# Be-Lam-Vav — بلو (blw)

> Occurs in 38 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To test, to examine, to try, to put to trial
- **Derived forms:** بَلَاء (6) · بَلَوْ (20) · مُبْتَلِي (2) · يُبْلِىَ (2) · ٱبْتَلَىٰ (8)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** بَلَآءٌۭ — balāon · "(was) a trial"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِذْ نَجَّيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَٓاءَكُمْۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ بَلَٓاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظ۪يمٌ

Wa-ith najjaynakum min alifirAAawna yasoomoonakum soo-a alAAathabi yuthabbihoonaabnaakum wayastahyoona nisaakum wafee thalikumbalaon min rabbikum AAatheem

And when We delivered you from the house of Pharaoh: they were afflicting you with an evil punishment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women; and in that was a great trial from your Lord.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-49.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 124

- **Form in this verse:** ٱبْتَلَىٰٓ — ib'talā · "tried"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاِذِ ابْتَلٰٓى اِبْرٰه۪يمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلِمَاتٍ فَاَتَمَّهُنَّۜ قَالَ اِنّ۪ي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ اِمَاماًۜ قَالَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّت۪يۜ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Wa-ithi ibtala ibraheemarabbuhu bikalimatin faatammahunna qala innee jaAAilukalinnasi imaman qala wamin thurriyyateeqala la yanalu AAahdee aththalimeen

And when his Lord tried Abraham with words and he fulfilled them, He said: “I will make thee a leader for mankind.” Said he: “And of my progeny?” He said: “My covenant does not reach the wrongdoers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-124.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 155

- **Form in this verse:** وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم — walanabluwannakum · "And surely We will test you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَنْفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِۜ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِر۪ينَۙ

Walanabluwannakum bishay-in mina alkhawfiwaljooAAi wanaqsin mina al-amwali wal-anfusiwaththamarati wabashshiri assabireen

And We will try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives and fruits; but bear thou glad tidings to the patient:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-155.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 249

- **Form in this verse:** مُبْتَلِيكُم — mub'talīkum · "will test you"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, singular · nominative case

فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِالْجُنُودِۙ قَالَ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ مُبْتَل۪يكُمْ بِنَهَرٍۚ فَمَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنّ۪يۚ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَاِنَّهُ مِنّ۪ٓي اِلَّا مَنِ اغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةً بِيَدِه۪ۚ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهُ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِنْهُمْۜ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ هُوَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُۙ قَالُوا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا الْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِه۪ۜ قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَظُنُّونَ اَنَّهُمْ مُلَاقُوا اللّٰهِۙ  كَمْ مِنْ فِئَةٍ قَل۪يلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَث۪يرَةً بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ مَعَ الصَّابِر۪ينَ

Falamma fasala talootubiljunoodi qala inna Allaha mubtaleekumbinaharin faman shariba minhu falaysa minnee waman lam yatAAamhufa-innahu minnee illa mani ightarafa ghurfatan biyadihifashariboo minhu illa qaleelan minhum falamma jawazahuhuwa wallatheena amanoo maAAahu qaloola taqata lana alyawma bijalootawajunoodihi qala allatheena yathunnoonaannahum mulaqoo Allahi kam min fi-atin qaleelatinghalabat fi-atan katheeratan bi-ithni Allahi wallahumaAAa assabireen

Then when Saul set out with the forces, he said: “God will try you with a river, so whoso drinks thereof is not of me; and whoso tastes it not is of me save he who scoops up a handful with his hand.” But they drank thereof save a few of them. Then when he had crossed it, he and those who heeded warning with him, they said: “We have not power this day against Goliath and his forces.” Said those who knew that they should meet God: “How many a small host has overcome a mighty host by the leave of God! And God is with the patient.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-249.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 152

- **Form in this verse:** لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖ — liyabtaliyakum · "so that He may test you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ اللّٰهُ وَعْدَهُٓ اِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُمْ بِاِذْنِه۪ۚ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْاَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَٓا اَرٰيكُمْ مَا تُحِبُّونَۜ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُر۪يدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُر۪يدُ الْاٰخِرَةَۚ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْۚ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنْكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ ذُوفَضْلٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Walaqad sadaqakumu AllahuwaAAdahu ith tahussoonahum bi-ithnihi hattaitha fashiltum watanazaAAtum fee al-amri waAAasaytummin baAAdi ma arakum ma tuhibboonaminkum man yureedu addunya waminkum man yureedual-akhirata thumma sarafakum AAanhum liyabtaliyakumwalaqad AAafa AAankum wallahu thoofadlin AAala almu/mineen

And God was indeed true in His promise to you. When you were aware of them by His leave, when you had lost heart and disputed concerning the affair, and rebelled after He had shown you what you love[...]. Among you is he who desires the World; and among you is he who desires the Hereafter. Then He turned you away from them that He might try you; and He has pardoned you; and God is bountiful to the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-152.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 154

- **Form in this verse:** وَلِيَبْتَلِىَ — waliyabtaliya · "And that might test"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

ثُمَّ اَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْغَمِّ اَمَنَةً نُعَاساً يَغْشٰى طَٓائِفَةً مِنْكُمْۙ وَطَٓائِفَةٌ قَدْ اَهَمَّتْهُمْ اَنْفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ ظَنَّ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِۜ يَقُولُونَ هَلْ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَمْرَ كُلَّهُ لِلّٰهِۜ يُخْفُونَ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ مَا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَۜ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ شَيْءٌ مَا قُتِلْنَا هٰهُنَاۜ قُلْ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ الَّذ۪ينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَتْلُ اِلٰى مَضَاجِعِهِمْۚ وَلِيَبْتَلِيَ اللّٰهُ مَا ف۪ي صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Thumma anzala AAalaykum min baAAdi alghammiamanatan nuAAasan yaghsha ta-ifatan minkumwata-ifatun qad ahammat-hum anfusuhum yathunnoonabillahi ghayra alhaqqi thannaaljahiliyyati yaqooloona hal lana mina al-amri minshay-in qul inna al-amra kullahu lillahi yukhfoona feeanfusihim ma la yubdoona laka yaqooloona law kanalana mina al-amri shay-on ma qutilna hahunaqul law kuntum fee buyootikum labaraza allatheena kutibaAAalayhimu alqatlu ila madajiAAihim waliyabtaliyaAllahu ma fee sudoorikum waliyumahhisama fee quloobikum wallahu AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

Then He sent down upon you, after distress, security, slumber overcoming a number of you; and a number had grieved themselves thinking about God other than the truth — the thought of ignorance — saying: “Have we any part in the affair?” Say thou: “The affair belongs entirely to God.” They hide within themselves what they reveal not to thee, saying: “Had we any part in the affair, we would not have been slain here.” Say thou: “Had you been in your houses, those for whom killing was decreed would have gone forth to their resting places”; and: “That God might try what is in your breasts”; and: “That He might refine what is in your hearts.” And God knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-154.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 186

- **Form in this verse:** لَتُبْلَوُنَّ — latub'lawunna · "You will certainly be tested"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · passive · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَتُبْلَوُنَّ ف۪ٓي اَمْوَالِكُمْ وَاَنْفُسِكُمْ وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ وَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُٓوا اَذًى كَث۪يراًۜ وَاِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَاِنَّ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْاُمُورِ

Latublawunna fee amwalikumwaanfusikum walatasmaAAunna mina allatheena ootoo alkitabamin qablikum wamina allatheena ashrakoo athankatheeran wa-in tasbiroo watattaqoo fa-inna thalikamin AAazmi al-omoor

You will be tried in your wealth and in yourselves. And you will hear from those given the Writ before you, and from the idolaters, much hindrance. But if you are patient and in prudent fear: that is among the resolution of affairs.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-186.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱبْتَلُوا۟ — wa-ib'talū · "And test"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَابْتَلُوا الْيَتَامٰى حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغُوا النِّكَاحَۚ فَاِنْ اٰنَسْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ رُشْداً فَادْفَعُٓوا اِلَيْهِمْ اَمْوَالَهُمْۚ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوهَٓا اِسْرَافاً وَبِدَاراً اَنْ يَكْـبَرُواۜ وَمَنْ كَانَ غَنِياًّ فَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْۚ وَمَنْ كَانَ فَق۪يراً فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۜ فَاِذَا دَفَعْتُمْ اِلَيْهِمْ اَمْوَالَهُمْ فَاَشْهِدُوا عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَكَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ حَس۪يباً

Wabtaloo alyatama hattaitha balaghoo annikaha fa-in anastumminhum rushdan fadfaAAoo ilayhim amwalahum walata/kulooha israfan wabidaran an yakbaroowaman kana ghaniyyan falyastaAAfif waman kanafaqeeran falya/kul bilmaAAroofi fa-itha dafaAAtumilayhim amwalahum faashhidoo AAalayhim wakafa billahihaseeba

And test the fatherless when they have reached marriage: if you find them to be of sound judgment, deliver to them their property; and consume it not wastefully and hastily before they be grown. And he that is free from need, let him abstain; and he that is poor, let him take according to what is fitting. And when you deliver to them their property, take witnesses over them. And sufficient is God as reckoner.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-6.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ — liyabluwakum · "to test you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاَنْزَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَمُهَيْمِناً عَلَيْهِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ اَهْوَٓاءَهُمْ عَمَّا جَٓاءَكَ مِنَ الْحَقِّۜ لِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ شِرْعَةً وَمِنْهَاجاًۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلٰكِنْ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ ف۪ي مَٓا اٰتٰيكُمْ فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِۜ اِلَى اللّٰهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَم۪يعاً فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ ف۪يهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَۙ

Waanzalna ilayka alkitaba bilhaqqimusaddiqan lima bayna yadayhi mina alkitabiwamuhayminan AAalayhi fahkum baynahum bimaanzala Allahu wala tattabiAA ahwaahum AAammajaaka mina alhaqqi likullin jaAAalna minkumshirAAatan waminhajan walaw shaa AllahulajaAAalakum ommatan wahidatan walakin liyabluwakumfeema atakum fastabiqoo alkhayratiila Allahi marjiAAukum jameeAAan fayunabbi-okum bimakuntum feehi takhtalifoon

And We sent down to thee the Writ with the truth, confirming what is before it of the Writ, and as a control over it. So judge thou between them by what God has sent down; and follow thou not their vain desires away from what has come to thee of the truth. For each of you We appointed an ordinance and a procedure. And had God willed, He could have made you one community; but that He might try you in what He gave you[...]. — So vie in good deeds; unto God will you return all together, and He will inform you of that wherein you differed —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-48.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُ — layabluwannakumu · "Surely will test you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الصَّيْدِ تَنَالُهُٓ  اَيْد۪يكُمْ وَرِمَاحُكُمْ لِيَعْلَمَ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَخَافُهُ بِالْغَيْبِۚ فَمَنِ اعْتَدٰى بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ فَلَهُ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoolayabluwannakumu Allahu bishay-in mina assayditanaluhu aydeekum warimahukum liyaAAlama Allahuman yakhafuhu bilghaybi famani iAAtadabaAAda thalika falahu AAathabun aleem

O you who heed warning: God will try you with something of the game that your hands and your spears reach, that God might know him who fears Him unseen. Then whoso transgresses after that, for him is a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-94.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 165

- **Form in this verse:** لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ — liyabluwakum · "so that He may test you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَٓائِفَ الْاَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ ف۪ي مَٓا اٰتٰيكُمْۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَر۪يعُ الْعِقَابِۘ وَاِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wahuwa allathee jaAAalakum khala-ifaal-ardi warafaAAa baAAdakum fawqa baAAdindarajatin liyabluwakum fee ma atakuminna rabbaka sareeAAu alAAiqabi wa-innahu laghafoorun raheem

And He it is that made you the successors of the earth, and raised some of you above others in degree, that He might try you by what He has given you. Thy Lord is swift in retribution; and He is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-165.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 141

- **Form in this verse:** بَلَآءٌۭ — balāon · "(was) a trial"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِذْ اَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِۚ يُقَتِّلُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَٓاءَكُمْۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ بَلَٓاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظ۪يمٌ۟

Wa-ith anjaynakum min alifirAAawna yasoomoonakum soo-a alAAathabi yuqattiloona abnaakumwayastahyoona nisaakum wafee thalikum balaonmin rabbikum AAatheem

And when We delivered you from the house of Pharaoh, they were afflicting you with an evil punishment, killing your sons, and sparing your women; and in that was a great trial from your Lord.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-141.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 163

- **Form in this verse:** نَبْلُوهُم — nablūhum · "We test them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِۢ اِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ اِذْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ ح۪يتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَۙ لَا تَأْت۪يهِمْۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Was-alhum AAani alqaryati allatee kanathadirata albahri ith yaAAdoona fee assabtiith ta/teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihimshurraAAan wayawma la yasbitoona la ta/teehim kathalikanabloohum bima kanoo yafsuqoon

And ask thou them about the town that was by the sea, when they transgressed the Sabbath, when their fish came to them openly on the day of their Sabbath. But on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not to them. Thus did We try them, because they were perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-163.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 168

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم — wabalawnāhum · "And We tested them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اُمَماًۚ مِنْهُمُ الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذٰلِكَۘ وَبَلَوْنَاهُمْ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

WaqattaAAnahum fee al-ardiomaman minhumu assalihoona waminhum doona thalikawabalawnahum bilhasanati wassayyi-atilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

And We divided them in the earth into communities — some of them righteous, and some of them other than that — and We tried them with good things and evil deeds, that they might return.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-168.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** وَلِيُبْلِىَ — waliyub'liya · "and that He may test"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَتَلَهُمْۖ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ اِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ رَمٰىۚ وَلِيُبْلِيَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ مِنْهُ بَلَٓاءً حَسَناًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Falam taqtuloohum walakinna Allahaqatalahum wama ramayta ith ramayta walakinnaAllaha rama waliyubliya almu/mineena minhu balaanhasanan inna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleem

And you killed them not, but God killed them; and thou threwest not when thou didst throw, but God threw; and that He might test the believers by a fair trial from Him[...]; God is hearing and knowing:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-17.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** بَلَآءً — balāan · "(with) a trial"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَتَلَهُمْۖ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ اِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ رَمٰىۚ وَلِيُبْلِيَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ مِنْهُ بَلَٓاءً حَسَناًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Falam taqtuloohum walakinna Allahaqatalahum wama ramayta ith ramayta walakinnaAllaha rama waliyubliya almu/mineena minhu balaanhasanan inna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleem

And you killed them not, but God killed them; and thou threwest not when thou didst throw, but God threw; and that He might test the believers by a fair trial from Him[...]; God is hearing and knowing:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-17.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** تَبْلُوا۟ — tablū · "will be put to trial"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

هُنَالِكَ تَبْلُوا كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَٓا اَسْلَفَتْ وَرُدُّٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِ مَوْلٰيهُمُ الْحَقِّ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ۟

Hunalika tabloo kullu nafsin maaslafat waruddoo ila Allahi mawlahumu alhaqqiwadalla AAanhum ma kanoo yaftaroon

Thereupon will every soul prove what it did before; and they will be returned to God, their protector, the Truth; and strayed from them will be what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-30.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ — liyabluwakum · "that He might test [you]"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ ف۪ي سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَٓاءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ اَيُّكُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلاًۜ وَلَئِنْ قُلْتَ اِنَّكُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Wahuwa allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda fee sittati ayyamin wakanaAAarshuhu AAala alma-i liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanuAAamalan wala-in qulta innakum mabAAoothoona min baAAdi almawtilayaqoolanna allatheena kafaroo in hatha illasihrun mubeen

And He it is that created the heavens and the earth in six days, — and His Throne was upon the water — that He might try you, which of you is best in deed. And if thou sayest: “You will be raised up after death,” those who ignore warning will say: “This is only obvious sorcery.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-7.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** بَلَآءٌۭ — balāon · "(was) a trial"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِهِ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ اِذْ اَنْجٰيكُمْ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِ وَيُذَبِّحُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَٓاءَكُمْۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ بَلَٓاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظ۪يمٌ۟

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi othkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykum ithanjakum min ali firAAawna yasoomoonakum soo-a alAAathabiwayuthabbihoona abnaakum wayastahyoonanisaakum wafee thalikum balaon min rabbikumAAatheem

And when Moses said to his people: “Remember the favour of God upon you when He delivered you from the house of Pharaoh: they were afflicting you with an evil punishment, and slaughtering your sons and sparing your women; and in that was a great trial from your Lord.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-6.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** يَبْلُوكُمُ — yablūkumu · "Allah tests you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّت۪ي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ اَنْكَاثاًۜ تَتَّخِذُونَ اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلاً بَيْنَكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ اُمَّةٌ هِيَ اَرْبٰى مِنْ اُمَّةٍۜ اِنَّمَا يَبْلُوكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ۜ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَا كُنْتُمْ ف۪يهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

Wala takoonoo kallatee naqadatghazlaha min baAAdi quwwatin ankathan tattakhithoonaaymanakum dakhalan baynakum an takoona ommatun hiya arbamin ommatin innama yablookumu Allahu bihiwalayubayyinanna lakum yawma alqiyamati ma kuntumfeehi takhtalifoon

And be not like her who breaks her thread after it was strong into fibres, taking your oaths as a deception between you because one community is more numerous than another community. God but tries you thereby; and He will make plain to you on the Day of Resurrection that wherein you differed.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-92.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ — linabluwahum · "that We may test [them]"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الْاَرْضِ ز۪ينَةً لَهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ اَيُّهُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلاً

Inna jaAAalna ma AAalaal-ardi zeenatan laha linabluwahum ayyuhum ahsanuAAamala

We made what is upon the earth an adornment for it, that We might try them, which of them is best in deed.

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

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** يَبْلَىٰ — yablā · "(that will) deteriorate"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَوَسْوَسَ اِلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانُ قَالَ يَٓا اٰدَمُ هَلْ اَدُلُّكَ عَلٰى شَجَرَةِ الْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَا يَبْلٰى

Fawaswasa ilayhi ashshaytanuqala ya adamu hal adulluka AAalashajarati alkhuldi wamulkin la yabla

Then the satan whispered to him, saying: “O Adam: shall I direct thee to the Tree of Eternity and a dominion that decays not?”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-120.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** وَنَبْلُوكُم — wanablūkum · "And We test you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَٓائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِۜ وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةًۜ وَاِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Kullu nafsin tha-iqatu almawtiwanablookum bishsharri walkhayri fitnatanwa-ilayna turjaAAoon

Every soul will taste death; and We will try you with evil and good as a means of denial; and to Us will you be returned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-35.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** لَمُبْتَلِينَ — lamub'talīna · "surely testing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ وَاِنْ كُنَّا لَمُبْتَل۪ينَ

Inna fee thalika laayatinwa-in kunna lamubtaleen

In that are proofs; and We are testing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-30.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** لِيَبْلُوَنِىٓ — liyabluwanī · "to test me"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالَ الَّذ۪ي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ اَنَا۬ اٰت۪يكَ بِه۪ قَبْلَ اَنْ يَرْتَدَّ اِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَۜ فَلَمَّا رَاٰهُ مُسْتَقِراًّ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ هٰذَا مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبّ۪ي۠ لِيَبْلُوَن۪ٓي ءَاَشْكُرُ اَمْ اَكْفُرُۜ وَمَنْ شَكَرَ فَاِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِه۪ۚ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَاِنَّ رَبّ۪ي غَنِيٌّ كَر۪يمٌ

Qala allathee AAindahu AAilmunmina alkitabi ana ateeka bihi qabla anyartadda ilayka tarfuka falamma raahumustaqirran AAindahu qala hatha min fadlirabbee liyabluwanee aashkuru am akfuru waman shakara fa-innamayashkuru linafsihi waman kafara fa-inna rabbee ghaniyyun kareem

Said one with knowledge of the writ: “I will bring it to thee before thy glance return to thee.” And when he saw it set before him, he said: “This is of the bounty of my Lord, that He might try me, whether I am grateful or ungrateful; and whoso is grateful, he is but grateful for his soul; and whoso is ungrateful, then is my Lord free from need and generous.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-40.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** ٱبْتُلِىَ — ub'tuliya · "were tried"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

هُنَالِكَ ابْتُلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا زِلْزَالاً شَد۪يداً

Hunalika ibtuliya almu-minoonawazulziloo zilzalan shadeeda

Thereupon the believers were tested and shaken with severe shaking.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-11.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 106

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَلَـٰٓؤُا۟ — l-balāu · "the trial"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلٰٓؤُا الْمُب۪ينُ

Inna hatha lahuwa albalaoalmubeen

This was the clear trial.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-106.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** بَلَـٰٓؤٌۭا۟ — balāon · "(was) a trial"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاٰتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الْاٰيَاتِ مَا ف۪يهِ بَلٰٓؤٌا مُب۪ينٌ

Waataynahum mina al-ayatima feehi balaon mubeen

And We gave them among proofs that wherein was a clear trial.

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-33.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** لِّيَبْلُوَا۟ — liyabluwā · "to test"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَاِذَا لَق۪يتُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَثْخَنْتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا الْوَثَاقَۙ فَاِمَّا مَناًّ بَعْدُ وَاِمَّا فِدَٓاءً حَتّٰى تَضَعَ الْحَرْبُ اَوْزَارَهَاۚۛ ذٰلِكَۜۛ وَلَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَانْتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْۙ وَلٰكِنْ لِيَبْلُوَ۬ا بَعْضَكُمْ بِبَعْضٍۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ قُتِلُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ فَلَنْ يُضِلَّ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Fa-itha laqeetumu allatheenakafaroo fadarba arriqabi hattaitha athkhantumoohum fashuddoo alwathaqa fa-immamannan baAAdu wa-imma fidaan hatta tadaAAaalharbu awzaraha thalika walaw yashaoAllahu lantasara minhum walakinliyabluwa baAAdakum bibaAAdin wallatheenaqutiloo fee sabeeli Allahi falan yudillaaAAmalahum

And when you meet those who ignore warning: — then the smiting of the necks. When you have battled them strenuously, then make strong the bonds; then: — either grace thereafter or ransom, until the war lays down its burdens. That when, had God willed, He would have taken revenge upon them; but that He might try some of you by means of others[...]. And those who are slain in the cause of God, He will not send their deeds astray;

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-4.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ — walanabluwannakum · "And surely We will test you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتّٰى نَعْلَمَ الْمُجَاهِد۪ينَ مِنْكُمْ وَالصَّابِر۪ينَۙ وَنَبْلُوَ۬ا اَخْبَارَكُمْ

Walanabluwannakum hattanaAAlama almujahideena minkum wassabireenawanabluwa akhbarakum

And We will test you until We know the strivers among you, and the patient; and We will test your assertions.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-31.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** وَنَبْلُوَا۟ — wanabluwā · "and We will test"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتّٰى نَعْلَمَ الْمُجَاهِد۪ينَ مِنْكُمْ وَالصَّابِر۪ينَۙ وَنَبْلُوَ۬ا اَخْبَارَكُمْ

Walanabluwannakum hattanaAAlama almujahideena minkum wassabireenawanabluwa akhbarakum

And We will test you until We know the strivers among you, and the patient; and We will test your assertions.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-31.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ — liyabluwakum · "that He may test you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيٰوةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ اَيُّكُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلاًۜ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْغَفُورُۙ

Allathee khalaqa almawta walhayataliyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu AAamalan wahuwa alAAazeezualghafoor

Who created death and life, that He might try you, which of you is best in deed! And He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-2.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ — balawnāhum · "have tried them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

اِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ  كَمَا بَلَوْنَٓا اَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِۚ  اِذْ اَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِح۪ينَۙ

Inna balawnahum kamabalawna as-haba aljannati ith aqsamoolayasrimunnaha musbiheen

We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore they would reap its fruit in the morning,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-17.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** بَلَوْنَآ — balawnā · "We tried"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

اِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ  كَمَا بَلَوْنَٓا اَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِۚ  اِذْ اَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِح۪ينَۙ

Inna balawnahum kamabalawna as-haba aljannati ith aqsamoolayasrimunnaha musbiheen

We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore they would reap its fruit in the morning,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-17.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** نَّبْتَلِيهِ — nabtalīhi · "(that) We test him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, plural · present tense

اِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ  اَمْشَاجٍۗ  نَبْتَل۪يهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَم۪يعاً بَص۪يراً

Inna khalaqna al-insanamin nutfatin amshajin nabtaleehi fajaAAalnahusameeAAan baseera

We created man from a sperm-drop — a mingling — that We might test him; and We made him hearing and seeing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-2.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** تُبْلَى — tub'lā · "will be tested"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَٓائِرُۙ

Yawma tubla assara-ir

The day the secrets are tried,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tariq/verse-9.md_

### 89. Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ — ib'talāhu · "try him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاَمَّا الْاِنْسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰيهُ رَبُّهُ فَاَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبّ۪ٓي اَكْرَمَنِۜ

Faamma al-insanu itha maibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbeeakraman

And as for man, when his Lord tries him, and honours him, and favours him, he says: “My Lord has honoured me.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-15.md_

### 89. Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ — ib'talāhu · "He try him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاَمَّٓا اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰيهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبّ۪ٓي اَهَانَنِۚ

Waamma itha ma ibtalahufaqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanan

But when He tries him, and straitens his provision, he says: “My Lord has humiliated me.”

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

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