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أَهْلَكَ

yuh'lika

(any) be destroyed

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Root letters: ه ل كAppears 51 times in the Qur'an#225 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form IV
Learn it in lesson 23

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form IVRoot letters: ه ل ك

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)أَهْلَكَ37 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)يُهْلِكَ14 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • أَهْلَكْنَاWe destroyedahlaknā · 15 times
  • يُهْلِكَdestroyyuh'lika · 2 times
  • فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمThen We destroyed themfa-ahlaknāhum · 2 times
  • يُهْلِكُونَthey destroyyuh'likūna · 2 times
  • يُهْلَكُ(any) be destroyedyuh'laku · 2 times
  • أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَاWe destroyed itahlaknāhā · 2 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

Did We not destroy the former peoples?

Surah 77:16 — Read full ayah

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad.

Surah 53:50 — Read full ayah

So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

Surah 69:5 — Read full ayah