خ ل ل
kh-l-l
(lit., to run through or between two or more objects)
Definition
- 1خُلَّةkhul-lahclose friendship between two or more friends6
- 2خِلَالkhilālthrough, between two or more people or objects7
Total uses in the Qur’an: 13
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
خُلَّة · خِلَال · خَلِيلًا · الْأَخِلَّاء
لَّا بَيْعٌۭ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌۭ
... before the coming of a Day when there will be no ransom or friendship.
2:254draft glosses: 5 of 5
لَا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خِلَالٌ
... before the coming of a Day when there will be no ransom or friendly connections.
14:31draft glosses: 4 of 5 · 1 pending
وَٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ خَلِيلًۭا
And Allah took Ibrahim as a close friend.
4:125draft glosses: 4 of 4
الْأَخِلَّاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ
Close friends will be enemies to each other on that Day ...
43:67draft glosses: 5 of 5
Sense 2
خِلَال
وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلَٰلَهُمَا نَهَرًۭا
And We caused a river to flow between them.
18:33draft glosses: 3 of 3
Notes
ⓘsee Time & Place Adverbs.
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed