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ظُلْم

ẓul'man

injustice

অত্যাচার

Root letters: ظ ل مAppears 20 times in the Qur'an#509 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 51

About this word

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

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ظُلْمًۭا20 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ظُلْمًۭاinjusticeẓul'man · 6 times
  • بِظُلْمٍۢfor (their) wrongdoingbiẓul'min · 3 times
  • ظُلْمِهِۦhis wrongdoingẓul'mihi · 2 times
  • ظُلْمًاwrongfullyẓul'man · 1 times
  • وَظُلْمًۭاand injusticewaẓul'man · 1 times
  • بِظُلْمِهِمْ ۚfor their wrongdoingbiẓul'mihim · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.

Surah 11:117 — Read full ayah

And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. And he will have failed who carries injustice.

Surah 20:111 — Read full ayah

And whoever retaliates after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].

Surah 42:41 — Read full ayah