| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 179 (2:179:6) | اُو۬لِي | اولي | uli | O men | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | In the Law of Equality there is (saving of) Life to you, o ye men of understanding; that ye may restrain yourselves. | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 197 (2:197:29) | اُو۬لِي | اولي | uli | O men | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | For Hajj are the months well-known(217). If any one undertakes that duty therein, Let there be no obscenity, nor wickedness, nor wrangling in the Hajj. And whatever good ye do, (be sure) Allah knoweth it. And take a provision(218) (With you) for the journey, but the best of provisions is right conduct. So fear Me, o ye that are wise.* | |||||
| 3 | An-Nisa Verse 95 (4:95:7) | اُو۬لِي | اولي | ulî | the ones (who are) | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). Unto all (in Faith)(614) Hath Allah promised good: But those who strive and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward,-* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 47 (5:47:2) | اَهْلُ | اهل | ehlu | (the) People | أ ه ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah hath revealed therein. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) those who rebel.(758)* | |||||
| 5 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 100 (5:100:13) | اُو۬لِي | اولي | ulî | O men | أ و ل |
| 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."* | |||||
| 6 | Hud Verse 116 (11:116:7) | اُو۬لُوا | اولوا | ulû | those possessing a remnant | أ و ل |
| 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.* | |||||
| 7 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 19 (13:19:14) | اُو۬لُوا | اولوا | ulû | men | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Is then one who doth know that that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth, like one who is blind?(1834) It is those who are endued with understanding that receive admonition;-* | |||||
| 8 | Ibrahim Verse 52 (14:52:12) | اُو۬لُوا | اولوا | ulû | men | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Here is a Message for mankind: Let them take warning therefrom, and let them know that He is (no other than) One God:(1931) Let men of understanding take heed.* | |||||
| 9 | Ta-Ha Verse 135 (20:135:7) | اَصْحَابُ | اصحاب | ashâbu | (are the) companions | ص ح ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Each one (of us) is waiting: wait ye, therefore,(2660) and soon shall ye know who it is that is on the straight and even(2661) way, and who it is that has received Guidance."* | |||||
| 10 | An-Nur Verse 22 (24:22:3) | اُو۬لُوا | اولوا | ulû | those of virtue | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Let not those among you who are endued with grace and amplitude of means(2974) resolve by oath against helping their kinsmen, those in want, and those who have left their homes in Allah's cause: let them forgive and overlook, do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.* | |||||
| 11 | An-Naml Verse 62 (27:62:9) | خُلَفَٓاءَ | خلفاء | ḣulefâe | inheritors | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or, Who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, and Who relieves(3297) its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the earth?(3298) (Can there be another) god besides Allah. Little it is that ye heed!* | |||||
| 12 | Sad Verse 29 (38:29:8) | اُو۬لُوا | اولوا | ulû | those of understanding | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Here is) a Book which We have sent down unto thee, full of blessings,(4181) that they may mediate on its Signs, and that men of understanding may receive admonition.* | |||||
| 13 | Az-Zumar Verse 9 (39:9:23) | اُو۬لُوا | اولوا | ulû | those of understanding | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Is one who worships devoutly during the hour of the night(4258) prostrating himself or standing (in adoration), who takes heed of the Hereafter, and who places his hope in the Mercy of his Lord - (like one who does not)? Say: "Are those equal, those who know and those who do not know? It is those who are endued with understanding that receive admonition.(4259)* | |||||
| 14 | Al-Hashr Verse 2 (59:2:40) | اُو۬لِي | اولي | ulî | O those endowed | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is He Who got out the Unbelievers among the People of the Book(5369) from their homes at the first gathering (of the forces). Little did ye think that they would get out:(5370) And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah. But the (Wrath of) Allah Came to them from quarters(5371) from which they little expected (it), and cast terror into their hearts, so that they destroyed their dwellings by their own(5372) hands and the hands of the Believers, take warning, then, O ye with eyes (to see)!* | |||||
| 15 | At-Talaq Verse 10 (65:10:9) | اُو۬لِي | اولي | ulî | O men | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah has prepared for them a severe Punishment(5523) (in the Hereafter). Therefore fear Allah, O ye men of understanding - who have believed!- for Allah hath indeed sent down to you a Message,-(5524)* | |||||
| 16 | An-Nur Verse 22 (24:22:9) | اُو۬لِي | اولي | ulî | (to) the near of kin | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Let not those among you who are endued with grace and amplitude of means(2974) resolve by oath against helping their kinsmen, those in want, and those who have left their homes in Allah's cause: let them forgive and overlook, do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.* | |||||
| 17 | Ali 'Imran Verse 190 (3:190:10) | لِاُو۬لِي | لاولي | li-ulî | for men | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day,-(497) there are indeed Signs for men of understanding,-* | |||||
| 18 | Yusuf Verse 111 (12:111:6) | لِاُو۬لِي | لاولي | li-ulî | for men | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | There is, in their stories,(1796) instruction for men endued with understanding. It is not a tale invented, but a confirmation of what went before it,-(1797) a detailed exposition of all things, and a guide and a mercy to any such as believe.* | |||||
| 19 | Ta-Ha Verse 54 (20:54:8) | لِاُو۬لِي | لاولي | li-ulî | for possessors | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding. | |||||
| 20 | Ta-Ha Verse 128 (20:128:16) | لِاُو۬لِي | لاولي | li-ulî | for possessors | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.(2652)* | |||||
| 21 | Az-Zumar Verse 21 (39:21:30) | لِاُو۬لِي | لاولي | li-ulî | for those of understanding | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and leads it through springs in the earth?(4273) Then He causes to grow, therewith, produce of various colours: then it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then He makes it dry up and crumble away. Truly, in this, is a Message of remembrance to men of understanding.* | |||||
| 22 | Al-Hashr Verse 2 (59:2:7) | اَهْلِ | اهل | ehli | (the) People | أ ه ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is He Who got out the Unbelievers among the People of the Book(5369) from their homes at the first gathering (of the forces). Little did ye think that they would get out:(5370) And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah. But the (Wrath of) Allah Came to them from quarters(5371) from which they little expected (it), and cast terror into their hearts, so that they destroyed their dwellings by their own(5372) hands and the hands of the Believers, take warning, then, O ye with eyes (to see)!* | |||||
| 23 | Az-Zumar Verse 18 (39:18:12) | اُو۬لُوا | اولوا | ulû | the men of understanding | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those who listen to the Word, and follow the best (meaning) in it:(4269) those are the ones whom Allah has guided, and those are the ones endued with understanding.* | |||||
| 24 | Al-Baqarah Verse 269 (2:269:15) | اُو۬لُوا | اولوا | ulû | those | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He granteth wisdom to whom He pleaseth; and he to whom wisdom is granted receiveth indeed a benefit overflowing; but none will grasp the Message but men of understanding. | |||||
| 25 | Ali 'Imran Verse 7 (3:7:45) | اُو۬لُوا | اولوا | ulû | men | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation(347) of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah. And those who are firmly grounded(348) in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding.* | |||||
| 26 | Al-A'raf Verse 100 (7:100:8) | اَهْلِهَٓا | اهلها | ehlihâ | its people | أ ه ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To those who inherit the earth in succession to its (previous) possessors, is it not a guiding, (lesson) that, if We so willed, We could punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so that they could not hear?(1069)* | |||||
| 27 | Sad Verse 43 (38:43:9) | لِاُو۬لِي | لاولي | li-ulî | for those of understanding | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We gave him (back) his people, and doubled their number,- as a Grace(4201) from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who have Understanding.* | |||||
| 28 | Ghafir Verse 54 (40:54:3) | لِاُو۬لِي | لاولي | li-ulî | for those | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | A Guide and a Message to men of Understanding. | |||||
| 29 | Al-Qalam Verse 17 (68:17:5) | اَصْحَابَ | اصحاب | ashâbe | (the) companions | ص ح ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden,(5606) when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.* | |||||
| 30 | Al-Fil Verse 1 (105:1:6) | بِاَصْحَابِ | باصحاب | bi-ashâbi | with (the) Companions | ص ح ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Seest(6270) thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?(6271)* | |||||
| 31 | Yunus Verse 24 (10:24:0) | اَهْلُهَٓا | اهلها | ehluhâ | its people | أ ه ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down from the skies:(1412) by its mingling arises the produce of the earth- which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.* | |||||
| 32 | Al-Kahf Verse 9 (18:9:4) | اَصْحَابَ | اصحاب | ashâbe | (the) companions | ص ح ب |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or dost thou reflect(2334) that the Companions of the Cave(2335) and of the Inscription(2336) were wonders among Our Sign?* | |||||
| 33 | Al-Baqarah Verse 212 (2:212:11) | اتَّقَوْا | اتقوا | ttekav | fear (Allah) | و ق ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The life of this world is alluring to those who reject faith, and they scoff at those who believe. But the righteous will be above them on the Day of Resurrection; for Allah bestows His abundance without measure on whom He will(234).* | |||||
| 34 | Hud Verse 49 (11:49:19) | لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ۟ | للمتقين | lil-muttekîn(e) | (is) for the God fearing | و ق ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Such are some of the stories of the unseen, which We have revealed unto thee: before this, neither thou nor thy people knew them. So persevere patiently: for the End is for those who are righteous.(1544)* | |||||
| 35 | Ta-Ha Verse 132 (20:132:12) | لِلتَّقْوٰى | للتقوى | li-ttakvâ | (is) for the righteous[ness] | و ق ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Enjoin prayer on thy people, and be constant therein. We ask thee not to provide(2657) sustenance: We provide it for thee. But the (fruit of) the Hereafter is for righteousness.* | |||||
| 36 | Ali 'Imran Verse 18 (3:18:9) | وَاُو۬لُوا | واولوا | ve ulû | and owners | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | There is no god but He: That is the witness of Allah, His angels, and those endued with knowledge, standing firm(358)on justice. There is no god but He, the Exalted in Power, the Wise.* | |||||
| 37 | Al-Anfal Verse 75 (8:75:0) | وَاُو۬لُوا | واولوا | ve ulû | But those | أ و ل |
| 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.* | |||||
| 38 | An-Nisa Verse 83 (4:83:15) | اُو۬لِي | اولي | ulî | those | أ و ل |
| 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)* | |||||