# Ayn-Te-Lam — عتل (Etl)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** drew him along or dragged him roughly or violently, carried off/away, push/thrust, a man who hastens to do evil/mischief, a great eater who denies or refuses to give, a person who recoils from admonition or vehement in altercation, gross/coarse/low/ignoble/mean/rude in disposition.
- **Derived forms:** عُتُلّ (1) · ٱعْتِلُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱعْتِلُوهُ — fa-iʿ'tilūhu · "and drag him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ اِلٰى سَوَٓاءِ الْجَح۪يمِۚ

Khuthoohu faAAtiloohu ilasawa-i aljaheem

“Take him, and drag him into the midst of Hell,

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-47.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** عُتُلٍّۭ — ʿutullin · "Cruel"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ زَن۪يمٍۙ

AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneem

Relentless and useless,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-13.md_

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