| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 61 (2:61:37) | سَاَلْتُمْۜ | سالتم | seeltum | you have asked (for) | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And remember ye said: "O Moses! we cannot endure one kind of food (always); so beseech thy Lord for us to produce for us of what the earth groweth, -its potherbs, and cucumbers, Its garlic, lentils, and onions." He said: "Will ye exchange the better for the worse? Go ye down to any town(74), and ye shall find what ye want!" They were covered with humiliation(75) and misery; they drew on themselves the wrath of Allah. This because they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah and slaying His Messengers without just cause. This because they rebelled and went on transgressing.* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 108 (2:108:4) | تَسْـَٔلُوا | تسـلوا | tes-elû | you ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Would ye question your Messenger as Moses(108) was questioned of old? but whoever changeth from Faith to Unbelief, Hath strayed without doubt from the even way(109).* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 108 (2:108:7) | سُئِلَ | سئل | suile | was asked | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Would ye question your Messenger as Moses(108) was questioned of old? but whoever changeth from Faith to Unbelief, Hath strayed without doubt from the even way(109).* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Baqarah Verse 119 (2:119:7) | تُسْـَٔلُ | تسـل | tus-elu | you will be asked | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Verily We have sent thee in truth as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner: But of thee no question shall be asked of the Companions of the Blazing Fire. | |||||
| 5 | Al-Baqarah Verse 134 (2:134:12) | تُسْـَٔلُونَ | تسـلون | tus-elûne | you will be asked | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | That was a people that hath passed away. They shall reap the fruit of what they did, and ye of what ye do! Of their merits there is no question in your case(133)!* | |||||
| 6 | Al-Baqarah Verse 141 (2:141:12) | تُسْـَٔلُونَ | تسـلون | tus-elûne | you will be asked | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | That was a people that hath passed away. They shall reap the fruit of what they did, and ye of what ye do! Of their merits there is no question in your case(139):* | |||||
| 7 | Al-Baqarah Verse 177 (2:177:29) | وَالسَّٓائِل۪ينَ | والسائلين | ve-ssâilîne | and those who ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness(177)- to believe in Allah(178) and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance(179), out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer(180), and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient(181), in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah.fearing.* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Baqarah Verse 186 (2:186:2) | سَاَلَكَ | سالك | se-eleke | ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right way(194).* | |||||
| 9 | Al-Baqarah Verse 189 (2:189:1) | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | يسـلونك | yes-elûneke | They ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee concerning the New Moons(202). Say: They are but signs to mark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of) men, and for Pilgrimage. It is no virtue if ye enter your houses from the back: It is virtue if ye fear Allah. Enter houses through the proper doors(203): And fear Allah. That ye may prosper.* | |||||
| 10 | Al-Baqarah Verse 211 (2:211:1) | سَلْ | سل | sel | Ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Ask the Children of Israel(232) how many clear (Signs) We have sent them. But if any one, after Allah.s favour has come to him, substitutes (something else), Allah is strict in punishment(233).* | |||||
| 11 | Al-Baqarah Verse 215 (2:215:1) | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | يسـلونك | yes-elûneke | They ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee what they should spend (In charity). Say: Whatever ye spend that is good(235), is for parents and kindred and orphans and those in want and for wayfarers. And whatever ye do that is good, - (Allah) knoweth it well.* | |||||
| 12 | Al-Baqarah Verse 217 (2:217:1) | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | يسـلونك | yes-elûneke | They ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month(237). Say: "Fighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah to prevent access to the path of Allah, to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members(238)." Tumult and oppression(239) are worse than slaughter. Nor will they cease fighting you until they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you Turn back from their faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the Hereafter; they will be companions of the Fire and will abide therein.* | |||||
| 13 | Al-Baqarah Verse 219 (2:219:1) | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | يسـلونك | yes-elûneke | They ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee concerning wine(240) and gambling(241). Say: "In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit." They ask thee how much they are to spend; Say: "What is beyond(242) your needs." Thus doth Allah Make clear to you His Signs: In order that ye may consider-* | |||||
| 14 | Al-Baqarah Verse 219 (2:219:15) | وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | ويسـلونك | ve yes-elûneke | And they ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee concerning wine(240) and gambling(241). Say: "In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit." They ask thee how much they are to spend; Say: "What is beyond(242) your needs." Thus doth Allah Make clear to you His Signs: In order that ye may consider-* | |||||
| 15 | Al-Baqarah Verse 220 (2:220:4) | وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | ويسـلونك | ve yes-elûneke | They ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Their bearings) on this life and the Hereafter(243). They ask thee concerning orphans(244). Say: "The best thing to do is what is for their good; if ye mix their affairs with yours, they are your brethren; but Allah knows the man who means mischief from the man who means good. And if Allah had wished, He could have put you into difficulties: He is indeed Exalted in Power, Wise(245)."* | |||||
| 16 | Al-Baqarah Verse 222 (2:222:1) | وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | ويسـلونك | ve yes-elûneke | And they ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee concerning women´s courses. Say: They are a hurt and a pollution(247): So keep away from women in their courses, and do not approach them until they are clean. But when they have purified themselves, ye may approach them in any manner, time, or place(248) ordained for you by Allah. For Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean.* | |||||
| 17 | Al-Baqarah Verse 273 (2:273:20) | يَسْـَٔلُونَ | يسـلون | yes-elûne | (do) they ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Charity is) for those in need, who, in Allah.s cause (322)are restricted (from travel), and cannot move about in the land, seeking (For trade or work): the ignorant man thinks, because of their modesty, that they are free from want. Thou shalt know them by their (Unfailing) mark: They beg not importunately from all the sundry. And whatever of good ye give, be assured Allah knoweth it well.* | |||||
| 18 | An-Nisa Verse 1 (4:1:22) | تَسَٓاءَلُونَ | تساءلون | tesâelûne | you ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O mankind! reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a single person,(504) created, of like nature, His mate, and from them twain scattered (like seeds) countless men and women;- reverence Allah, through whom(505) ye demand your mutual (rights), and (reverence) the wombs(506) (That bore you): for Allah ever watches over you.* | |||||
| 19 | An-Nisa Verse 32 (4:32:18) | وَسْـَٔلُوا | وسـلوا | ves-elû | And ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And in no wise covet(542) those things in which Allah Hath bestowed His gifts More freely on some of you than on others: To men is allotted what they earn, and to women what they earn: But ask Allah of His bounty. For Allah hath full knowledge of all things.* | |||||
| 20 | An-Nisa Verse 153 (4:153:1) | يَسْـَٔلُكَ | يسـلك | yes-eluke | Ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The people of the Book ask thee to cause a book to descend to them from heaven: Indeed they asked Moses for an even greater (miracle), for they said: "Show us Allah in public,"(657) but they were dazed for their presumption, with thunder and lightning. Yet they worshipped the calf even after clear signs had come to them; even so we forgave them; and gave Moses manifest proofs of authority.* | |||||
| 21 | An-Nisa Verse 153 (4:153:11) | سَاَلُوا | سالوا | se-elû | they (had) asked | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The people of the Book ask thee to cause a book to descend to them from heaven: Indeed they asked Moses for an even greater (miracle), for they said: "Show us Allah in public,"(657) but they were dazed for their presumption, with thunder and lightning. Yet they worshipped the calf even after clear signs had come to them; even so we forgave them; and gave Moses manifest proofs of authority.* | |||||
| 22 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 4 (5:4:1) | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | يسـلونك | yes-elûneke | They ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee what is lawful to them (as food).(697) Say: lawful unto you are (all) things good and pure: and what ye have taught your trained hunting animals (to catch) in the manner directed to you by Allah. eat what they catch for you,(698) but pronounce the name of Allah over it: and fear Allah. for Allah is swift in taking account.* | |||||
| 23 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 101 (5:101:6) | تَسْـَٔلُوا | تسـلوا | tes-elû | ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain to you,(807) may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the Qur´an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, Allah will forgive those: for Allah is Oft- forgiving, Most Forbearing.* | |||||
| 24 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 101 (5:101:14) | تَسْـَٔلُوا | تسـلوا | tes-elû | you ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain to you,(807) may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the Qur´an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, Allah will forgive those: for Allah is Oft- forgiving, Most Forbearing.* | |||||
| 25 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 102 (5:102:2) | سَاَلَهَا | سالها | se-elehâ | asked them | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Some people before you did ask such questions,(808) and on that account lost their faith.* | |||||
| 26 | Al-An'am Verse 90 (6:90:9) | اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ | اسـلكم | es-elukum | I ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those were the (prophets) who received Allah.s guidance: Copy the guidance they received; Say: "No reward for this do I ask of you: This is no less than a message for the nations." | |||||
| 27 | Al-A'raf Verse 6 (7:6:1) | فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ | فلنسـلن | fe-lenes-elenne | Then surely We will question | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then shall we question those to whom Our message was sent and those by whom(993) We sent it.* | |||||
| 28 | Al-A'raf Verse 6 (7:6:5) | وَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ | ولنسـلن | ve lenes-elenne | and surely We will question | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then shall we question those to whom Our message was sent and those by whom(993) We sent it.* | |||||
| 29 | Al-A'raf Verse 163 (7:163:0) | وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ | وسـلهم | ves-elhum | And ask them | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath.(1137) For on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression.* | |||||
| 30 | Al-A'raf Verse 187 (7:187:0) | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | يسـلونك | yes-elûneke | They ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur.(1159) Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof:(1160) Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know not."* | |||||
| 31 | Al-A'raf Verse 187 (7:187:0) | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | يسـلونك | yes-elûneke | They ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur.(1159) Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof:(1160) Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know not."* | |||||
| 32 | Al-Anfal Verse 1 (8:1:0) | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | يسـلونك | yes-elûneke | They ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee(1178) concerning (things taken as) spoils of war. Say: "(such) spoils are at the disposal of Allah(1179) and the Messenger. So fear Allah, and keep straight the relations between yourselves: Obey Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe."* | |||||
| 33 | At-Tawbah Verse 65 (9:65:0) | سَاَلْتَهُمْ | سالتهم | se-eltehum | you ask them | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If thou dost question them, they declare (with emphasis): "We were only talking idly and in play." Say: "Was it at Allah, and His Signs, and His Messenger, that ye were mocking?" | |||||
| 34 | Yunus Verse 72 (10:72:0) | سَاَلْتُكُمْ | سالتكم | se-eltukum | I have asked you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "But if ye turn back, (consider): no reward have I asked(1458) of you: my reward is only due from Allah, and I have been commanded to be of those who submit to Allah.s will (in Islam)."* | |||||
| 35 | Yunus Verse 94 (10:94:0) | فَسْـَٔلِ | فسـل | fes-eli | then ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee:(1475) the Truth hath indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt.(1476)* | |||||
| 36 | Hud Verse 29 (11:29:4) | اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ | اسـلكم | es-elukum | I ask (of) you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "And O my people! I ask you for no wealth in return: my reward is from none but Allah.(1520) But I will not drive away (in contempt) those who believe: for verily they are to meet their Lord, and ye I see are the ignorant ones!* | |||||
| 37 | Hud Verse 46 (11:46:13) | تَسْـَٔلْنِ | تسـلن | tes-elni | ask Me | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He said: "O Noah! He is not of thy family:(1540) For his conduct is unrighteous. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowledge! I give thee counsel, lest thou act like the ignorant!"* | |||||
| 38 | Hud Verse 47 (11:47:7) | اَسْـَٔلَكَ | اسـلك | es-eleke | I (should) ask You | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Noah said: "O my Lord! I do seek refuge with Thee, lest I ask Thee for that of which I have no knowledge. And unless thou forgive me and have Mercy on me, I should indeed be lost!"(1541)* | |||||
| 39 | Hud Verse 51 (11:51:4) | اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ | اسـلكم | es-elukum | I ask you | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "O my people! I ask of you no reward for this (Message). My reward is from none but Him who created me: Will ye not then understand? | |||||
| 40 | Yusuf Verse 7 (12:7:7) | لِلسَّٓائِل۪ينَ | للسائلين | li-ssâilîn(e) | for those who ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (or symbols) for seekers (after Truth).(1638)* | |||||
| 41 | Yusuf Verse 50 (12:50:12) | فَسْـَٔلْهُ | فسـله | fes-elhu | and ask him | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So the king said: "Bring ye him unto me."(1707) But when the messenger came to him, (Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy lord, and ask him, ´What is the state of mind of the ladies who cut their hands´?(1708) For my Lord is certainly well aware of their snare."(1709)* | |||||
| 42 | Yusuf Verse 82 (12:82:1) | وَسْـَٔلِ | وسـل | ves-eli | And ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "´Ask at the town where we have been and the caravan in which we returned, and (you will find) we are indeed telling the truth.´"(1755)* | |||||
| 43 | Yusuf Verse 104 (12:104:2) | تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ | تسـلهم | tes-eluhum | you ask them | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And no reward dost thou ask of them for this: it is no less than a message for all creatures.(1787)* | |||||
| 44 | Ibrahim Verse 34 (14:34:5) | سَاَلْتُمُوهُۜ | سالتموه | se-eltumûh(u) | you asked of Him | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And He giveth you of all that ye ask for.(1910) But if ye count the favours of Allah, never will ye be able to number them. Verily, man is given up to injustice and ingratitude.(1911)* | |||||
| 45 | Al-Hijr Verse 92 (15:92:2) | لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ | لنسـلنهم | lenes-elennehum | surely We will question them | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account, | |||||
| 46 | An-Nahl Verse 43 (16:43:9) | فَسْـَٔلُٓوا | فسـلوا | fes-elû | so ask | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men,(2068) to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.(2069)* | |||||
| 47 | An-Nahl Verse 56 (16:56:9) | لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ | لتسـلن | letus-elunne | surely you will be asked | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And they (even) assign, to things they do not know,(2080) a portion out of that which We have bestowed for their sustenance!(2081) By Allah, ye shall certainly be called to account for your false inventions.* | |||||
| 48 | An-Nahl Verse 93 (16:93:14) | وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ | ولتسـلن | ve letus-elunne | And surely you will be questioned | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If Allah so willed, He could make you all one people: But He leaves straying(2133) whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases: but ye shall certainly be called to account for all your actions.* | |||||
| 49 | Al-Isra Verse 34 (17:34:17) | مَسْؤُ۫لًا | مسؤلا | mes-ûlâ(n) | questioned | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Come not nigh to the orphan´s property except to improve it,(2217) until he attains the age(2218) of full strength; and fulfil (Every)(2219) engagement, for (every) engagement will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).(2220)* | |||||
| 50 | Al-Isra Verse 36 (17:36:16) | مَسْؤُ۫لًا | مسؤلا | mes-ûlâ(n) | questioned | س أ ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And pursue not that of which thou hasth(2222) no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).* | |||||