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أَلْف

alfa

a thousand

এক হাজার

Root letters: أ ل فAppears 14 times in the Qur'an#642 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 65

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: أ ل ف

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)أَلْفَ10 times
  • Dual (muthannā)أَلْفَيْنِ1 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • أَلْفَ(of) a thousandalfa · 4 times
  • ءَالَـٰفٍۢthousand[s]ālāfin · 2 times
  • أُلُوفٌ(were in) thousandsulūfun · 1 times
  • بِأَلْفٍۢwith a thousandbi-alfin · 1 times
  • أَلْفًۭاa thousandalfan · 1 times
  • أَلْفٌۭa thousandalfun · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

And We sent him to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.

Surah 37:147 — Read full ayah

The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

Surah 97:3 — Read full ayah

[Remember] when you were asking help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another."

Surah 8:9 — Read full ayah