ع ل ق ʿ-l-q
ع ل ق
ʿ-l-q
to cling, hang, or suspend; clinging embryonic substance or suspended wife
Definition
- 1عَلَقَةʿalaqaha baby as a clinging substance inside the mother6
- 2مُعَلَّقَةmuʿal-laqaha wife left suspended, neither fully married nor divorced1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 7
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
عَلَقَة · الْعَلَقَة · عَلَقٍ
ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا ٱلنُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةًۭ
... then We developed the drop into a clinging clot of blood, then developed the clot into a lump of flesh.
23:14draft glosses: 7 of 7
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
He created humans from a clinging clot.
96:2draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 2
الْمُعَلَّقَة
فَتَذَرُوهَا كَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ
... then you leave the other wife in suspense.
4:129draft glosses: 2 of 2
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed