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ضَلَّ

ḍalla

goes astray

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Root letters: ض ل لAppears 53 times in the Qur'an#219 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form I
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About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form IRoot letters: ض ل ل

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)ضَلَّ41 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)يَضِلُّ12 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ضَلَّhe went astray (from)ḍalla · 18 times
  • ضَلُّوا۟they have strayedḍallū · 8 times
  • وَضَلَّAnd lostwaḍalla · 8 times
  • يَضِلُّstraysyaḍillu · 6 times
  • ضَلَلْتُI would go astrayḍalaltu · 2 times
  • فَضَلُّوا۟but they have gone astrayfaḍallū · 2 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,

Surah 37:71 — Read full ayah

Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

Surah 53:2 — Read full ayah

[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

Surah 20:92 — Read full ayah