# Ta-Vav-Lam — طول (Twl)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be long, continue for a long time, be lasting, be protracted. taulu - plenty of wealth, sufficiency of personal social and material means, power. tuulun - height. tawiilun - long. tatawala - to spread, be lengthened/prolonged.
- **Derived forms:** تَطَاوَلَ (1) · طَالَ (3) · طَوْل (3) · طُول (1) · طَوِيل (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** طَوْلًا — ṭawlan · "afford"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِـعْ مِنْكُمْ طَوْلاً اَنْ يَنْكِـحَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فَمِنْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْ مِنْ فَتَيَاتِكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِا۪يمَانِكُمْۜ بَعْضُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍۚ فَانْكِحُوهُنَّ بِاِذْنِ اَهْلِهِنَّ وَاٰتُوهُنَّ اُجُورَهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ مُحْصَنَاتٍ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحَاتٍ وَلَا مُتَّخِذَاتِ اَخْدَانٍۚ فَاِذَٓا اُحْصِنَّ فَاِنْ اَتَيْنَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ فَعَلَيْهِنَّ نِصْفُ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْصَنَاتِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِۜ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ الْعَنَتَ مِنْكُمْۜ وَاَنْ تَصْبِرُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۜ  وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ۟

Waman lam yastatiAA minkum tawlanan yankiha almuhsanati almu/minatifamin ma malakat aymanukum min fatayatikumualmu/minati wallahu aAAlamu bi-eemanikumbaAAdukum min baAAdin fankihoohunnabi-ithni ahlihinna waatoohunna ojoorahunna bilmaAAroofimuhsanatin ghayra masafihatin walamuttakhithati akhdanin fa-itha ohsinnafa-in atayna bifahishatin faAAalayhinna nisfu maAAala almuhsanati mina alAAathabi thalikaliman khashiya alAAanata minkum waan tasbiroo khayrunlakum wallahu ghafoorun raheem

And whoso among you has not the means to marry free believing women, then from what your right hands possess of believing maids; and God best knows your faith. You are of one another, so marry them with the leave of their people; and give them their rewards according to what is fitting, they being chaste and not fornicators, nor taking secret friends. But when they are in wedlock, then if they commit sexual immorality: upon them is half what is due the free women of punishment; that is for him who fears hardship among you. And that you be patient is best for you; and God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-25.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 86

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطَّوْلِ — l-ṭawli · "(of) wealth"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاِذَٓا اُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ اَنْ اٰمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَجَاهِدُوا مَعَ رَسُولِهِ اسْتَأْذَنَكَ اُو۬لُوا الطَّوْلِ مِنْهُمْ وَقَالُوا ذَرْنَا نَكُنْ مَعَ الْقَاعِد۪ينَ

Wa-itha onzilat sooratun an aminoobillahi wajahidoo maAAa rasoolihi ista/thanakaoloo attawli minhum waqaloo tharnanakun maAAa alqaAAideen

And when a sūrah is sent down ­to believe in God and strive alongside His messenger, the affluent among them ask leave of thee, saying: “Leave thou us to be with those who sit.”

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-86.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** طُولًۭا — ṭūlan · "(in) height"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَرَحاًۚ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَخْرِقَ الْاَرْضَ وَلَنْ تَبْلُغَ الْجِبَالَ طُولاً

Wala tamshi fee al-ardi marahaninnaka lan takhriqa al-arda walan tablugha aljibalatoola

And walk thou not in the earth exultantly; thou wilt not cleave open the earth, nor wilt thou reach the mountains in height.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-37.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 86

- **Form in this verse:** أَفَطَالَ — afaṭāla · "Then, did seem long"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَرَجَعَ مُوسٰٓى اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفاًۚ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْداً حَسَناًۜ اَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَهْدُ اَمْ اَرَدْتُمْ اَنْ يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَاَخْلَفْتُمْ مَوْعِد۪ي

FarajaAAa moosa ila qawmihighadbana asifan qala ya qawmi alamyaAAidkum rabbukum waAAdan hasanan afatalaAAalaykumu alAAahdu am aradtum an yahilla AAalaykum ghadabunmin rabbikum faakhlaftum mawAAidee

So Moses returned to his people, wrathful and grieved. He said: “O my people: did not your Lord promise you a fair promise? Was the covenant long in coming for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord should descend upon you, so failed in your promise to me?”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-86.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** طَالَ — ṭāla · "grew long"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ وَاٰبَٓاءَهُمْ حَتّٰى طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُۜ اَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ اَنَّا نَأْتِي الْاَرْضَ نَنْقُصُهَا مِنْ اَطْرَافِهَاۜ اَفَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ

Bal mattaAAna haola-iwaabaahum hatta talaAAalayhimu alAAumuru afala yarawna anna na/teeal-arda nanqusuha min atrafihaafahumu alghaliboon

But We gave these and their fathers enjoyment until life became long for them. Have they then not considered that We come to the earth, diminishing it from its extremities? Is it then they who will be the victors?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-44.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** فَتَطَاوَلَ — fataṭāwala · "and prolonged"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلٰكِنَّٓا اَنْشَأْنَا قُرُوناً فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُۚ وَمَا كُنْتَ ثَاوِياً ف۪ٓي اَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتِنَاۙ وَلٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِل۪ينَ

Walakinna ansha-naquroonan fatatawala AAalayhimu alAAumuru wama kuntathawiyan fee ahli madyana tatloo AAalayhim ayatinawalakinna kunna mursileen

But We produced generations; and life was lengthened for them. And thou wast not a dweller among the house of Madyan, reciting to them Our proofs, but We were ever sending.

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

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطَّوْلِ ۖ — l-ṭawli · "Owner (of) the abundance"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

غَافِرِ الذَّنْبِ وَقَابِلِ التَّوْبِ شَد۪يدِ الْعِقَابِ ذِي الطَّوْلِۜ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۜ اِلَيْهِ الْمَص۪يرُ

Ghafiri aththanbi waqabiliattawbi shadeedi alAAiqabi thee attawlila ilaha illa huwa ilayhi almaseer

The Forgiver of Transgression, and the Accepter of Repentance, the Severe in Retribution, the Owner of Abundance. There is no god save He; unto Him is the journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-3.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** فَطَالَ — faṭāla · "(and) was prolonged"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّۙ وَلَا يَكُونُوا كَالَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْاَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْۜ وَكَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

Alam ya/ni lillatheena amanooan takhshaAAa quloobuhum lithikri Allahi wamanazala mina alhaqqi wala yakoonoo kallatheenaootoo alkitaba min qablu fatala AAalayhimu al-amadufaqasat quloobuhum wakatheerun minhum fasiqoon

Has not the time come for those who heed warning that their hearts should be humbled to the remembrance of God, and what has come down of the truth, and that they be not as those given the Writ before? And the span seemed long to them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-16.md_

### 73. Surah Al-Muzzammil, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** طَوِيلًۭا — ṭawīlan · "prolonged"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهَارِ سَبْحاً طَو۪يلاًۜ

Inna laka fee annahari sabhantaweela

Thou hast by day much movement,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-7.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** طَوِيلًا — ṭawīlan · "long"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَمِنَ الَّيْلِ فَاسْجُدْ لَهُ وَسَبِّحْهُ لَيْلاً طَو۪يلاً

Wamina allayli fasjud lahu wasabbihhulaylan taweela

And part of the night, submit thou to Him — and glorify thou Him the long night.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-26.md_

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