# Be-he-Lam — بهل (bhl)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** left to his own will/wish/opinion/judgment, humbled/abased himself, addressed himself with earnest/energetic supplication, strive, sincere without hypocrisy, act of cursing.
- **Derived forms:** نَبْتَهِلْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** نَبْتَهِلْ — nabtahil · "let us pray humbly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, plural · present tense

فَمَنْ حَٓاجَّكَ ف۪يهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا نَدْعُ اَبْنَٓاءَنَا وَاَبْنَٓاءَكُمْ وَنِسَٓاءَنَا وَنِسَٓاءَكُمْ وَاَنْفُسَنَا وَاَنْفُسَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَبْتَهِلْ فَنَجْعَلْ لَعْنَتَ اللّٰهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

Faman hajjaka feehi min baAAdi majaaka mina alAAilmi faqul taAAalaw nadAAu abnaanawaabnaakum wanisaana wanisaakumwaanfusana waanfusakum thumma nabtahil fanajAAal laAAnataAllahi AAala alkathibeen

And whoso disputes with thee concerning him after the knowledge which has come to thee, say thou: “Come, let us call our sons and your sons, and our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves; then let us pray in earnest and invoke the curse of God upon the liars:

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-61.md_

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