لؤلؤ
l-ʾ-l-ʾ
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root لؤلؤ across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
-
1
The root لؤلؤ primarily refers to pearls, specifically large, round, and lustrous ones. It denotes precious gems found in shells, valued for their beauty and rarity.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
l-ʾ-l-ʾ
Listen:
لُؤْلُؤًا
76:19
Root letters:
ل — ؤ — ل — ؤ
Arabic pronunciation tip: the letters shown above are the 'root' letters. Arabic words are built by adding vowels and patterns around these root letters.
Word Family Tree (5 forms)
All word forms derived from the root لؤلؤ as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 6×
Concordance — 6 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root لؤلؤ appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (6)
Noun (6 verses — showing first 5)
The Pilgrimage 22:23
Noun
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ یُدۡخِلُ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ جَنَّـٰتࣲ تَجۡرِی مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ یُحَلَّوۡنَ فِیهَا مِنۡ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبࣲ وَلُؤۡلُؤࣰاۖ وَلِبَاسُهُمۡ فِیهَا حَرِیرࣱ ٢٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Indeed, Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearl, and their garments therein will be silk
جَنَّـٰتُ عَدۡنࣲ یَدۡخُلُونَهَا یُحَلَّوۡنَ فِیهَا مِنۡ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبࣲ وَلُؤۡلُؤࣰاۖ وَلِبَاسُهُمۡ فِیهَا حَرِیرࣱ ٣٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[For them are] gardens of perpetual residence which they will enter. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their garments therein will be silk
۞ وَیَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانࣱ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ ٢٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected
یَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٢٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
From both of them emerge pearl and coral
كَأَمۡثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ ٢٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
The likenesses of pearls well-protected