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عِلْم

ʿil'min

knowledge

জ্ঞান

Root letters: ع ل مAppears 105 times in the Qur'an#107 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 11

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ع ل م

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)عِلْمٍۢ105 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • عِلْمٍۢknowledgeʿil'min · 11 times
  • ٱلْعِلْمِ[the] knowledgel-ʿil'mi · 9 times
  • ٱلْعِلْمَthe knowledgel-ʿil'ma · 9 times
  • عِلْمٌۭ(have some) knowledgeʿil'mun · 6 times
  • عِلْمٍ(any) knowledgeʿil'min · 6 times
  • ٱلْعِلْمُ[the] knowledgel-ʿil'mu · 5 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ع ل م — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?

Surah 53:35 — Read full ayah

No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

Surah 102:5 — Read full ayah

Then We will surely relate [their deeds] to them with knowledge, and We were not [at all] absent.

Surah 7:7 — Read full ayah