Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
صلو
Basic Meaning
the prayer (Friday)
Qur'an Occurrences
102 times across 35 surahs

Definitions (7)

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

  1. 1
    The root صلو (Slw) primarily means to pray, supplicate, or perform the ritual prayer (ṣalāh). When God or angels "pray" for someone, it means to bless, have mercy, or magnify them.
    Lane's Lexicon
  2. 2
    In Qur'anic usage: "the prayer (Friday)"
    Quranic Arabic Corpus
  3. 3
    "So pray"
    Contextual usage
  4. 4
    "for those who pray"
    Contextual usage
  5. 5
    "and bless"
    Contextual usage
  6. 6
    "send blessings"
    Contextual usage
  7. 7
    "and the prayer"
    Contextual usage

Pronunciation

Transliteration: N|GEN|S|F|DEF
Listen: الصَّلَاةِ 62:9
Root letters: ص — ل — و

Word Family Tree (38 forms)

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

Noun 90× Verb 12×

Concordance — 102 Occurrences

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

Noun (76) · Verb (7)

Noun (76 verses — showing first 5)

Small Kindnesses, Almsgiving, Have you Seen, The Daily Necessaries 107:5 Noun
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [But] who are heedless of their prayer
Jonah 10:87 Noun
وَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَأَخِیهِ أَن تَبَوَّءَا لِقَوۡمِكُمَا بِمِصۡرَ بُیُوتࣰا وَٱجۡعَلُوا۟ بُیُوتَكُمۡ قِبۡلَةࣰ وَأَقِیمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٨٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And We inspired to Moses and his brother, "Settle your people in Egypt in houses and make your houses [facing the] qiblah and establish prayer and give good tidings to the believers."
Hud 11:114 Noun
وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ طَرَفَیِ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَزُلَفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡحَسَنَـٰتِ یُذۡهِبۡنَ ٱلسَّیِّءَاتِۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلذَّ ٰكِرِینَ ۝١١٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember
Hud 11:87 Noun
قَالُوا۟ یَـٰشُعَیۡبُ أَصَلَوٰتُكَ تَأۡمُرُكَ أَن نَّتۡرُكَ مَا یَعۡبُدُ ءَابَاۤؤُنَاۤ أَوۡ أَن نَّفۡعَلَ فِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِنَا مَا نَشَـٰۤؤُا۟ۖ إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ ٱلۡحَلِیمُ ٱلرَّشِیدُ ۝٨٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): They said, "O Shu'ayb, does your prayer command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"
The Thunder 13:22 Noun
وَٱلَّذِینَ صَبَرُوا۟ ٱبۡتِغَاۤءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ سِرࣰّا وَعَلَانِیَةࣰ وَیَدۡرَءُونَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّیِّئَةَ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمۡ عُقۡبَى ٱلدَّارِ ۝٢٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home

Derived Forms (38)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ lṣalawha Noun 44×
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ lṣalawhi Noun 10×
صَلَاتِهِمْ ṣalaātihim Noun
الصَّلَاةَ N|ACC|S|F|DEF Noun the prayer
بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ bilṣalawhi Noun
وَالصَّلَاةِ N|GEN|S|F|DEF Noun and the prayer
ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ lmuṣaliyna Noun
يُصَلِّى yuṣaliā Verb
صَلَوٰةِ ṣalawhi Noun
الصَّلَاةِ N|GEN|S|F|DEF Noun the prayer (Friday)