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علق

ʿ-l-q

The root عَلِقَ (ʿaliqa) primarily means to hang, cling, or stick to something. It can also describe becoming attached by love, getting caught in a snare, or setting about an action.

Root

ع-ل-ق

6

Total uses

5

Verses

5

Surahs

3

Forms

Root

ع-ل-ق

Root Meaning

The root عَلِقَ (ʿaliqa) primarily means to hang, cling, or stick to something. It can also describe becoming attached by love, getting caught in a snare, or setting about an action.

Derived forms

عَلَقَةࣲ4ٱلۡعَلَقَةَ1عَلَقٍ1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (6)

An-Nisa 4:129

كَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ

Ye will not be able to deal equally between (your) wives, however much ye wish (to do so). But turn not altogether away (from one), leaving her as in suspense. If ye do good and keep from evil, lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful

Al-Hajj 22:5

عَلَقَةٍMeaning here: The root عَلِقَ (ʿaliqa) primarily means to hang, cling, or stick to something. It can also describe becoming attached by love, getting caught in a snare, or setting about an action.

O mankind! if ye are in doubt concerning the Resurrection, then lo! We have created you from dust, then from a drop of seed, then from a clot, then from a little lump of flesh shapely and shapeless, that We may make (it) clear for you. And We cause what We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed time, and afterward We bring you forth as infants, then (give you growth) that ye attain your full strength. And among you there is he who dieth (young), and among you there is he who is brought back to the most abject time of life, so that, after knowledge, he knoweth naught. And thou (Muhammad) seest the earth barren, but when We send down water thereon, it doth thrill and swell and put forth every lovely kind (of growth)

Al-Mu'minun 23:14

عَلَقَةًMeaning here: The root عَلِقَ (ʿaliqa) primarily means to hang, cling, or stick to something. It can also describe becoming attached by love, getting caught in a snare, or setting about an action.

Then fashioned We the drop a clot, then fashioned We the clot a little lump, then fashioned We the little lump bones, then clothed the bones with flesh, and then produced it as another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators

Ghafir 40:67

عَلَقَةٍMeaning here: The root عَلِقَ (ʿaliqa) primarily means to hang, cling, or stick to something. It can also describe becoming attached by love, getting caught in a snare, or setting about an action.

He it is Who created you from dust, then from a drop (of seed) then from a clot, then bringeth you forth as a child, then (ordaineth) that ye attain full strength and afterward that ye become old men - though some among you die before - and that ye reach an appointed term, that haply ye may understand

Al-Qiyamah 75:38

عَلَقَةًMeaning here: The root عَلِقَ (ʿaliqa) primarily means to hang, cling, or stick to something. It can also describe becoming attached by love, getting caught in a snare, or setting about an action.

Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

Al-Alaq 96:2

عَلَقٍMeaning here: The root عَلِقَ (ʿaliqa) primarily means to hang, cling, or stick to something. It can also describe becoming attached by love, getting caught in a snare, or setting about an action.

Createth man from a clot