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أَهْواء

ahwāa

(the) desires

খেয়ালখুশির

Root letters: ه و يAppears 17 times in the Qur'an#557 most frequentNoun (ism)
Learn it in lesson 56

About this word

Noun (ism)Root letters: ه و ي

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Plural (jamʿ)أَهْوَآءَ17 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • أَهْوَآءَهُمtheir desiresahwāahum · 5 times
  • أَهْوَآءَهُمْtheir vain desiresahwāahum · 4 times
  • أَهْوَآءَ(vain) desiresahwāa · 3 times
  • أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚtheir desiresahwāahum · 2 times
  • أَهْوَآءَكُمْ ۙyour (vain) desiresahwāakum · 1 times
  • بِأَهْوَآئِهِمby their (vain) desiresbi-ahwāihim · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ه و ي — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

Surah 54:3 — Read full ayah

Then We put you, [O Muḥammad], on an ordained way concerning the matter [of religion]; so follow it and do not follow the inclinations of those who do not know.

Surah 45:18 — Read full ayah

So is he who is on clear evidence from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work has been made attractive and they follow their [own] desires?

Surah 47:14 — Read full ayah