Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
فلق
Parts of Speech
Noun (3×), Verb (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
4 times across 3 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root فلق (flq) primarily refers to the breaking forth of light, especially daybreak or dawn.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: f-l-q
Listen: ٱلْفَلَقِ 113:1
Root letters: ف — ل — ق

Word Family Tree (3 forms)

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

Noun Verb

Concordance — 4 Occurrences

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

Noun (3) · Verb (1)

Noun (3 verses — showing first 5)

The Daybreak, Dawn 113:1 Noun
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybrea
Cattle, Livestock 6:95 Noun
۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ فَالِقُ ٱلۡحَبِّ وَٱلنَّوَىٰۖ یُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡحَیَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَیِّتِ وَمُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَیِّتِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَیِّۚ ذَ ٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤۡفَكُونَ ۝٩٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Indeed, Allah is the cleaver of grain and date seeds. He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living. That is Allah ; so how are you deluded
Cattle, Livestock 6:96 Noun
فَالِقُ ٱلۡإِصۡبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّیۡلَ سَكَنࣰا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ حُسۡبَانࣰاۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ تَقۡدِیرُ ٱلۡعَزِیزِ ٱلۡعَلِیمِ ۝٩٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing

Derived Forms (3)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
فَالِقُ faāliqu Noun
ٱلْفَلَقِ lfalaqi Noun
فَٱنفَلَقَ fanfalaqa Verb