Morphology Explorer — علم

lm

Root analysis: 500 occurrences across 414 verses in the Quran

علم
lm
500
Total Occurrences
414
Verses
121
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories

Part-of-Speech Distribution

Verb ×266 Noun ×234

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Word Forms in the Quran 121

عَلِيمٌ alimun 51 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna 42 تَعْلَمُونَ ta'lamuna 38 أَعْلَمُ aa'lamu 36 يَعْلَمُ ya'lamu 32 ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ l'aalamina 24 وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ wa'lamua 17 عَلِيمٌۢ alimun 16 عِلْمٍ ilmin 16 ٱلْعَلِيمُ l'alimu 14 عَلِيمًا alimana 14 ٱلْعِلْمِ l'ilmi 10 فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ fa'lamua 6 وَيَعْلَمُ waya'lamu 6 عِلْمٌ ilmun 6 عِلْمًا ilmana 6 عَلِمَ alima 5 لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ llil'aalamina 5 وَلِيَعْلَمَ walia'lama 5 تَعْلَمْ ta'lam 4 نَعْلَمُ na'lamu 4 تَعْلَمُ ta'lamu 4 عَلِمْنَا alimnaa 4 وَأَعْلَمُ waaa'lamu 3 يَعْلَمِ ya'lami 3 عَلَّٰمُ allaamu 3 عَلِيمٍ alimin 3 عِلْمُهَا ilmuhaa 3 يَعْلَمُهُمْ ya'lamuhum 3 يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ ya'lamua 3 +91 more

Quranic Concordance 500

Every occurrence of the root علم in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.

Tense / Aspect

Perfect
Completed action (past tense)
Imperfect
Ongoing or future action (present/future)
Imperative
A command or request

Voice

Active
Subject performs the action
Passive
Subject receives the action

Person

1st Person
Speaker ("I" or "we")
2nd Person
Addressed ("you")
3rd Person
Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")

Gender & Number

Masculine / Feminine
Grammatical gender of the subject
Singular
One person or thing
Dual
Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
Plural
Three or more

Case

Nominative
Subject of the sentence
Accusative
Object of the verb
Genitive
After a preposition or in possession

State

Definite
With "al-" (the)
Indefinite
Without "al-" (a/an)

Derivation

Participle
Verb form used as adjective/noun
Verbal Noun
Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")

Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).

Verse Arabic Transliteration English POS Features
2:13 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:22 تَعْلَمُونَ ta'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:26 فَيَعْلَمُونَ faya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:29 عَلِيمٌ alimun knowledge Noun Noun
2:30 تَعْلَمُونَ ta'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:32 عَلَّمْتَنَآ allamtanaa (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:32 ٱلْعَلِيمُ l'alimu knowledge Noun Noun
2:33 أَعْلَمُ aa'lamu (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:33 وَأَعْلَمُ waaa'lamu (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:42 تَعْلَمُونَ ta'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:47 ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ l'aalamina knowledge Noun Noun
2:60 عَلِمَ alima (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:65 عَلِمْتُمُ alimtumu (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:75 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:77 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:77 يَعْلَمُ ya'lamu (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:78 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:80 تَعْلَمُونَ ta'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:95 عَلِيمٌۢ alimun knowledge Noun Noun
2:101 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:102 يُعَلِّمُونَ yu'allimuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:102 يُعَلِّمَانِ yu'allimaani (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:102 فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ fayata'allamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:102 وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ wayata'allamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:102 عَلِمُوا۟ alimua (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:102 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:103 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:106 تَعْلَمْ ta'lam (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:107 تَعْلَمْ ta'lam (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:113 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:115 عَلِيمٌ alimun knowledge Noun Noun
2:118 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:120 ٱلْعِلْمِ l'ilmi knowledge Noun Noun
2:122 ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ l'aalamina knowledge Noun Noun
2:127 ٱلْعَلِيمُ l'alimu knowledge Noun Noun
2:129 وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ wayu'allimuhumu (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:131 ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ l'aalamina knowledge Noun Noun
2:137 ٱلْعَلِيمُ l'alimu knowledge Noun Noun
2:140 أَعْلَمُ aa'lamu knowledge Noun Noun
2:143 لِنَعْلَمَ lina'lama (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:144 لَيَعْلَمُونَ laya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:145 ٱلْعِلْمِ l'ilmi knowledge Noun Noun
2:146 يَعْلَمُونَ ya'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:151 وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ wayu'allimukumu (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:151 وَيُعَلِّمُكُم wayu'allimukum (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:151 تَعْلَمُونَ ta'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:158 عَلِيمٌ alimun knowledge Noun Noun
2:169 تَعْلَمُونَ ta'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
2:181 عَلِيمٌ alimun knowledge Noun Noun
2:184 تَعْلَمُونَ ta'lamuna (v.) knowledge Verb V
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