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أَكْل

aklan

devouring

খাওয়া

Root letters: أ ك لAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,464 most frequentVerbal noun (maṣdar)Masculine (mudhakkar)Verb form I
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About this word

Verbal noun (maṣdar)Masculine (mudhakkar)Verb form IRoot letters: أ ك ل

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)أَكْلًۭا4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • وَأَكْلِهِمُand eatingwa-aklihimu · 2 times
  • وَأَكْلِهِمْand (for) their consumingwa-aklihim · 1 times
  • أَكْلًۭاdevouringaklan · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

Surah 89:19 — Read full ayah

And you see many of them hastening into sin and aggression and the devouring of [what is] unlawful. How wretched is what they have been doing.

Surah 5:62 — Read full ayah

Why do the rabbis and religious scholars not forbid them from saying what is sinful and devouring what is unlawful? How wretched is what they have been practicing.

Surah 5:63 — Read full ayah