| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 64 (2:64:6) | فَلَوْلَا | فلولا | fe-levlâ | So if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But ye turned back thereafter: Had it not been for the Grace and Mercy of Allah to you, ye had surely been among the lost. | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 96 (2:96:11) | لَوْ | لو | lev | if | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Thou wilt indeed find them, of all people, most greedy of life,-even more than the idolaters: Each one of them wishes He could be given a life of a thousand years: But the grant of such life will not save him from (due) punishment. For Allah sees well all that they do. | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 109 (2:109:6) | لَوْ | لو | lev | if | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Quite a number of the People of the Book wish they could Turn you (people) back to infidelity after ye have believed, from selfish envy, after the Truth hath become Manifest unto them: But forgive and overlook(110), Till Allah accomplish His purpose; for Allah Hath power over all things(112).* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Baqarah Verse 118 (2:118:5) | لَوْلَا | لولا | levlâ | Why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say those without knowledge: "Why speaketh not Allah unto us? or why cometh not unto us a Sign?" So said the people before them words of similar import. Their hearts are alike. We have indeed made clear the Signs unto any people who hold firmly to Faith (in their hearts). | |||||
| 5 | Al-Baqarah Verse 170 (2:170:15) | اَوَلَوْ | اولو | evelev | Even though | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When it is said to them: "Follow what Allah hath revealed:" They say: "Nay! we shall follow the ways of our fathers." What! even though their fathers Were void of wisdom and guidance? | |||||
| 6 | Al-Baqarah Verse 221 (2:221:11) | وَلَوْ | ولو | ve lev | [and] even if | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do not marry unbelieving(245-A) women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.* | |||||
| 7 | Al-Baqarah Verse 221 (2:221:23) | وَلَوْ | ولو | ve lev | [and] even if | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do not marry unbelieving(245-A) women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Baqarah Verse 251 (2:251:14) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | By Allah.s will they routed them; and David(286) slew Goliath; and Allah gave him power and wisdom and taught him whatever (else) He willed(287). And did not Allah Check one set of people by means of another, the earth would indeed be full of mischief: But Allah is full of bounty to all the worlds(288).* | |||||
| 9 | Ali 'Imran Verse 30 (3:30:15) | لَوْ | لو | lev | [if] | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "On the Day when every soul will be confronted with all the good it has done, and all the evil it has done, it will wish there were a great distance between it and its evil. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself. And Allah is full of kindness to those that serve Him." | |||||
| 10 | Ali 'Imran Verse 69 (3:69:6) | لَوْ | لو | lev | if | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is the wish of a section of the People of the Book to lead you astray. But they shall lead astray (Not you), but themselves, and they do not perceive! | |||||
| 11 | An-Nisa Verse 42 (4:42:7) | لَوْ | لو | lev | if | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | On that day those who reject Faith and disobey the messenger will wish that the earth Were made one with them:(561) But never will they hide a single fact from Allah.* | |||||
| 12 | An-Nisa Verse 77 (4:77:33) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | Why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were told to hold back(595) their hands (from fight) but establish regular prayers and spend in regular charity? When (at length) the order for fighting was issued to them, behold! a section of them feared men as - or even more than - they should have feared Allah. They said: "Our Lord! Why hast Thou ordered us to fight? Wouldst Thou not Grant us respite to our (natural) term,(596) near (enough)?" Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world: the Hereafter is the best for those who do right: Never will ye be dealt with unjustly in the very least!* | |||||
| 13 | An-Nisa Verse 83 (4:83:22) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When there comes to them some matter touching (Public) safety or fear, they divulge it. If they had only referred it to the Messenger, or to those charged with authority among them, the proper investigators would have Tested it from them (direct). Were it not for the Grace and Mercy of Allah unto you, all but a few of you would have fallen into the clutches of Satan.(602)* | |||||
| 14 | An-Nisa Verse 89 (4:89:2) | لَوْ | لو | lev | if | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee(607) in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in any case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks;-* | |||||
| 15 | An-Nisa Verse 102 (4:102:31) | لَوْ | لو | lev | if | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When thou (O Messenger. art with them, and standest to lead them in prayer, Let one party of them stand up (in prayer) with thee, Taking their arms with them: When they finish their prostrations, let them Take their position in the rear. And let the other party come up which hath not yet prayed - and let them pray with thee, Taking all precaution, and bearing arms: the Unbelievers wish, if ye were negligent of your arms and your baggage, to assault you in a single rush.(618) But there is no blame on you if ye put away your arms because of the inconvenience of rain or because ye are ill; but take (every) precaution for yourselves. For the Unbelievers Allah hath prepared a humiliating punishment.* | |||||
| 16 | An-Nisa Verse 113 (4:113:1) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But for the Grace of Allah to thee and his Mercy, a party of them would certainly have plotted to lead thee astray. But (in fact) they will only Lead their own souls astray, and to thee they can do no harm in the least. For Allah hath sent down to thee the Book and wisdom and taught thee what thou Knewest not (before): And great is the Grace of Allah unto thee. | |||||
| 17 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 63 (5:63:1) | لَوْلَا | لولا | levlâ | Why (do) not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Why do not the rabbis and the doctors of Law forbid them from their (habit of) uttering sinful words and eating things forbidden? Evil indeed are their works. | |||||
| 18 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 100 (5:100:6) | وَلَوْ | ولو | ve lev | even if | لَوْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Not equal are things that are bad and things that are good, even though the abundance of the bad may dazzle thee;(806) so fear Allah, O ye that understand; that (so) ye may prosper."* | |||||
| 19 | Al-An'am Verse 8 (6:8:2) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | Why has not been | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They say: "Why is not an angel sent down to him?" If we did send down an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no respite would be granted them.(841)* | |||||
| 20 | Al-An'am Verse 37 (6:37:2) | لَوْلَا | لولا | levlâ | Why (is) not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "(Allah) hath certainly power to send down a sign: but most of them understand not.(858)* | |||||
| 21 | Al-An'am Verse 43 (6:43:1) | فَلَوْلَٓا | فلولا | fe-levlâ | Then why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not learn humility?(861) On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.* | |||||
| 22 | Al-A'raf Verse 43 (7:43:20) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;-(1021) beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: "Praise be to Allah, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah. indeed it was the truth, that the messengers of our Lord brought unto us." And they shall hear the cry: "Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made(1022) its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)."* | |||||
| 23 | Al-A'raf Verse 203 (7:203:0) | لَوْلَا | لولا | levlâ | Why (have) not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If thou bring them not a revelation,(1174) they say: "Why hast thou not got it together?" Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord: this is (nothing but) lights from your Lord,(1175) and Guidance, and mercy, for any who have faith."* | |||||
| 24 | Al-Anfal Verse 68 (8:68:0) | لَوْلَا | لولا | levlâ | Had not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Had it not been for a previous ordainment(1235) from Allah, a severe penalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that ye took.* | |||||
| 25 | At-Tawbah Verse 122 (9:122:0) | فَلَوْلَا | فلولا | fe-levlâ | So if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Nor should the Believers all go forth together: if a contingent from every expedition remained behind, they could devote themselves to studies in religion, and admonish the people when they return to them,- that thus they (may learn)(1373) to guard themselves (against evil).* | |||||
| 26 | Yunus Verse 19 (10:19:0) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And had (it) not been | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Mankind was but one nation,(1406) but differed (later). Had it not been for a Word(1407) that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would have been settled between them.* | |||||
| 27 | Yunus Verse 20 (10:20:0) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | Why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "The Unseen is only for Allah (to know), then wait ye: I too will wait with you."(1408)* | |||||
| 28 | Yunus Verse 98 (10:98:0) | فَلَوْلَا | فلولا | fe-levlâ | So why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Why was there not a single township (among those We warned), which believed,- so its faith should have profited it,- except the People(1478) of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the penalty of ignominy in the life of the present, and permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.(1479)* | |||||
| 29 | Hud Verse 12 (11:12:12) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | Why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Perchance thou mayest (feel the inclination) to give up a part of what is revealed(1509) unto thee, and thy heart feeleth straitened lest they say, "Why is not a treasure sent down unto him, or why does not an angel come down with him?" But thou art there only to warn! It is Allah that arrangeth all affairs!* | |||||
| 30 | Hud Verse 91 (11:91:13) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "O Shu´aib! much of what thou sayest we do not understand!(1591) In fact among us we see that thou hast no strength! Were it not for thy family, we should certainly have stoned thee! for thou hast among us no great position!"(1592)* | |||||
| 31 | Hud Verse 110 (11:110:7) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We certainly gave the Book to Moses, but differences arose therein: had it not been that a word had gone forth before from thy Lord, the matter would have been decided(1613) between them, but they are in suspicious doubt concerning it.(1614)* | |||||
| 32 | Hud Verse 116 (11:116:1) | فَلَوْلَا | فلولا | fe-levlâ | So why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Why were there not, among the generations before you, persons possessed of balanced(1619) good sense, prohibiting (men) from mischief in the earth - except a few among them whom We saved (from harm)?(1620) But the wrong-doers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were given them, and persisted in sin.* | |||||
| 33 | Yusuf Verse 24 (12:24:6) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired her, but that he saw the evidence(1668) of his Lord: thus (did We order) that We(1669) might turn away from him (all) evil and shameful deeds: for he was one of Our servants, sincere and purified.* | |||||
| 34 | Yusuf Verse 94 (12:94:10) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When the caravan left (Egypt), their father said: "I do indeed scent the presence of Joseph:(1770) Nay, think me not a dotard."* | |||||
| 35 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 7 (13:7:4) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | Why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And the Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?"(1811) But thou art truly a warner, and to every people a guide.(1812)* | |||||
| 36 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 27 (13:27:4) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | Why has not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?"(1842) Say: "Truly Allah leaveth, to stray, whom He will; But He guideth to Himself those who turn to Him in penitence,-* | |||||
| 37 | Al-Isra Verse 74 (17:74:1) | وَلَوْلَٓا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And had We not given thee strength, thou wouldst nearly have inclined to them(2270) a little.* | |||||
| 38 | Al-Kahf Verse 15 (18:15:7) | لَوْلَا | لولا | levlâ | Why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "These our people have taken(2345) for worship gods other than Him: why do they not bring forward an authority clear (and convincing) for what they do? Who doth more wrong than such as invent a falsehood against Allah.* | |||||
| 39 | Al-Kahf Verse 39 (18:39:1) | وَلَوْلَٓا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And why (did you) not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Why didst thou not, as thou wentest into thy garden, say: ´(Allah)´s will (be done)! There is no power but with Allah.´ If thou(2380) dost see me less than thee in wealth and sons,* | |||||
| 40 | Ta-Ha Verse 129 (20:129:1) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord,(2653) (their punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a Term appointed (for respite).* | |||||
| 41 | Ta-Ha Verse 133 (20:133:2) | لَوْلَا | لولا | levlâ | Why not | لَوْلَا |
| 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?* | |||||
| 42 | Ta-Ha Verse 134 (20:134:9) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And if We had inflicted on them a penalty before this,(2659) they would have said: "Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent us a messenger, we should certainly have followed Thy Signs before we were humbled and put to shame."* | |||||
| 43 | Al-Hajj Verse 40 (22:40:12) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (They are) those who have been expelled from their homes in defiance of right,- (for no cause) except that they say, "our Lord is Allah.. Did not Allah check one set of people by means of another,(2817) there would surely have been pulled down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, in which the name of Allah is commemorated in abundant measure. Allah will certainly aid those who aid his (cause);- for verily Allah is full of Strength, Exalted in Might,(2818) (able to enforce His Will).* | |||||
| 44 | An-Nur Verse 10 (24:10:1) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If it were not for Allah.s grace and mercy on you, and that Allah is Oft- Returning, full of Wisdom,- (Ye would be ruined indeed).(2961)* | |||||
| 45 | An-Nur Verse 12 (24:12:1) | لَوْلَٓا | لولا | levlâ | Why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Why did not the believers - men and women(2965) - when ye heard of the affair,- put the best construction on it in their own minds and say, "This (charge) is an obvious lie" ?* | |||||
| 46 | An-Nur Verse 13 (24:13:1) | لَوْلَا | لولا | levlâ | Why (did) not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove it?(2966) When they have not brought the witnesses, such men, in the sight of Allah, (stand forth) themselves as liars!* | |||||
| 47 | An-Nur Verse 14 (24:14:1) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, in this world and the Hereafter, a grievous penalty would have seized you in that ye rushed glibly into this affair.(2967)* | |||||
| 48 | An-Nur Verse 16 (24:16:1) | وَلَوْلَٓا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And why not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? - "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to Allah. this is a most serious slander!"(2969)* | |||||
| 49 | An-Nur Verse 20 (24:20:1) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, and that Allah is full of kindness and mercy, (ye would be ruined indeed).(2971)* | |||||
| 50 | An-Nur Verse 21 (24:21:17) | وَلَوْلَا | ولولا | ve levlâ | And if not | لَوْلَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! follow not Satan´s footsteps: if any will follow the footsteps of Satan, he will (but) command what is shameful and wrong: and were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, not one of you would(2972) ever have been pure: but Allah doth purify whom He pleases:(2973) and Allah is One Who hears and knows (all things).* | |||||