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Quran Maqasid

وَلِيّ

ولي in the Quran

Meaning: allies

ولي occurs 86 times in 80 verses across 30 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
86
Verses
80
Surahs
30

وَلِيّ

Noun · 86 times

Meaning: allies · Also translated as: protector, a Protector, any protector, Protecting Guardian

Forms in the Quran

  • أَوْلِيَآءَ ×34
  • وَلِىٍّ ×20
  • وَلِيًّا ×13
  • أَوْلِيَآؤُهُمُ ×2
  • أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥ ×2
  • وَلِيُّهُم ×2
  • وَلِيُّنَا ×2
  • لِوَلِيِّهِۦ ×2

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الولاء والتوالي: أن يحصل شيئان فصاعدا حصولا ليس بينهما ما ليس منهما، ويستعار ذلك للقرب من حيث المكان، ومن حيث النسبة، ومن حيث الدين، ومن حيث الصداقة والنصرة والاعتقاد، والولاية النصرة ، والولاية: تولي الأمر، وقيل: الولاية والولاية نحو: الدلالة والدلالة، وحقيقته: تولي الأمر. والولي والمولى يستعملان في ذلك كل واحد منهما…

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الواو واللام والياء: أصل صحيح يدل على قرب. من ذلك الولي: القرب. يقال: تباعد بعد ولي، أي قرب. وجلس مما يليني، أي يقاربني. والولي: المطر يجيء بعد الوسمي، سمي بذلك لأنه يلي الوسمي.

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس
The full entries on the root و ل ي

Verses with ولي

Verses 61–80 of 80

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Prophet is closer To the Believers than Their own selves, And his wives are Their mothers. Blood-relations Among each other have Closer personal ties, In the Decree of God. Than (the Brotherhood of) Believers and Muhājirs: Nevertheless do ye What is just to your Closest friends: such is The writing in the Decree (Of God).

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:6
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "Who is it that can Screen you from God If it be His wish To give you Punishment Or to give you Mercy?" Nor will they find for themselves, Besides God, any protector Or helper.

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

    To dwell therein for ever: No protector will they find, Nor helper.

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:65
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    They will say, "Glory to Thee! Our (tie) is with Thee As Protector—not with them. Nay, but they worshipped The Jinns: most of them Believed in them."

    Surah Saba, verse 34:41
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Is it not to God That sincere devotion Is due? But those who Take for protectors others Than God (say): "We only Serve them in order that They may bring us nearer To God." Truly God Will judge between them In that wherein they differ. But God guides not Such as are false And ungrateful.

    Surah Az-Zumar, verse 39:3
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    "We are your protectors In this life and In the Hereafter: Therein shall ye have All that your souls Shall desire; therein Shall ye have all That ye ask for!—

    Surah Fussilat, verse 41:31
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nor can Goodness and Evil Be equal. Repel (Evil) With what is better: Then will he between whom And thee was hatred Become as it were Thy friend and intimate!

    Surah Fussilat, verse 41:34
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    And those who take As protectors others besides Him,— God doth watch over them; And thou art not The disposer of their affairs.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:6
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    If God had so willed, He could have made them A single people; but He Admits whom He will To His Mercy; And the wrong-doers Will have no protector Nor helper.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:8
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    What! Have they taken (For worship) protectors Besides Him? But it is God,—He is the Protector, And it is He Who Gives life to the dead: It is He Who has power Over all things.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:9
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    He is the One that sends down Rain (even) after (men) have Given up all hope, And scatters His Mercy (Far and wide). And He Is the Protector, Worthy Of all Praise.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:28
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nor can ye frustrate (aught), (Fleeing) through the earth; Nor have ye, besides God, Any one to protect Or to help.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:31
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    For any whom God Leaves astray, there is No protector thereafter. And thou wilt see The wrong-doers, when In sight of the Penalty, Say: "Is there any way (To effect) a return?"

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:44
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    And no protectors have they To help them, Other than God. And for any whom God Leaves to stray, there is No way (to the Goal).

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:46
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    In front of them is Hell: and of no profit To them is anything They may have earned, Nor any protectors they May have taken to themselves Besides God: for them Is a tremendous Penalty.

    Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:10
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    They will be of no Use to thee in the sight Of God: it is only Wrong-doers (that stand as) Protectors, one to another: But God is the Protector Of the Righteous.

    Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:19
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    "If any does not hearken To the one who invites (Us) to God, he cannot Frustrate (God's Plan) on earth, And no protectors can he have Besides God: such men (Wander) in manifest error."

    Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:32
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    If the Unbelievers Should fight you, they would Certainly turn their backs; Then would they find Neither protector nor helper.

    Surah Al-Fath, verse 48:22
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Take not My enemies And yours as friends (Or protectors),—offering them (Your) love, even though They have rejected the Truth That has come to you, And have (on the contrary) Driven out the Prophet And yourselves (from your homes), (Simply) because ye believe In God your Lord! If ye have come out To strive in My Way And to seek My Good Pleasure, (Take them not as friends), Holding secret converse Of love (and friendship) With them: for I know Full well all that ye Conceal and all that ye Reveal. And any of you That does this has strayed From the Straight Path.

    Surah Al-Mumtahanah, verse 60:1
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "O ye that Stand on Judaism! If ye think that ye Are friends to God, To the exclusion of (Other) men, then express Your desire for Death, If ye are truthful!"

    Surah Al-Jumu'ah, verse 62:6