ×1

كَلِم

Noun · 4 times

Meaning: the words

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْكَلِمَ ×4

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الكلم: التأثير المدرك بإحدى الحاستين، فالكلام: مدرك بحاسة السمع، والكلم: بحاسة البصر، وكلمته: جرحته جراحة بان تأثيرها، ولاجتماعهما في ذلك قال الشاعر:397-والكلم الأصيل كأرغب الكلم

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿فتلقى آدم من ربه كلمات فتاب عليه﴾ [البقرة: 37] أي أن الله تعالى أوحاها إليه فتلقاها بالقبول. وفي التفسير أنها قوله: ﴿ربنا ظلمنا أنفسنا﴾ [الأعراف: 23] الآية. وقيل: هي الأمانة المشار إليها بقوله تعالى: ﴿إنا عرضنا الأمانة على السماوات والأرض والجبال﴾ [الأحزاب: 72] وقيل في الأمانة: هي كلمة التوحيد والوفاء بها…

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

Verses with كلم

Verses 1–20 of 24

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say those without knowledge: "Why speaketh not God Unto us? Or why cometh not Unto us a Sign?" So said the people before them Words of similar import. Their hearts are alike. We have indeed made clear The Signs unto any people Who hold firmly To Faith (in their hearts).

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:118
  2. 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
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those apostles Were endowed with gifts, Some above others To one of them God spoke; Others He raised To degrees (of honour); To Jesus the son of Mary We gave Clear (Signs), And strengthened him With the holy spirit. If God had so willed, Succeeding generations Would not have fought Among each other, after Clear (Signs) had come to them, But they (chose) to wrangle, Some believing and Others Rejecting. If God had so willed, They would not have fought Each other; but God Fulfilleth His plan.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:253
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "O my Lord! Give me a Sign!" "Thy Sign, "was the answer, "Shall be that thou Shalt speak to no man For three days But with signals. Then celebrate The praises of thy Lord Again and again, And glorify Him In the evening And in the morning."

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:41
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    "He shall speak to the people In childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (of the company) Of the righteous."

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:46
  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.

    Of the Jews there are those Who displace words From their (right) places, And say: "We hear And we disobey"; And "Hear what is not Heard"; and "Rā’inā";— With a twist of their tongues And a slander to Faith. If only they had said: "We hear and we obey; And "Do hear"; And "Do look at us": It would have been better For them, and more proper; But God hath cursed them For their Unbelief; and but few Of them will believe.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:46
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Of some apostles We have Already told thee the story; Of others we have not;— And to Moses God spoke direct;—

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:164
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    But because of their breach Of their Covenant, We Cursed them, and made Their hearts grow hard: They change the words From their (right) places And forget a good part Of the Message that was Sent them, nor wilt thou Cease to find them Barring a few—ever Bent on (new) deceits: But forgive them, and overlook (Their misdeeds): for God Loveth those who are kind.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:13
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    O Apostle! let not Those grieve thee, who race Each other into Unbelief: (Whether it be) among those Who say "We believe" With their lips but Whose hearts have no faith; Or it be among the Jews,— Men who will listen To any lie,—will listen Even to others who have Never so much as come To thee. They change the words From their (right) times And places; they say, "If ye are given this, Take it, but if not, Beware!" If any one's trial Is intended by God, thou hast No authority in the least For him against God. For such—it is not God's will to purify Their hearts. For them There is disgrace In this world, and In the Hereafter A heavy punishment.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:41
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then will God say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour To thee and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee With the holy spirit, So that thou didst speak To the people in childhood And in maturity. Behold! I taught thee The Book and Wisdom, The Law and the Gospel. And behold! thou makest Out of clay, as it were, The figure of a bird, By My leave, And thou breathest into it, And it becometh a bird By My leave, And thou healest those Born blind, and the lepers, By My leave. And behold! thou Bringest forth the dead By My leave. And behold! I did Restrain the Children of Israel From (violence to) thee When thou didst show them The Clear Signs, And the unbelievers among them Said: 'This is nothing But evident magic.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:110
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Even if We did send Unto them angels, And the dead did speak Unto them, and We gathered Together all things before Their very eyes, they are not The ones to believe, Unless it is in God's Plan. But most of them Ignore (the truth).

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:111
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    When Moses came To the place appointed by Us, And his Lord addressed him, He said: "O my Lord! Show (Thyself) to me, That I may look upon Thee." God said, "By no means Canst thou see Me (direct); But look upon the mount; If it abide In its place, then Shalt thou see Me." When his Lord manifested His glory on the Mount, He made it as dust, And Moses fell down In a swoon. When he Recovered his senses he said: "Glory be to Thee! To Thee I turn in repentance, and I Am the first to believe."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:143
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    The people of Moses made, In his absence, out of their ornaments, The image of a calf, (for worship): It seemed to low: did they Not see that it could Neither speak to them, nor Show them the Way? They took it for worship And they did wrong.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:148
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    So the king said: "Bring him unto me; I will take him specially To serve about my own person." Therefore when he had spoken To him, he said: "Be assured this day, Thou art, before our own Presence, With rank firmly established, And fidelity fully proved!

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:54
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    If there were a Qur-ān With which mountains were moved, Or the earth were cloven asunder, Or the dead were made to speak, (This would be the one!) But, truly, the Command is With God in all things!' Do not the Believers know, That, had God (so) willed, He could have guided All mankind (to the Right)? But the Unbelievers,—never Will disaster cease to seize Them for their (ill) deeds, Or to settle close to their homes, Until the promise of God Come to pass, for, verily, God will not fail In His promise.

    Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:31
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    (Zakarīya) said: "O my Lord! Give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was the answer, "Shall be that thou Shalt speak to no man For three nights, Although thou art not dumb."

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:10
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    "So eat and drink And cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see Any man, say, 'I have Vowed a fast to (God) Most Gracious, and this day Will I enter into no talk With any human being'"

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:26
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we Talk to one who is A child in the cradle?"

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:29
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    He will say: "Be ye Driven into it (with ignominy)! And speak ye not to Me!

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:108