# Ayn-Ta-Lam — عطل (ETl)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be without care, be abandoned and not be used. Mu'attalaltin - abandoned without care.
- **Derived forms:** عُطِّلَتْ (1) · مُّعَطَّلَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** مُّعَطَّلَةٍۢ — muʿaṭṭalatin · "abandoned"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · passive · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

فَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنَاهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُعَطَّـلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَش۪يدٍ

Fakaayyin min qaryatin ahlaknahawahiya thalimatun fahiya khawiyatunAAala AAurooshiha wabi/rin muAAattalatinwaqasrin masheed

And how many a city did We destroy when it was doing wrong and is desolate! — and a deserted well[...]! and a lofty castle[...]!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-45.md_

### 81. Surah At-Takwir, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** عُطِّلَتْ — ʿuṭṭilat · "(are) left untended"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَاِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْۙۖ

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

And when the full-term she-camels are neglected,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-takwir/verse-4.md_

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