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خَلِيل khalīl – “friend”

A Qur'anic Arabic noun from the root خ-ل-ل that occurs 4 times in the Qur'an. It is word #1,442 in QuranicWords' frequency-ordered curriculum.

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Meaning
friend
Type
Noun (Ism)
Root
خ-ل-ل
In the Qur'an
4 times
Frequency rank
#1,442 of 3,833
Curriculum
Chapter 7: Frequent Nouns, section 3, lesson 7

Meaning in 8 languages

Englishfriend
বাংলাবন্ধুরূপে
اردودوست
हिन्दीदिली दोस्त
Bahasa Indonesiakesayangan
Türkçedost
فارسیدوستی
Françaisami très proche

In the Qur'an: Al-Furqan 25:28

يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰ لَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيلٗا

English

Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.

বাংলা

হায়, দুর্ভোগ আমার, আমি যদি অমুককে বন্ধুরুপে গ্রহণ না করতাম!

اردو

ہائے میری شامت ! کاش میں نے فلاں شخص کو دوست نہ بنایا ہوتا

हिन्दी

हाय मेरा विनाश! काश मैंने अमुक व्यक्ति को मित्र न बनाया होता।

Bahasa Indonesia

Kecelakaan besarlah bagiku; kiranya aku (dulu) tidak menjadikan sifulan itu teman akrab(ku).

Türkçe

Yazık bana! Keşke falancayı (bâtıl yolcusunu) dost edinmeseydim!

فارسی

ای وای بر من، ای کاش فلانی را دوست نمی‌گرفتم.

Français

Malheur à moi! Hélas! Si seulement je n'avais pas pris «un tel» pour ami!...

The complete ayah, with the word highlighted. Translations: Saheeh International, Dr. Abu Bakr Muhammad Zakaria, Dr. Israr Ahmad (Bayan-ul-Quran), Maulana Azizul Haque al-Umari, Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs, Muslim Shahin, Hussein Taji Kal Dari, Muhammad Hamidullah.

Other words from the root خ-ل-ل