Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
خلل
Parts of Speech
Noun (13×)
Qur'an Occurrences
13 times across 11 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root خلل across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The primary meaning of خَلَل (khall) refers to a gap, interstice, or space between things. It can also denote a defect, flaw, or disorder, often arising from such a gap or interruption.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: kh-l-l
Listen: ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ 43:67
Root letters: خ — ل — ل

Word Family Tree (10 forms)

All word forms derived from the root خلل as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun 13×

Concordance — 13 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root خلل appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (13)

Noun (13 verses — showing first 5)

Abraham 14:31 Noun
قُل لِّعِبَادِیَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ یُقِیمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَیُنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ سِرࣰّا وَعَلَانِیَةࣰ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن یَأۡتِیَ یَوۡمࣱ لَّا بَیۡعࣱ فِیهِ وَلَا خِلَـٰلٌ ۝٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [O Muhammad], tell My servants who have believed to establish prayer and spend from what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, before a Day comes in which there will be no exchange, nor any friendships
Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:5 Noun
فَإِذَا جَاۤءَ وَعۡدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثۡنَا عَلَیۡكُمۡ عِبَادࣰا لَّنَاۤ أُو۟لِی بَأۡسࣲ شَدِیدࣲ فَجَاسُوا۟ خِلَـٰلَ ٱلدِّیَارِۚ وَكَانَ وَعۡدࣰا مَّفۡعُولࣰا ۝٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled
Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:73 Noun
وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَیَفۡتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡكَ لِتَفۡتَرِیَ عَلَیۡنَا غَیۡرَهُۥۖ وَإِذࣰا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِیلࣰا ۝٧٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend
Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:91 Noun
أَوۡ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةࣱ مِّن نَّخِیلࣲ وَعِنَبࣲ فَتُفَجِّرَ ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرَ خِلَـٰلَهَا تَفۡجِیرًا ۝٩١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Or [until] you have a garden of palm tress and grapes and make rivers gush forth within them in force [and abundance]
The Cave 18:33 Noun
كِلۡتَا ٱلۡجَنَّتَیۡنِ ءَاتَتۡ أُكُلَهَا وَلَمۡ تَظۡلِم مِّنۡهُ شَیۡءࣰاۚ وَفَجَّرۡنَا خِلَـٰلَهُمَا نَهَرࣰا ۝٣٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Each of the two gardens produced its fruit and did not fall short thereof in anything. And We caused to gush forth within them a river

Derived Forms (10)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
خَلِيلًا khaliylanā Noun
خِلَٰلِهِۦ khilalihi Noun
ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ lʾaakhilaāʾu Noun
خِلَٰلَهَآ khilalahaā Noun
خِلَٰلَهُمَا khilalahumaā Noun
خِلَٰلَهَا khilalahaā Noun
خِلَٰلَ khilala Noun
خِلَٰلٌ khilalun Noun
خِلَٰلَكُمْ khilalakum Noun
خُلَّةٌ khulahun Noun