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جَهالَة

in ignorance

অজ্ঞতার কারণে

Root letters: ج ه لAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,513 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
Learn it in lesson 152

About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ج ه ل

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)بِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢ4 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.

Surah 49:6 — Read full ayah

Then, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves - indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

Surah 16:119 — Read full ayah

The repentance accepted by Allāh is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon [after]. It is those to whom Allāh will turn in forgiveness, and Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.

Surah 4:17 — Read full ayah