Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
ولج
Qur'an Occurrences
14 times across 8 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root وَلَجَ (walaja) primarily means "to enter." It describes a person or thing going into a place or another object.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: w-l-j
Listen: وَيُولِجُ 57:6
Root letters: و — ل — ج

Word Family Tree (7 forms)

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

Verb 13× Noun

Concordance — 14 Occurrences

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

Verb (8) · Noun (1)

Verb (8 verses — showing first 5)

The Pilgrimage 22:61 Verb
ذَ ٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ یُولِجُ ٱلَّیۡلَ فِی ٱلنَّهَارِ وَیُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِی ٱلَّیۡلِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِیعُۢ بَصِیرࣱ ۝٦١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): That is because Allah causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and because Allah is Hearing and Seeing
Luqman, Lukman 31:29 Verb
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ یُولِجُ ٱلَّیۡلَ فِی ٱلنَّهَارِ وَیُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِی ٱلَّیۡلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلࣱّ یَجۡرِیۤ إِلَىٰۤ أَجَلࣲ مُّسَمࣰّى وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِیرࣱ ۝٢٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Do you not see that Allah causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term, and that Allah , with whatever you do, is Acquainted
Saba, Sheba 34:2 Verb
یَعۡلَمُ مَا یَلِجُ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا یَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهَا وَمَا یَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَمَا یَعۡرُجُ فِیهَاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ۝٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein. And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving
The Angels, Originator, The Creator 35:13 Verb
یُولِجُ ٱلَّیۡلَ فِی ٱلنَّهَارِ وَیُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِی ٱلَّیۡلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلࣱّ یَجۡرِی لِأَجَلࣲ مُّسَمࣰّىۚ ذَ ٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُۚ وَٱلَّذِینَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَا یَمۡلِكُونَ مِن قِطۡمِیرٍ ۝١٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): He causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allah , your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed
The Family of Imran, The House of Imran 3:27 Verb
تُولِجُ ٱلَّیۡلَ فِی ٱلنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِی ٱلَّیۡلِۖ وَتُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡحَیَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَیِّتِ وَتُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَیِّتَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَیِّۖ وَتَرۡزُقُ مَن تَشَاۤءُ بِغَیۡرِ حِسَابࣲ ۝٢٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account."

Derived Forms (7)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
وَيُولِجُ wayuwliju Verb
يُولِجُ yuwliju Verb
يَلِجُ yaliju Verb
وَلِيجَةً waliyjahan Noun
يَلِجَ yalija Verb
تُولِجُ tuwliju Verb
وَتُولِجُ watuwliju Verb