Quranic root
د ل و
dāl lām wāw
- Occurrences
- 4
- Verses
- 3
- Word forms
- 4
- Buckwalter
- dlw
3 lemmas from this root
The dictionary words this root produces, with how often each occurs.
- أَدْلَىٰ 2
- تَدَلَّىٰ 1
- دَلْو 1
Word forms
Every surface form this root takes in the Quran.
- دلوه 1
- فادلى 1
- فتدلى 1
- وتدلوا۟ 1
Themes
The themes most often carried by the verses this root appears in.
Verses
All 3 verses containing this root, in mushaf order.
وَلَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَى ٱلْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ فَرِيقًا مِّنْ أَمْوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Do not consume your property wrongfully, nor use it to bribe judges, intending sinfully and knowingly to consume parts of other people’s property.
وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰبُشْرَىٰ هَـٰذَا غُلَـٰمٌ ۚ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَـٰعَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ
Some travellers came by. They sent someone to draw water and he let down his bucket. ‘Good news!’ he exclaimed. ‘Here is a boy!’ They hid him like a piece of merchandise- God was well aware of what they did-
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
and then approached––coming down