| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali 'Imran Verse 111 (3:111:7) | يُوَلُّوكُمُ | يولوكم | yuvellûkumu | they will turn (towards) you | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They will do you no harm, barring a trifling annoyance; if they come out to fight you, they will show you their backs, and no help shall they get. | |||||
| 2 | Al-Anfal Verse 16 (8:16:0) | يُوَلِّهِمْ | يولهم | yuvellihim | turns to them | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If any do turn his back to them on such a day - unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own)- he draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is Hell,- an evil refuge (indeed)! | |||||
| 3 | Al-Isra Verse 46 (17:46:19) | نُفُورًا | نفورا | nufûrâ(n) | (in) aversion | ن ف ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We put coverings over their hearts (and minds) lest they should understand the Qur´an, and deafness(2231) into their ears: when thou dost commemorate thy Lord and Him alone in the Qur´an, they turn on their backs, fleeing (from the Truth).* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Kahf Verse 18 (18:18:19) | فِرَارًا | فرارا | firâran | (in) flight | ف ر ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Thou wouldst have deemed them(2349) awake, whilst they were asleep, and We turned them on their right and on their left sides: their dog(2350) stretching forth his two fore-legs on the threshold: if thou hadst come up on to them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back from them in flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them.(2351)* | |||||
| 5 | Ghafir Verse 33 (40:33:3) | مُدْبِر۪ينَۚ | مدبرين | mudbirîne | fleeing | د ب ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "A Day when ye shall turn your backs and flee: No defender shall ye have from Allah. Any whom Allah leaves to stray, there is none to guide... | |||||
| 6 | Al-Hashr Verse 12 (59:12:12) | لَيُوَلُّنَّ | ليولن | le-yuvellunne | certainly they will turn | و ل ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If they are expelled, never will they go out with them; and if they are attacked (in fight), they will never help them; and if they do help them, they will turn their backs; so they will receive no help.(5388)* | |||||
| 7 | 'Abasa Verse 34 (80:34:2) | يَفِرُّ | يفر | yefirru | will flee | ف ر ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | That Day shall a man flee from his own brother, | |||||