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سَلْوَى

and the quails

ও সালওয়া

Root letters: س ل وAppears 3 times in the Qur'an#1,879 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 188

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: س ل و

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ3 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖand [the] quailswal-salwā · 2 times
  • وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰand the quailswal-salwā · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

O Children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made an appointment with you at the right side of the mount, and We sent down to you manna and quails,

Surah 20:80 — Read full ayah

And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.

Surah 2:57 — Read full ayah

And We divided them into twelve descendant tribes [as distinct] nations. And We inspired to Moses when his people implored him for water, "Strike with your staff the stone," and there gushed forth from it twelve springs. Every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down upon them manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not, but they were [only] wronging themselves.

Surah 7:160 — Read full ayah