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ولي

w-l-y

The root W-L-Y primarily signifies being near, close, or following. It extends to concepts of guardianship, protection, friendship, and authority, often implying a close relationship or succession.

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و-ل-ي

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97

Surahs

152

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Root

و-ل-ي

Root Meaning

The root W-L-Y primarily signifies being near, close, or following. It extends to concepts of guardianship, protection, friendship, and authority, often implying a close relationship or succession.

Derived forms

وَلَا658أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ133وَلَٰكِن112وَلَوۡ111وَلَمۡ47فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ46وَلَهُمۡ43وَلِيࣲّ39لَوۡلَا38أَوَلَمۡ35

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)

Al-Baqarah 2:64

تَوَلَّيْتُمMeaning here: The root W-L-Y primarily signifies being near, close, or following. It extends to concepts of guardianship, protection, friendship, and authority, often implying a close relationship or succession.

Then, even after that, ye turned away, and if it had not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers

Aal-Imran 3:32

تَوَلَّوْا۟Meaning here: The root W-L-Y primarily signifies being near, close, or following. It extends to concepts of guardianship, protection, friendship, and authority, often implying a close relationship or succession.

Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah loveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance)

An-Nisa 4:139

أَوْلِيَآءَ

Those who chose disbelievers for their friends instead of believers! Do they look for power at their hands? Lo! all power appertaineth to Allah

Al-An'am 6:129

نُوَلِّىMeaning here: The root W-L-Y primarily signifies being near, close, or following. It extends to concepts of guardianship, protection, friendship, and authority, often implying a close relationship or succession.

Thus We let some of the wrong-doers have power over others because of what they are wont to earn

At-Tawbah 9:50

وَيَتَوَلَّوا۟Meaning here: The root W-L-Y primarily signifies being near, close, or following. It extends to concepts of guardianship, protection, friendship, and authority, often implying a close relationship or succession.

If good befalleth thee (O Muhammad) it afflicteth them, and if calamity befalleth thee, they say: We took precaution, and they turn away well pleased

Ar-Ra'd 13:16

أَوْلِيَآءَ

Say (O Muhammad): Who is Lord of the heavens and the earth? Say: Allah. Say: Take ye then (others) beside Him for protectors, which, even for themselves, have neither benefit nor hurt? Say: Is the blind man equal to the seer, or is darkness equal to light? Or assign they unto Allah partners who created the like of His creation so that the creation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike to them? Say: Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Almighty

Ta-Ha 20:60

فَتَوَلَّىٰMeaning here: The root W-L-Y primarily signifies being near, close, or following. It extends to concepts of guardianship, protection, friendship, and authority, often implying a close relationship or succession.

Then Pharaoh went and gathered his strength, then came (to the appointed tryst)

As-Sajdah 32:4

وَلِىٍّMeaning here: The root W-L-Y primarily signifies being near, close, or following. It extends to concepts of guardianship, protection, friendship, and authority, often implying a close relationship or succession.

Allah it is Who created the heavens and the earth, and that which is between them, in six Days. Then He mounted the Throne. Ye have not, beside Him, a protecting friend or mediator. Will ye not then remember

Ash-Shura 42:46

أَوْلِيَآءَ

And they will have no protecting friends to help them instead of Allah. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no road

Al-Hadid 57:15

مَوْلَىٰكُمْMeaning here: The root W-L-Y primarily signifies being near, close, or following. It extends to concepts of guardianship, protection, friendship, and authority, often implying a close relationship or succession.

So this day no ransom can be taken from you nor from those who disbelieved. Your home is the Fire; that is your patron, and a hapless journey's end

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Al-Fatiha 1:7

صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

The way of those whom You have favoured, who did not incur Your wrath, who are not astray

Al-Baqarah 2:5

عَلَىٰ هُدࣰ ى مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ

Such people are on the right way from their Lord and such are truly successful

Al-Baqarah 2:7

خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَعَلَىٰ سَمۡعِهِمۡۖ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ غِشَٰوَةࣱۖ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمࣱ‏

Allah has sealed up their hearts and ears and a covering has fallen over their eyes, and they have incurred the severest punishment

Al-Baqarah 2:10

فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضࣱ فَزَادَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَرَضࣰ اۖ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡذِبُونَ

In their hearts is a disease which Allah has increased all the more and a painful doom is in store for them for the lie they utter

Al-Baqarah 2:12

أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدُونَ لَّا يَشۡعُرُونَ

Beware! they do spread disorder but they realize it not

Al-Baqarah 2:13

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ ءَامِنُواْ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ لَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ

And when it is said to them, "Believe sincerely as the other people have believed", they reply, "Should we believe as fools have believed?" Beware! they themselves are the fools, but they know it not

Al-Baqarah 2:16

ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَٰرَتُهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهۡتَدِينَ

These are the people who have bartered away Guidance for error, but this is a profitless bargain that they have made, and they are not at all on the right way

Al-Baqarah 2:20

يَكَادُ ٱلۡبَرۡقُ يَخۡطَفُ أَبۡصَٰرَهُمۡۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوۡاْ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظۡلَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ قَامُواْۚ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمۡعِهِمۡ وَأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ قَدِيرࣱ‏

The lightning terrifies them as if it were going to snatch away their eyesight from them. When they see light, they move on a little further and When it becomes dark for them, they stand still. Had Allah so willed, He could have deprived them totally of their hearing and their sight. Most surely Allah has power over everything

Al-Baqarah 2:24

فَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلُواْ تَفۡعَلُواْ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِي وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلۡحِجَارَةُۖ أُعِدَّتۡ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

But if you do not do this, and you can never do this, then fear the Fire which has been prepared for the disbelievers and which shall have men and stones for fuel

Al-Baqarah 2:25

وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتࣲ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ كُلَّمَا رُزِقُواْ مِنۡهَا مِن ثَمَرَةࣲ رِّزۡقࣰ ا قَالُواْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي رُزِقۡنَا مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَأُتُواْ بِهِۦ مُتَشَٰبِهࣰ اۖ فِيهَآ أَزۡوَٰجࣱ مُّطَهَّرَةࣱۖ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

And give good news (O Muhammad), to those who believe in this Book and do good deeds (in accordance with its teachings). For them there will be gardens underneath which canals flow. Their fruits will so resemble the fruits on the Earth that every time they will be provided with fruits, they will say, "Such fruits were provided to us before on the Earth. " And there will be pure spouses for them and therein they will live for ever

Al-Baqarah 2:27

ٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهۡدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مِيثَٰقِهِۦ وَيَقۡطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ

who break Allah's covenant after ratifying it; who cut asunder what Allah has ordered to be joined, and who produce chaos on the Earth. These are the people who are indeed the losers

Al-Baqarah 2:35

وَقُلۡنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسۡكُنۡ أَنتَ وَزَوۡجُكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنۡهَا رَغَدًا حَيۡثُ شِئۡتُمَا تَقۡرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Then We said, "O Adam, you and your wife, both dwell in the Garden and eat to your hearts' content where from you will, but do not go near this tree; otherwise you shall become transgressors

Al-Baqarah 2:36

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ عَنۡهَا فَأَخۡرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِۖ وَقُلۡنَا ٱهۡبِطُواْ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوࣱّۖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُسۡتَقَرࣱّ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينࣲ‏

After a time Satan tempted them with that tree to disobey. Our Command and brought them out of the state they were in, and We decreed, "Now, go down all of you from here; you are enemies of one another. Henceforth you shall dwell and provide for yourselves on the Earth for a specified period

Al-Baqarah 2:38

قُلۡنَا ٱهۡبِطُواْ مِنۡهَا جَمِيعࣰ اۖ فَإِمَّا يَأۡتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدࣰ ى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ

We said, "Now go down, all of you from here. Henceforth there shall come to you Guidance from Me now and again: whoever will follow it shall have neither fear nor sorrow

Al-Baqarah 2:39

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

and whoever will refuse to accept it and defy Our Revelations they shall be doomed to the Fire wherein they shall remain for ever

Al-Baqarah 2:41

وَءَامِنُواْ بِمَآ أَنزَلۡتُ مُصَدِّقࣰ ا لِّمَا مَعَكُمۡ تَكُونُوٓاْ أَوَّلَ كَافِرِۭ بِهِۦۖ تَشۡتَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِي ثَمَنࣰ ا قَلِيلࣰ ا وَإِيَّٰيَ فَٱتَّقُونِ

And believe in the Book I have now sent down; as it confirms the Scriptures you already possess, be not the first to reject it; barter not away My Revelations for paltry worldly gain, and guard yourselves against My wrath

Al-Baqarah 2:42

تَلۡبِسُواْ ٱلۡحَقَّ بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ وَتَكۡتُمُواْ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ

Confound not the Truth with falsehood nor conceal it knowingly

Al-Baqarah 2:48

وَٱتَّقُواْ يَوۡمࣰ ا لَّا تَجۡزِي نَفۡسٌ عَن نَّفۡسࣲ شَيۡـࣰٔ ا يُقۡبَلُ مِنۡهَا شَفَٰعَةࣱ يُؤۡخَذُ مِنۡهَا عَدۡلࣱ هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ

And guard yourselves against the Day when no one shall avail anyone anything; nor shall intercession be accepted from anyone; nor shall anyone be acquitted for any (amount of) ransom; nor shall the guilty ones be helped from any quarter

Al-Baqarah 2:57

وَظَلَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡغَمَامَ وَأَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلۡوَىٰۖ كُلُواْ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا رَزَقۡنَٰكُمۡۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ

(Remember that) We caused the cloud to overshadow you and provided you with manna and salva for your food, saying, "Eat of the clean and pure things We have bestowed upon you" (In spite of this, your forefathers violated Our commands:) however, they did not harm Us but harmed only themselves

Al-Baqarah 2:60

۞وَإِذِ ٱسۡتَسۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوۡمِهِۦ فَقُلۡنَا ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡحَجَرَۖ فَٱنفَجَرَتۡ مِنۡهُ ٱثۡنَتَا عَشۡرَةَ عَيۡنࣰ اۖ قَدۡ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسࣲ مَّشۡرَبَهُمۡۖ كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ مِن رِّزۡقِ ٱللَّهِ تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ

Remember that when Moses prayed for water for his people, We answered, "Strike the rock with your staff": whereupon twelve springs gushed forth from it; the people of every clan came to know their drinking place. (Then they were enjoined:) "Eat and drink of what Allah has provided and do not spread disorder on the earth

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