# Ayn-Vav-Lam — عول (Ewl)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To swerve, turn aside, neglect other side, do injustice/wrong, impose hardship, commit oppression or dishonesty, have a large family, provide for one's family, feed poor persons, to feed/nourish/sustain a family/household. A'ilan - having a large family. A'ilatun/a'ilatan - family, poverty, want.
- **Derived forms:** تَعُولُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** تَعُولُوا۟ — taʿūlū · "you oppress"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ اَلَّا تُـقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامٰى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ مَثْنٰى وَثُلٰثَ وَرُبَاعَۚ فَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ اَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا فَوَاحِدَةً اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْۜ ذٰلِكَ اَدْنٰٓى اَلَّا تَعُولُواۜ

Wa-in khiftum alla tuqsitoo feealyatama fankihoo ma tabalakum mina annisa-i mathna wathulathawarubaAAa fa-in khiftum alla taAAdiloo fawahidatanaw ma malakat aymanukum thalika adnaalla taAAooloo

And if you fear that you will not do justice by the fatherless, then marry what pleases you of women: two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not do justice, then one — or what your right hands possess; that is more likely that you will not deviate.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-3.md_

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