| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali 'Imran Verse 68 (3:68:2) | اَوْلَى | اولى | evlâ | the best to claim relationship | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Without doubt, among men, the nearest of kin to Abraham, are those who follow him, as are also this Messenger and those who believe: And Allah is the Protector of those who have faith. | |||||
| 2 | An-Nisa Verse 135 (4:135:22) | اَوْلٰى | اولى | evlâ | (is) nearer | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses(644) to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor:(645) for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well- acquainted with all that ye do.* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Anfal Verse 75 (8:75:0) | اَوْلٰى | اولى | evlâ | (are) nearer | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And those who accept Faith subsequently,(1244) and adopt exile, and fight for the Faith in your company,- they are of you. But kindred by blood have prior rights against each other in the Book of Allah.(1245) Verily Allah is well-acquainted with all things.* | |||||
| 4 | Maryam Verse 70 (19:70:6) | اَوْلٰى | اولى | evlâ | (are) most worthy | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And certainly We know best those who are most worthy of being burned therein. | |||||
| 5 | Ta-Ha Verse 21 (20:21:7) | الْاُولٰى | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the former | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | ((Allah)) said, "Seize it, and fear not: We shall return it at once to its former condition".. | |||||
| 6 | Ta-Ha Verse 51 (20:51:5) | الْاُولٰى | الاولى | l-ûlâ | (of) the former | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"(2574)* | |||||
| 7 | Ta-Ha Verse 133 (20:133:13) | الْاُولٰى | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the former | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They say: "Why does he not(2658) bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has not a Clear Sign come to them of all that was in the former Books of revelation?* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Qasas Verse 43 (28:43:10) | الْاُو۫لٰى | الاولى | l-ûlâ | former | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We did reveal to Moses the Book after We had destroyed the earlier generations, (to give) Insight to men, and guidance and Mercy, that they might receive admonition.(3375)* | |||||
| 9 | Al-Qasas Verse 70 (28:70:10) | الْاُو۫لٰى | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the first | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And He is Allah. There is no god but He. To Him be praise, at the first and at the last: for Him is the Command, and to Him shall ye (all) be brought back. | |||||
| 10 | Al-Ahzab Verse 6 (33:6:2) | اَوْلٰى | اولى | evlâ | (is) closer | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves,(3674) and his wives are(3675) their mothers. Blood-relations among each other have closer personal ties, in the Decree of Allah. Than (the Brotherhood of) Believers and Muhajirs:(3676) nevertheless do ye what is just to your closest friends: such is the writing in the Decree (of Allah..* | |||||
| 11 | Al-Ahzab Verse 6 (33:6:11) | اَوْلٰى | اولى | evlâ | (are) closer | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves,(3674) and his wives are(3675) their mothers. Blood-relations among each other have closer personal ties, in the Decree of Allah. Than (the Brotherhood of) Believers and Muhajirs:(3676) nevertheless do ye what is just to your closest friends: such is the writing in the Decree (of Allah..* | |||||
| 12 | Al-Ahzab Verse 33 (33:33:8) | الْاُو۫لٰى | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the former | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey(3714) Allah and His Messenger. And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye Members(3715) of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless.* | |||||
| 13 | As-Saffat Verse 59 (37:59:3) | الْاُو۫لٰى | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the first | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Except our first death, and that we(4070) shall not be punished?"* | |||||
| 14 | Ad-Dukhan Verse 35 (44:35:5) | الْاُو۫لٰى | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the first | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again. | |||||
| 15 | Ad-Dukhan Verse 56 (44:56:7) | الْاُو۫لٰىۚ | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the first | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Nor will they there taste Death, except the first(4731) death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-(4732)* | |||||
| 16 | Muhammad Verse 20 (47:20:26) | فَاَوْلٰى | فاولى | fe-evlâ | But more appropriate | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those who believe say,(4843) "Why is not a sura sent down (for us)?" But when a sura of basic or categorical(4844) meaning is revealed, and fighting is mentioned therein, thou wilt see those in whose hearts is a disease(4845) looking at thee with a look of one in swoon at the approach of death. But more fitting for them-* | |||||
| 17 | An-Najm Verse 25 (53:25:3) | وَالْاُو۫لٰى۟ | والاولى | vel-ûlâ | and the first | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But it is to Allah that the End and the Beginning (of all things) belong. | |||||
| 18 | An-Najm Verse 50 (53:50:4) | الْاُو۫لٰىۙ | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the first | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient ´Ad (people),(5120)* | |||||
| 19 | An-Najm Verse 56 (53:56:5) | الْاُو۫لٰى | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the former | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | This is a Warner,(5123) of the (series of) Warners of old!* | |||||
| 20 | Al-Waqi'ah Verse 62 (56:62:4) | الْاُو۫لٰى | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the first | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And ye certainly know already the first form of creation: why then do ye not celebrate His praises? | |||||
| 21 | Al-Qiyamah Verse 34 (75:34:1) | اَوْلٰى | اولى | evlâ | Woe | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe! | |||||
| 22 | Al-Qiyamah Verse 34 (75:34:3) | فَاَوْلٰىۙ | فاولى | fe-evlâ | and woe | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe! | |||||
| 23 | Al-Qiyamah Verse 35 (75:35:2) | اَوْلٰى | اولى | evlâ | woe | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe! | |||||
| 24 | Al-Qiyamah Verse 35 (75:35:4) | فَاَوْلٰىۜ | فاولى | fe-evlâ | and woe | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe! | |||||
| 25 | An-Nazi'at Verse 25 (79:25:5) | وَالْاُو۫لٰىۜ | والاولى | vel-ûlâ | and the first | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.(5932)* | |||||
| 26 | Al-A'la Verse 18 (87:18:5) | الْاُو۫لٰىۙ | الاولى | l-ûlâ | [the] former | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),- (6093)* | |||||
| 27 | Al-Layl Verse 13 (92:13:4) | وَالْاُو۫لٰى | والاولى | vel-ûlâ | and the first (life) | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning.(6168)* | |||||
| 28 | Ad-Duha Verse 4 (93:4:5) | الْاُو۫لٰىۜ | الاولى | l-ûlâ | the first | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And verily the Hereafter will be better for thee than the present.(6179)* | |||||