ثقل
th-q-l
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root ثقل across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root ثقل (thql) primarily means "to be heavy" or "weighty." It can refer to physical weight, but also to things that are ideally heavy, like good deeds outweighing bad ones.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
th-q-l
Listen:
ثَقُلَتْ
101:6
Root letters:
ث — ق — ل
Word Family Tree (18 forms)
All word forms derived from the root ثقل as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 22×
Verb 6×
Concordance — 28 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root ثقل appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (20) · Verb (6)
Noun (20 verses — showing first 5)
Jonah 10:61
Noun
وَمَا تَكُونُ فِی شَأۡنࣲ وَمَا تَتۡلُوا۟ مِنۡهُ مِن قُرۡءَانࣲ وَلَا تَعۡمَلُونَ مِنۡ عَمَلٍ إِلَّا كُنَّا عَلَیۡكُمۡ شُهُودًا إِذۡ تُفِیضُونَ فِیهِۚ وَمَا یَعۡزُبُ عَن رَّبِّكَ مِن مِّثۡقَالِ ذَرَّةࣲ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَلَاۤ أَصۡغَرَ مِن ذَ ٰلِكَ وَلَاۤ أَكۡبَرَ إِلَّا فِی كِتَـٰبࣲ مُّبِینٍ ٦١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And, [O Muhammad], you are not [engaged] in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an and you [people] do not do any deed except that We are witness over you when you are involved in it. And not absent from your Lord is any [part] of an atom's weight within the earth or within the heaven or [anything] smaller than that or greater but that it is in a clear register
The Thunder 13:12
Noun
هُوَ ٱلَّذِی یُرِیكُمُ ٱلۡبَرۡقَ خَوۡفࣰا وَطَمَعࣰا وَیُنشِئُ ٱلسَّحَابَ ٱلثِّقَالَ ١٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
It is He who shows you lightening, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds
The Bee 16:7
Noun
وَتَحۡمِلُ أَثۡقَالَكُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَلَدࣲ لَّمۡ تَكُونُوا۟ بَـٰلِغِیهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلۡأَنفُسِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمۡ لَرَءُوفࣱ رَّحِیمࣱ ٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful
The Prophets 21:47
Noun
وَنَضَعُ ٱلۡمَوَ ٰزِینَ ٱلۡقِسۡطَ لِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسࣱ شَیۡءࣰاۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثۡقَالَ حَبَّةࣲ مِّنۡ خَرۡدَلٍ أَتَیۡنَا بِهَاۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَـٰسِبِینَ ٤٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant
The Spider 29:13
Noun
وَلَیَحۡمِلُنَّ أَثۡقَالَهُمۡ وَأَثۡقَالࣰا مَّعَ أَثۡقَالِهِمۡۖ وَلَیُسۡءَلُنَّ یَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ یَفۡتَرُونَ ١٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
But they will surely carry their [own] burdens and [other] burdens along with their burdens, and they will surely be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about what they used to invent
Derived Forms (18)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مِثْقَالَ | mithqaāla | Noun | 6× | |
| ثَقُلَتْ | thaqulat | Verb | 4× | |
| ثَقِيلًا | thaqiylanā | Noun | 2× | |
| مُّثْقَلُونَ | muthqaluwna | Noun | 2× | |
| أَثْقَالَهَا | ʾaathqaālahaā | Noun | 1× | |
| ٱلثَّقَلَانِ | lthaqalaāni | Noun | 1× | |
| مُثْقَلَةٌ | muthqalahun | Noun | 1× | |
| مِثْقَالُ | mithqaālu | Noun | 1× | |
| أَثْقَالِهِمْ | ʾaathqaālihim | Noun | 1× | |
| أَثْقَالَهُمْ | ʾaathqaālahum | Noun | 1× |