# Elif-Lam-Te — الت (Alt)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Alt

- **Meaning:** Decrease, diminish, lessen
- **Derived forms:** أَلَتْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** أَلَتْنَـٰهُم — alatnāhum · "We will deprive them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ بِا۪يمَانٍ اَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَٓا اَلَتْنَاهُمْ مِنْ عَمَلِهِمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ  كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَه۪ينٌ

Wallatheena amanoo wattabaAAat-humthurriyyatuhum bi-eemanin alhaqnabihim thurriyyatahum wama alatnahum minAAamalihim min shay-in kullu imri-in bima kasaba raheen

(And those who heed warning and whose progeny follow them in faith: We will join them with their progeny; and We will not defraud them anything of their deeds; every man is responsible for what he earned.)

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-21.md_

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