# Dal-Lam-Lam — دلل (dll)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To show, point out, indicate, direct, point at, guide, delude, discover, lead
- **Derived forms:** دَلَّ (7) · دَلِيل (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا — fadallāhumā · "So he made both of them fall"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَدَلّٰيهُمَا بِغُرُورٍۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْاٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِۜ وَنَادٰيهُمَا رَبُّهُمَٓا اَلَمْ اَنْهَكُمَا عَنْ تِلْكُمَا الشَّجَرَةِ وَاَقُلْ لَكُمَٓا اِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Fadallahuma bighuroorin falammathaqa ashshajarata badat lahuma saw-atuhumawatafiqa yakhsifani AAalayhimamin waraqi aljannati wanadahuma rabbuhumaalam anhakuma AAan tilkuma ashshajaratiwaaqul lakuma inna ashshaytana lakumaAAaduwwun mubeen

And he led them by delusion; then when they tasted of the tree, their shame was made manifest to them, and they began to draw over them of the leaves of the garden. And their Lord called to them: “Did I not forbid you that tree? And did I not say to you: ‘The satan is an open enemy to you’?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-22.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** أَدُلُّكُمْ — adullukum · "I show you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

اِذْ تَمْش۪ٓي اُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ اَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى مَنْ يَكْفُلُهُۜ فَرَجَعْنَاكَ اِلٰٓى اُمِّكَ كَيْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَۜ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً فَنَجَّيْنَاكَ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّاكَ فُتُوناً۠ فَلَبِثْتَ سِن۪ينَ ف۪ٓي اَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلٰى قَدَرٍ يَا مُوسٰى

Ith tamshee okhtuka fataqoolu haladullukum AAala man yakfuluhu farajaAAnaka ilaommika kay taqarra AAaynuha wala tahzanawaqatalta nafsan fanajjaynaka mina alghammi wafatannakafutoonan falabithta sineena fee ahli madyana thumma ji/ta AAalaqadarin ya moosa

“When thy sister went and said: ‘Shall I direct you to one who will take care of him?’ So We returned thee to thy mother, that her eye might be comforted and grieve not. And thou didst kill a soul; and We delivered thee from distress, and subjected thee to means of denial by a trial. And thou didst tarry years among the people of Madyan; then camest thou as ordained, O Moses.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-40.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** أَدُلُّكَ — adulluka · "I direct you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, 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_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** دَلِيلًۭا — dalīlan · "an indication"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ الظِّلَّۚ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ لَجَعَلَهُ سَاكِناًۚ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَل۪يلاًۙ

Alam tara ila rabbika kayfa madda aththillawalaw shaa lajaAAalahu sakinan thumma jaAAalnaashshamsa AAalayhi daleela

Hast thou not considered thy Lord, how He spread the shadow? And had He willed, He would have made it still. Then We made the sun its guide;

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

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** أَدُلُّكُمْ — adullukum · "direct you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَرَاضِعَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ اَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰٓى اَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَكْفُلُونَهُ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُ نَاصِحُونَ

Waharramna AAalayhi almaradiAAamin qablu faqalat hal adullukum AAala ahli baytinyakfuloonahu lakum wahum lahu nasihoon

And We had forbidden him wet-nurses before, so she said: “Shall I direct you to the people of a household who will take care of him for you, and will look after him?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-12.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** نَدُلُّكُمْ — nadullukum · "we direct you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ اِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍۙ اِنَّكُمْ لَف۪ي خَلْقٍ جَد۪يدٍۚ

Waqala allatheena kafaroo halnadullukum AAala rajulin yunabbi-okum ithamuzziqtum kulla mumazzaqin innakum lafee khalqin jadeed

And those who ignore warning say: “Shall we direct you to a man who informs you that when you are scattered utterly, you will be in a new creation?

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

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** دَلَّهُمْ — dallahum · "indicated to them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلٰى مَوْتِه۪ٓ اِلَّا دَٓابَّةُ الْاَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنْسَاَتَهُۚ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ اَنْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ الْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا فِي الْعَذَابِ الْمُه۪ينِ

Falamma qadaynaAAalayhi almawta ma dallahum AAala mawtihi illadabbatu al-ardi ta/kulu minsaatahu falammakharra tabayyanati aljinnu an law kanoo yaAAlamoonaalghayba ma labithoo fee alAAathabi almuheen

And when We decreed death for him, there indicated his death to them only a creature of the earth eating at his staff. But when he fell down, it became clear to the domini that had they but known the Unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-14.md_

### 61. Surah As-Saf, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** أَدُلُّكُمْ — adullukum · "I guide you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا هَلْ اَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى تِجَارَةٍ تُنْج۪يكُمْ مِنْ عَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoohal adullukum AAala tijaratin tunjeekum min AAathabinaleem

O you who heed warning: shall I direct you to a trade that will deliver you from a painful punishment?

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saf/verse-10.md_

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