ق و ل q-w-l
قَالَ
qāla
to say (lit., to say)
Definition
- 1قَالَqālato say (to speak, make a statement, issue a decree, etc.)1,718
- 2يُقَالُ لَهُyuqālu lahuto be called (a name)1
- 3تَقَوَّلَtaqawwalato say something untrue, to make something up3
Total uses in the Qur’an: 1,722
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
قَالَ · قَالَتْ · قَالَا · قَالُوا · قُلْتَ · قُلْتُمْ · قُلْتُ · قُلْنَا · تَقُولُ · يَقُولُ · يَقُولُونَ · أَقُولُ · نَقُولُ · سَيَقُولُ · سَيَقُولُونَ · سَنَقُولُ · قُلْ · قُولُوا · قِيلَ · يُقَالُ · الْقَوْلُ · قَوْلًا · قَوْلَهُ · قَوْلُهُمْ · قِيلَ · قَائِلٌ · الْقَائِلِينَ
وَإِذَا قُلْتُمْ فَٱعْدِلُوا۟
And whenever you speak, maintain justice.
6:152draft glosses: 3 of 3
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ
And ˹remember˺ when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam.”
2:34draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَلَا تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْحَقَّ
And say nothing about Allah except the truth.
4:171draft glosses: 6 of 6
إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًۭا
You are truly making an outrageous claim.
17:40draft glosses: 4 of 4
قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌۭ صَفْرَآءُ
He said, “Allah says, ‘It should be a yellow cow.’”
2:69draft glosses: 6 of 6
فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ
So be patient with what they say.
50:39draft glosses: 4 of 4
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Say, “He is Allah—the ‘Indivisible’ One.”
112:1draft glosses: 4 of 4
قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ
Say, “We believe in Allah.”
2:136draft glosses: 3 of 3
مَّا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبْلِكَ
Nothing is said to you ˹by the deniers˺ except what was already said to the messengers before you.
41:43draft glosses: 10 of 10
وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ
So the decree ˹of punishment˺ has been justified against them.
41:25draft glosses: 3 of 3
فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ
So do not let their words grieve you.
36:76draft glosses: 3 of 3
وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ اللَّهِ قِيلًا
And whose word is more truthful than Allah’s?
4:122draft glosses: 5 of 5
قَالَ قَآئِلٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ
One of them said, “Do not kill Yūsuf.”
12:10draft glosses: 6 of 6
وَٱلْقَآئِلِينَ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ
And those who say ˹secretly˺ to their brothers …
33:18draft glosses: 2 of 2
قَالَ فَالْحَقُّ وَالْحَقَّ أَقُولُ
He said, “The truth is—and I ˹only˺ say the truth …”
38:84draft glosses: 4 of 4
قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ
She said, “It is from Allah.”
3:37draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَقَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا
And they say, “We hear and obey.”
2:285draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 2
يُقَالُ لَهُ
يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ
… he is called Ibrāhīm.
21:60draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 3
تَقَوَّلَ · الْأَقَاوِيلِ
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
And if he had made up something in Our Name …
69:44draft glosses: 5 of 5
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ
… or do they say, “He made this ‘Quran’ up!”?
52:33draft glosses: 3 of 3
Notes
ⓘQ-w-l (ق و ل) (like قَائِلٌ qā'ilun ‘someone saying’) should not be confused with q-y-l (ق ي ل) (like قَائِلُونَ qā'ilūn) which means ‘those resting at noon’.
ⓘOn 112:1 — He cannot be one in a trinity.
DawahAgent2026-06-10 · reviewed