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لَيْل

laylan

(by) night

রাতে

Root letters: ل ي لAppears 84 times in the Qur'an#129 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 13

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ل ي ل

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)لَيْلًۭا80 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)وَلَيَالٍ1 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلَّيْلِof the nightal-layli · 25 times
  • ٱلَّيْلَthe nightal-layla · 25 times
  • وَٱلَّيْلِAnd the nightwa-al-layli · 7 times
  • بِٱلَّيْلِby nightbi-al-layli · 6 times
  • ٱلَّيْلُthe nightal-laylu · 4 times
  • ٱلَّيْلِ ۚthe nightal-layli · 3 times

Opposite words

Words from the same root

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Examples from the Qur'an

And at night. Then will you not use reason?

Surah 37:138 — Read full ayah

And [by] the night when it departs.

Surah 74:33 — Read full ayah

And made the night as clothing.

Surah 78:10 — Read full ayah