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جاهِل

jāhilūna

ignorant

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Root letters: ج ه لAppears 10 times in the Qur'an#815 most frequentActive participle (ism fāʿil)Verb form I
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About this word

Active participle (ism fāʿil)Verb form IRoot letters: ج ه ل

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ٱلْجَاهِلُ1 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)جَـٰهِلُونَ9 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَthe ignorantl-jāhilīna · 6 times
  • ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَthe ignorant onesl-jāhilūna · 2 times
  • ٱلْجَاهِلُthe ignorant onel-jāhilu · 1 times
  • جَـٰهِلُونَignorantjāhilūna · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

Take what is given freely, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant.

Surah 7:199 — Read full ayah

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Is it other than Allāh that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?"

Surah 39:64 — Read full ayah

He said, "Do you know what you did with Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant?"

Surah 12:89 — Read full ayah