هلك
h-l-k
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root هلك across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root هلك (hlk) primarily means to perish or be destroyed. It can also describe a gradual perishing due to grief.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
h-l-k
Listen:
أَهْلَكْتُ
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Root letters:
ه — ل — ك
Word Family Tree (40 forms)
All word forms derived from the root هلك as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Verb 57×
Noun 13×
Concordance — 70 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root هلك appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Verb (53) · Noun (11)
Verb (53 verses — showing first 5)
Jonah 10:13
Verb
وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡقُرُونَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَاۤءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَیِّنَـٰتِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِیُؤۡمِنُوا۟ۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ١٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal peopl
Hud 11:117
Verb
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِیُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ بِظُلۡمࣲ وَأَهۡلُهَا مُصۡلِحُونَ ١١٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers
Abraham 14:13
Verb
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِرُسُلِهِمۡ لَنُخۡرِجَنَّكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِنَاۤ أَوۡ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِی مِلَّتِنَاۖ فَأَوۡحَىٰۤ إِلَیۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ لَنُهۡلِكَنَّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ١٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And those who disbelieved said to their messengers, "We will surely drive you out of our land, or you must return to our religion." So their Lord inspired to them, "We will surely destroy the wrongdoers
وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree
وَإِذَاۤ أَرَدۡنَاۤ أَن نُّهۡلِكَ قَرۡیَةً أَمَرۡنَا مُتۡرَفِیهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِیهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَیۡهَا ٱلۡقَوۡلُ فَدَمَّرۡنَـٰهَا تَدۡمِیرࣰا ١٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction
Derived Forms (40)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَهْلَكْنَا | ʾaahlaknaā | Verb | 15× | |
| هَلَكَ | halaka | Verb | 4× | |
| أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ | ʾaahlaknahum | Verb | 3× | |
| يُهْلَكُ | yuhlaku | Verb | 3× | |
| فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ | faʾauhlikuwā | Verb | 2× | |
| أَهْلَكَ | ʾaahlaka | Verb | 2× | |
| مُهْلِكَ | muhlika | Noun | 2× | |
| أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا | ʾaahlaknahaā | Verb | 2× | |
| أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ | ʾaahlaknahaā | Verb | 2× | |
| مُهْلِكُوهَا | muhlikuwhaā | Noun | 2× |