Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
شغل
Parts of Speech
Verb (1×), Noun (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
2 times across 2 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root شَغَلَ (shagala) means to busy, occupy, or divert someone. It often implies being distracted from one thing by another. The passive form شُغِلَ بِهِ means to be occupied by something.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: sh-gh-l
Listen: شَغَلَتْنَآ 48:11
Root letters: ش — غ — ل

Word Family Tree (2 forms)

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

Verb Noun

Concordance — 2 Occurrences

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

Verb (1) · Noun (1)

Verb (1 verses — showing first 5)

Victory, Conquest 48:11 Verb
سَیَقُولُ لَكَ ٱلۡمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ شَغَلَتۡنَاۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلُنَا وَأَهۡلُونَا فَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَنَاۚ یَقُولُونَ بِأَلۡسِنَتِهِم مَّا لَیۡسَ فِی قُلُوبِهِمۡۚ قُلۡ فَمَن یَمۡلِكُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَیۡءًا إِنۡ أَرَادَ بِكُمۡ ضَرًّا أَوۡ أَرَادَ بِكُمۡ نَفۡعَۢاۚ بَلۡ كَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِیرَۢا ۝١١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Those who remained behind of the bedouins will say to you, "Our properties and our families occupied us, so ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not within their hearts. Say, "Then who could prevent Allah at all if He intended for you harm or intended for you benefit? Rather, ever is Allah , with what you do, Acquainted

Derived Forms (2)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
شَغَلَتْنَآ shaghalatnaā Verb
شُغُلٍ shughulin Noun