Skip to content

مُهْلِك

muh'lika

one who destroys

ধ্বংসকারী

Root letters: ه ل كAppears 5 times in the Qur'an#1,418 most frequentActive participle (ism fāʿil)Masculine (mudhakkar)Verb form IV
Learn it in lesson 142

About this word

Active participle (ism fāʿil)Masculine (mudhakkar)Verb form IVRoot letters: ه ل ك

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)مُهْلِكَ3 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)مُهْلِكُوٓا۟2 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • مُهْلِكَone who destroysmuh'lika · 2 times
  • مُهْلِكُهُمْ(is going to) destroy themmuh'likuhum · 1 times
  • مُهْلِكُوهَا(will) destroy itmuh'likūhā · 1 times
  • مُهْلِكُوٓا۟(are) going to destroymuh'likū · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ه ل ك — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.

Surah 6:131 — Read full ayah

And when Our messengers [i.e., angels] came to Abraham with the good tidings, they said, "Indeed, we will destroy the people of that [i.e., Lot's] city. Indeed, its people have been wrongdoers."

Surah 29:31 — Read full ayah

And there is no city but that We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register inscribed.

Surah 17:58 — Read full ayah