| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 115 (2:115:5) | تُوَلُّوا | تولوا | tuvellû | you turn | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To Allah belong the east and the West: Whithersoever ye turn, there is Allah's countenance(118). For Allah is all-Embracing, all- Knowing.* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 275 (2:275:39) | عَادَ | عاد | ‘âde | repeated | ع و د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those who devour usury(324) will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil one by his touch Hath driven to madness(325). That is because they say: "Trade is like usury(326)," but Allah hath permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who after receiving direction from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past; their case is for Allah (to judge); but those who repeat (The offence) are companions of the Fire: They will abide therein (for ever).* | |||||
| 3 | Ali 'Imran Verse 82 (3:82:2) | تَوَلّٰى | تولى | tevellâ | turns away | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If any turn back after this, they are perverted transgressors. | |||||
| 4 | Ali 'Imran Verse 144 (3:144:18) | يَنْقَلِبْ | ينقلب | yenkalib | turns back | ق ل ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Muhammad is no more(460) than a messenger: many Were the messenger that passed away before him. If he died or were slain, will ye then Turn back on your heels? If any did turn back on his heels, not the least harm will he do to Allah. but Allah (on the other hand) will swiftly reward those who (serve Him) with gratitude.* | |||||
| 5 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 54 (5:54:6) | يَرْتَدَّ | يرتد | yertedde | turns back | ر د د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! if any from among you turn back from his Faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault.(767) That is the grace of Allah, which He will bestow on whom He pleaseth. And Allah encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things.* | |||||
| 6 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 92 (5:92:7) | تَوَلَّيْتُمْ | توليتم | tevelleytum | you turn away | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger,(796) and beware (of evil): if ye do turn back, know ye that it is Our Messenger.s duty to proclaim (the message)(797) in the clearest manner.* | |||||
| 7 | Al-A'raf Verse 89 (7:89:7) | عُدْنَا | عدنا | ‘udnâ | we returned | ع و د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "We should indeed invent(1059) a lie against Allah, if we returned to your ways after Allah hath rescued us therefrom; nor could we by any manner of means return thereto unless it be as in the will and plan of Allah,(1060) Our Lord. Our Lord can reach out to the utmost recesses of things by His knowledge. In the Allah is our trust. our Lord! Decide thou(1061) between us and our people in truth, for Thou art the best to decide."* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Anfal Verse 19 (8:19:0) | تَعُودُوا | تعودوا | te’ûdû | you return | ع و د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (O Unbelievers!) if ye prayed for victory and judgment,(1193) now hath the judgment come to you: if ye desist (from wrong), it will be best for you: if ye return (to the attack), so shall We. Not the least good will your forces be to you even if they were multiplied: for verily Allah is with those who believe!* | |||||
| 9 | At-Tawbah Verse 3 (9:3:0) | تَوَلَّيْتُمْ | توليتم | tevelleytum | you turn away | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger, to the people (assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,-(1248) that Allah and His Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans. If then, ye repent, it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot frustrate Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith.* | |||||
| 10 | Al-Isra Verse 8 (17:8:6) | عُدْتُمْ | عدتم | ‘udtum | you return | ع و د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It may be that your Lord may (yet) show Mercy(2181) unto you; but if ye revert (to your sins), We shall revert (to Our punishments): And we have made Hell a prison for those who reject Faith.(2182)* | |||||
| 11 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 107 (23:107:5) | عُدْنَا | عدنا | ‘udnâ | we return | ع و د |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Our Lord! bring us out of this: if ever we return (to Evil), then shall we be wrong-doers indeed!" | |||||
| 12 | An-Nur Verse 54 (24:54:7) | تَوَلَّوْا | تولوا | tevellev | you turn away | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger. but if ye turn away, he is only responsible for the duty placed on him and ye for that placed on you. If ye obey him, ye shall be on right guidance. The Messenger.s duty is only to preach the clear (Message).(3030)* | |||||
| 13 | Al-Fath Verse 16 (48:16:21) | تَتَوَلَّوْا | تتولوا | tetevellev | you turn away | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say to the desert Arabs(4887) who lagged behind: "Ye shall be summoned (to fight) against a people given to(4888) vehement war: then shall ye fight, or they shall submit.(4889) Then if ye show obedience, Allah will grant you a goodly reward, but if ye turn back as ye did before, He will punish you with a grievous Penalty."* | |||||
| 14 | Al-Hujurat Verse 9 (49:9:22) | فَٓاءَتْ | فاءت | fâet | it returns | ف ي أ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If two parties among(4927) the Believers fall into a quarrel, make ye peace between them: but if one of them transgresses beyond bounds against the other then fight ye (all) against the one that transgresses until it complies with the command of Allah; but if it complies then make peace between them with justice and be fair: for Allah loves those who are fair (and just).* | |||||
| 15 | Al-Munafiqun Verse 8 (63:8:3) | رَجَعْنَٓا | رجعنا | raca’nâ | we return | ر ج ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They say, "If we(5475) return to Medina, surely the more honourable (element) will expel therefrom the meaner." But honour belongs to Allah and His Messenger, and to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.* | |||||
| 16 | At-Taghabun Verse 12 (64:12:6) | تَوَلَّيْتُمْ | توليتم | tevelleytum | you turn away | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So obey Allah, and obey His Messenger. but if ye turn back, the duty of Our Messenger is but to proclaim (the Message)(5493) clearly and openly.* | |||||