ءه ل

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of 'family', 'people', or 'inhabitants'. It extends to encompass those associated by kinship, belief, or shared residence, and by extension, those who are suitable or deserving of something.

Derived headwords

أَهْلnoun

1.
family, kinboth
One's close relatives, clan, or lineage. This is the primary meaning, often used in contexts of belonging and association.
2.
inhabitants, residentsboth
People who live in a particular place, such as a city, village, or house.
3.
followers, adherentsboth
Those who adhere to a particular belief, doctrine, or way of life.
4.
spouse, wifeboth
Specifically refers to a man's wife, and by extension, his immediate family.
5.
people of the houseclassical
Refers to the special household members of a prophet, particularly the Prophet Muhammad's family.
6.
nation, communityclassical
The followers or community of a prophet.
7.
suitable, deservingboth
One who is worthy or deserving of something.

فابعثوا حكما من أهله وحكما من أهلها — So send a judge from his family and a judge from her family.

الأهل إلى الأهل أسرع من السيل إلى السهل — Family members are quicker to reach family than a flood is to the plain.

نزوع نفس إلى أهل وأوطان — The yearning of a soul for family and homelands.

تلقى بكل بلاد إن حللت بها أهلا بأهل وجيرانا بجيران — You will find in every land you inhabit people welcoming people and neighbors alongside neighbors.

أهل القرى: سكانها — The inhabitants of the villages: their residents.

وسار بأهله أي زوجته وأولاده — And he traveled with his family, meaning his wife and children.

وأمر أهلك بالصلاة واصطبر عليها — And enjoin prayer upon your family and be patient in its observance.

إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت — Allah only intends to remove [all] impurity from you, O people of the household.

أهل الكتاب: قراء التوراة والإنجيل — People of the Book: readers of the Torah and the Gospel.

والأهل: أصحاب الأملاك والأموال — And the 'ahl': owners of properties and wealth.

أَهْلُونnoun

1.
families, kinboth
Plural of 'ahl', referring to multiple families or groups of relatives.

ولي دونكم أهلون سيد عملس — I have, apart from you, families: a master of the wild ass, and a spotted one, and a grey one, and a hyena-like one.

أَهَالnoun

1.
families, kinclassical
An irregular plural of 'ahl', formed by adding 'ya' (ي).

آهال مثل فرخ وأفراخ — 'Ahal' like 'farkh' and 'afrakh'.

آهَالnoun

1.
families, kinclassical
A variant plural of 'ahl', used in poetry.

وترى بها العوهق من وئالها — And you see in it the great sand-grouse of its mountain-goats.

أَهْلَاتnoun

1.
families, kinboth
A plural of 'ahl', with a sakin (سکون) 'ha' (ه), considered the regular form by some.

فهم! أهلات حول قيس بن عاصم — They are 'ahlāt' around Qays ibn 'Asim.

يَأْهَلُverb

1.
to settle, to inhabitclassical
To become inhabited or populated, used for a place.

أَهَلَverb

1.
to settle, to inhabitclassical
To make a place inhabited or populated.

تَأَهَّلَverb

1.
to marry, to take a spouseboth
To take a spouse, to get married.
2.
to acquire familyclassical
To acquire a family or household.

اتخذ أهلا — He took a spouse.

اِتَّهَلَverb

1.
to take a spouseclassical
To take a spouse, to get married.

أَهْلَverb

1.
to become inhabitedclassical
A place becomes inhabited.

صار مأهولا — It became inhabited.

مَأْهُولadjective

1.
inhabitedboth
A place that is populated or has inhabitants.

وقدما كان مأهولا — And long ago it was inhabited.

مَآهِلnoun

1.
inhabited placesclassical
Plural of 'ma'hul', referring to places that are inhabited.

عرفت بالنصرية المنازلا قفرا وكانت منهم مآهلا — I recognized in the Nusrīyah deserted dwellings, and they were inhabited places for them.

أَهْلًاinterjection

1.
welcomeboth
An expression used to welcome someone, implying they have arrived in a place of belonging and not strangeness.

مرحبا وأهلا — Welcome, and (you have come to) family.

أَهْلٌadjective

1.
familiar, belongingclassical
Used to describe someone as not a stranger, but someone who belongs.

أتيت أهلا لا غرباء ولا أجانب — You have come to family, not strangers or foreigners.

أَهَّلَverb

1.
to welcome, to make feel at homeclassical
To say to someone 'ahlan wa sahlan', to welcome them.

أَنِسَverb

1.
to be familiar with, to feel at easeboth
To feel at ease with someone or something, to be familiar.

أنس به — He felt at ease with him.

أَهْلٌ لِـadjective

1.
worthy of, deserving ofboth
To be worthy, deserving, or suitable for something.

هو أهل التقوى — He is the One worthy of fear (i.e., Allah).

هو أهل المغفرة — He is the One worthy of forgiveness (i.e., Allah).

تَأْهِيلnoun

1.
making worthy, qualifyingclassical
The act of making someone worthy or qualifying them for something.

آهَلَverb

1.
to deem worthyclassical
To consider someone worthy or deserving of something.

اِسْتَأْهَلَverb

1.
to deserve, to meritboth
To deserve or merit something, to be worthy of it.

استوجبه — He deserved it.

إِهَالَةnoun

1.
melted fat, greaseboth
Melted fat, lard, oil, or any spreadable fat used for cooking or eating.

ثريدة مأهولة: كثيرة الإهالة — A 'tharida' (a dish of bread and broth) that is 'ma'hulah': having much 'ihalah'.

آلnoun

1.
allies, supportersclassical
Allies or supporters of Allah and His Messenger.

وانصر على آل الصليب وعابديه اليوم آلك — And help against the followers of the cross and their worshippers today, Your 'al'.

أَهْلَةnoun

1.
tendency, inclinationclassical
A tendency or inclination towards something.
2.
family, householdclassical
A variant for 'ahl' referring to family or household members.

إنهم لأهل أهلة — They are inclined towards (good).

أَهْلَةnoun

1.
settlement, dwellingclassical
A place of settlement or dwelling.

أَهْلِيّadjective

1.
domestic, tameboth
Referring to domestic animals, as opposed to wild ones.

نهى عن أكل لحوم الحمر الأهلية — He forbade eating the meat of domestic donkeys.

أَهْلَةnoun

1.
family, householdclassical
A variant of 'ahl' referring to family or household.

وأهلة ود قد تبريت ودهم — And people of affection whose affection I have tested.

أَهْلِيَّةnoun

1.
suitability, eligibilityboth
The state of being suitable, eligible, or qualified for something, especially legally or religiously.

Parallel reading

فابعثوا حكما من أهله وحكما من أهلها

So send a judge from his family and a judge from her family.

إن لله تعالى ملكا في السماء السابعة، تسبيحه: سبحان من يسوق الأهل إلى الأهل.

Indeed, Allah the Almighty has an angel in the seventh heaven, whose glorification is: 'Glory be to Him who drives the family to the family.'

الأهل إلى الأهل أسرع من السيل إلى السهل

Family members are quicker to reach family than a flood is to the plain.

لا يمنعنك خفض العيش في دعة نزوع نفس إلى أهل وأوطان

Let not the ease of life in tranquility prevent the yearning of a soul for family and homelands.

تلقى بكل بلاد إن حللت بها أهلا بأهل وجيرانا بجيران

You will find in every land you inhabit people welcoming people and neighbors alongside neighbors.

ولي دونكم أهلون سيد عملس

I have, apart from you, families: a master of the wild ass.

ثلاثة أهلين أفنيتهم وكان الإله هو المستآسا

Three families I have annihilated, and God was the one sought after.

وترى بها العوهق من وئالها

And you see in it the great sand-grouse of its mountain-goats.

فهم! أهلات حول قيس بن عاصم إذا أدلجوا بالليل يدعون كوثرا

They are 'ahlāt' around Qays ibn 'Asim; when they travel by night, they call out 'Kawthar'.

الأهل للبيت: سكانه

The 'ahl' for the house: its inhabitants.

أهل القرى: سكانها

The inhabitants of the villages: their residents.

وسار بأهله أي زوجته وأولاده

And he traveled with his family, meaning his wife and children.

وأمر أهلك بالصلاة واصطبر عليها

And enjoin prayer upon your family and be patient in its observance.

إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت

Allah only intends to remove [all] impurity from you, O people of the household.

رحمة الله وبركاته عليكم أهل البيت إنه حميد مجيد

The mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you, O people of the household. Indeed, He is Praiseworthy and Glorious.

وكان يأمز أهله بالصلاة والزكاة

And he used to enjoin upon his family prayer and alms.

فأهل الرجل في الأصل: من يجمعه وإياهم مسكن واحد، ثم تجوز به

The 'ahl' of a man originally: those whom a single dwelling unites him with, then it was used metaphorically.

مكان مأهول: فيه أهله

An inhabited place: it has its people.

وقدما كان مأهولا فأمسى مرتع العفر

And long ago it was inhabited, and now it is the grazing ground of the sand-grouse.

عرفت بالنصرية المنازلا قفرا وكانت منهم مآهلا

I recognized in the Nusrīyah deserted dwellings, and they were inhabited places for them.

قفرين هذا ثم ذا لم يؤهل وكل ما ألف من الدواب المنازل

Two desolate places, this and then that, which were not inhabited, and all that the beasts are accustomed to in the way of dwellings.

نهى عن أكل لحوم الحمر الأهلية

He forbade eating the meat of domestic donkeys.

مرحبا وأهلا

Welcome, and (you have come to) family.

أتيت أهلا لا غرباء ولا أجانب فاستأنس ولا تشتوحش

You have come to family, not strangers or foreigners, so feel at ease and do not be alarmed.

هو أهل التقوى

He is the One worthy of fear (i.e., Allah).

وأهل المغفرة

And the One worthy of forgiveness (i.e., Allah).

آهله بالمد: رآه له أهلا ومستحقا، أو جعله أهلا لذلك

'Aahalahu' (with extended vowel): he saw him as worthy and deserving of it, or he made him worthy of that.

استأهله: استوجبه

He sought it: he deserved it.

لا بل كلي يا مي - واستأهلي إن الذي أنفقت من ماليه

Rather, eat, O Mayy - and 'ista'hilī' (take your fill) of what you have spent of his wealth.

سرعان ذا إهالة

How quick this is to become grease.

وانصر على آل الصليب وعابديه اليوم آلك

And help against the followers of the cross and their worshippers today, Your 'al'.