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كَلام

kalāma

(the) words

(কালাম) বাণী

Root letters: ك ل مAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,618 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 162

About this word

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

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)كَلَـٰمَ4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • كَلَـٰمَ(the) wordskalāma · 3 times
  • وَبِكَلَـٰمِىand with My wordswabikalāmī · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

[Allāh] said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My words [to you]. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful."

Surah 7:144 — Read full ayah

And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allāh [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.

Surah 9:6 — Read full ayah

Do you covet [the hope, O believers], that they would believe for you while a party of them used to hear the words of Allāh and then distort it [i.e., the Torah] after they had understood it while they were knowing?

Surah 2:75 — Read full ayah