# Gayn-Lam-Lam — غلل (gll)

> Occurs in 16 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to conceal, insert one thing in another, fraud, deceive, clad with, put upon, burning with thirst, became unfaithful, collar, shackle, fetter/bind, a thing in which one hides himself, dishonesty, insincerity, hidden hatred, revenue from the land
- **Derived forms:** غَلَّ (5) · غِلّ (9) · مَغْلُولَة (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 161

- **Form in this verse:** يَغُلَّ ۚ — yaghulla · "he defrauds"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ اَنْ يَغُلَّۜ وَمَنْ يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۚ ثُمَّ تُوَفّٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Wama kana linabiyyin anyaghulla waman yaghlul ya/ti bima ghalla yawma alqiyamatithumma tuwaffa kullu nafsin ma kasabat wahum layuthlamoon

And it is not for a prophet that he should coerce. And whoso coerces will come with what he coerced on the Day of Resurrection; then will every soul be paid in full what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-161.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 161

- **Form in this verse:** يَغْلُلْ — yaghlul · "defrauds"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ اَنْ يَغُلَّۜ وَمَنْ يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۚ ثُمَّ تُوَفّٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Wama kana linabiyyin anyaghulla waman yaghlul ya/ti bima ghalla yawma alqiyamatithumma tuwaffa kullu nafsin ma kasabat wahum layuthlamoon

And it is not for a prophet that he should coerce. And whoso coerces will come with what he coerced on the Day of Resurrection; then will every soul be paid in full what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-161.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 161

- **Form in this verse:** غَلَّ — ghalla · "he had defrauded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ اَنْ يَغُلَّۜ وَمَنْ يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۚ ثُمَّ تُوَفّٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Wama kana linabiyyin anyaghulla waman yaghlul ya/ti bima ghalla yawma alqiyamatithumma tuwaffa kullu nafsin ma kasabat wahum layuthlamoon

And it is not for a prophet that he should coerce. And whoso coerces will come with what he coerced on the Day of Resurrection; then will every soul be paid in full what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-161.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** مَغْلُولَةٌ ۚ — maghlūlatun · "(is) chained"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللّٰهِ مَغْلُولَةٌۜ غُلَّتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا بِمَا قَالُواۢ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِۙ يُنْفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَلَيَز۪يدَنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنْهُمْ مَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ طُغْيَاناً وَكُفْراًۜ وَاَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَٓاءَ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ   كُلَّمَٓا اَوْقَدُوا نَاراً لِلْحَرْبِ اَطْفَاَهَا اللّٰهُۙ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَسَاداًۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Waqalati alyahoodu yadu Allahimaghloolatun ghullat aydeehim waluAAinoo bima qaloobal yadahu mabsootatani yunfiqu kayfa yashaowalayazeedanna katheeran minhum ma onzila ilayka minrabbika tughyanan wakufran waalqaynabaynahumu alAAadawata walbaghdaa ilayawmi alqiyamati kullama awqadoo naran lilharbiatfaaha Allahu wayasAAawna fee al-ardifasadan wallahu la yuhibbualmufsideen

And the Rabbinic Jews say: “The hand of God is fettered.” Fettered are their hands! And cursed are they for what they say! Nay, His hands are spread wide; He spends how He wills. And there increases many of them in inordinacy and denial what was sent down to thee from thy Lord. And We have cast among them enmity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection; whenever they lit the fire of war, God extinguished it; and they strive in the land for corruption; and God loves not the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-64.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** غُلَّتْ — ghullat · "Are chained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللّٰهِ مَغْلُولَةٌۜ غُلَّتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا بِمَا قَالُواۢ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِۙ يُنْفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَلَيَز۪يدَنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنْهُمْ مَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ طُغْيَاناً وَكُفْراًۜ وَاَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَٓاءَ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ   كُلَّمَٓا اَوْقَدُوا نَاراً لِلْحَرْبِ اَطْفَاَهَا اللّٰهُۙ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَسَاداًۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Waqalati alyahoodu yadu Allahimaghloolatun ghullat aydeehim waluAAinoo bima qaloobal yadahu mabsootatani yunfiqu kayfa yashaowalayazeedanna katheeran minhum ma onzila ilayka minrabbika tughyanan wakufran waalqaynabaynahumu alAAadawata walbaghdaa ilayawmi alqiyamati kullama awqadoo naran lilharbiatfaaha Allahu wayasAAawna fee al-ardifasadan wallahu la yuhibbualmufsideen

And the Rabbinic Jews say: “The hand of God is fettered.” Fettered are their hands! And cursed are they for what they say! Nay, His hands are spread wide; He spends how He wills. And there increases many of them in inordinacy and denial what was sent down to thee from thy Lord. And We have cast among them enmity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection; whenever they lit the fire of war, God extinguished it; and they strive in the land for corruption; and God loves not the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-64.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** غِلٍّۢ — ghillin · "malice"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا ف۪ي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمُ الْاَنْهَارُۚ وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي هَدٰينَا لِهٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلَٓا اَنْ هَدٰينَا اللّٰهُۚ  لَقَدْ جَٓاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّۜ وَنُودُٓوا اَنْ تِلْكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ اُو۫رِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

WanazaAAna ma fee sudoorihimmin ghillin tajree min tahtihimu al-anharu waqalooalhamdu lillahi allathee hadanalihatha wama kunna linahtadiya lawlaan hadana Allahu laqad jaat rusulurabbina bilhaqqi wanoodoo an tilkumualjannatu oorithtumooha bima kuntum taAAmaloon

And We will remove any rancour from their hearts; there flow beneath them rivers; and they will say: “Praise belongs to God who has guided us to this! And we would not have been guided had not God guided us. The messengers of our Lord came with the truth.” And they will be called: “That is the Garden which you are made to inherit for what you did.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-43.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 157

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ — wal-aghlāla · "and the fetters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الْاُمِّيَّ الَّذ۪ي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوباً عِنْدَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِ وَالْاِنْج۪يلِۘ يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهٰيهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَٓائِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ اِصْرَهُمْ وَالْاَغْلَالَ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْۜ فَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِه۪ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَاتَّبَعُوا النُّورَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اُنْزِلَ مَعَهُٓۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ۟

Allatheena yattabiAAoona arrasoolaannabiyya al-ommiyya allathee yajidoonahumaktooban AAindahum fee attawrati wal-injeeliya/muruhum bilmaAAroofi wayanhahum AAani almunkariwayuhillu lahumu attayyibati wayuharrimuAAalayhimu alkhaba-itha wayadaAAu AAanhum israhumwal-aghlala allatee kanat AAalayhim fallatheenaamanoo bihi waAAazzaroohu wanasaroohu wattabaAAooannoora allathee onzila maAAahu ola-ikahumu almuflihoon

“Those who follow the Messenger, the unschooled prophet, whom they find written with them in the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins on them what is fitting and forbids them perversity, and making lawful for them the good things, and making unlawful for them the bad, and relieving them of their burden and the fetters that were upon them — those who believed in him, and supported him, and helped him, and followed the light which was sent down with him: it is they who are the successful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-157.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُ — l-aghlālu · "the iron chains"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَاِنْ تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌ قَوْلُهُمْ ءَاِذَا كُنَّا تُرَاباً ءَاِنَّا لَف۪ي خَلْقٍ جَد۪يدٍۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الْاَغْلَالُ ف۪ٓي اَعْنَاقِهِمْۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ

Wa-in taAAjab faAAajabun qawluhum a-ithakunna turaban a-inna lafee khalqin jadeedinola-ika allatheena kafaroo birabbihim waola-ikaal-aghlalu fee aAAnaqihim waola-ika as-habuannari hum feeha khalidoon

And if thou marvel, then marvellous is their saying: “Will we — when we are dust — be in a new creation?” Those are they who have denied their Lord; and those will have yokes on their necks; and those are the companions of the Fire, therein they abide eternally.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-5.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** غِلٍّ — ghillin · "rancor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا ف۪ي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ اِخْوَاناً عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِل۪ينَ

WanazaAAna ma fee sudoorihimmin ghillin ikhwanan AAala sururin mutaqabileen

And We will remove what is in their hearts of rancour — as brethren, upon couches facing one another;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-47.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** مَغْلُولَةً — maghlūlatan · "chained"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً اِلٰى عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُوماً مَحْسُوراً

Wala tajAAal yadaka maghloolatan ilaAAunuqika wala tabsutha kulla albastifataqAAuda malooman mahsoora

And make thou not thy hand chained to thy neck; nor extend thou it to its full extent, then sit down blameworthy and denuded.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-29.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ — l-aghlāla · "shackles"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ اِذْ تَأْمُرُونَـنَٓا اَنْ نَكْفُرَ بِاللّٰهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُٓ  اَنْدَاداًۜ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا الْعَذَابَۜ وَجَعَلْنَا الْاَغْلَالَ ف۪ٓي اَعْنَاقِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۜ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Waqala allatheena istudAAifoolillatheena istakbaroo bal makru allayli wannahariith ta/muroonana an nakfura billahiwanajAAala lahu andadan waasarroo annadamatalamma raawoo alAAathaba wajaAAalna al-aghlalafee aAAnaqi allatheena kafaroo hal yujzawna illama kanoo yaAAmaloon

And those who were despised will say to those who had waxed proud: “Nay, it was your scheme night and day, when you commanded us to deny God and make equals to Him.” And they will whisper remorse when they see the punishment, and We place yokes on the necks of those who ignore warning. Will they be rewarded save for what they did?

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-33.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** أَغْلَـٰلًۭا — aghlālan · "iron collars"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا ف۪ٓي اَعْنَاقِهِمْ اَغْلَالاً فَهِيَ اِلَى الْاَذْقَانِ فَهُمْ مُقْمَحُونَ

Inna jaAAalna fee aAAnaqihimaghlalan fahiya ila al-athqani fahummuqmahoon

We placed yokes on their necks up to the chins, and they with heads forced high;

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-8.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُ — l-aghlālu · "the iron collars"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

اِذِ الْاَغْلَالُ ف۪ٓي اَعْنَاقِهِمْ وَالسَّلَاسِلُۜ يُسْحَبُونَۙ

Ithi al-aghlalu fee aAAnaqihimwassalasilu yushaboon

When there are yokes and chains on their necks, they will be dragged

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-71.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** غِلًّۭا — ghillan · "any rancor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ جَٓاؤُ۫ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّـنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِاِخْوَانِنَا الَّذ۪ينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْا۪يمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ ف۪ي قُلُوبِنَا غِلاًّ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا رَبَّـنَٓا اِنَّكَ رَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ۟

Wallatheena jaoo minbaAAdihim yaqooloona rabbana ighfir lana wali-ikhwaninaallatheena sabaqoona bil-eemani walatajAAal fee quloobina ghillan lillatheena amanoorabbana innaka raoofun raheem

And those who came after them, they say: “Our Lord: forgive Thou us and our brethren who preceded us in faith, and put Thou not in our hearts rancour towards those who heed warning. Our Lord: thou art kind and merciful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-10.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** فَغُلُّوهُ — faghullūhu · "and shackle him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُۙ

Khuthoohu faghullooh

“Take him, and fetter him;

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

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَغْلَـٰلًۭا — wa-aghlālan · "and shackles"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّٓا اَعْتَدْنَا لِلْـكَافِر۪ينَ سَلَاسِلَا۬ وَاَغْلَالاً وَسَع۪يراً

Inna aAAtadna lilkafireenasalasila waaghlalan wasaAAeera

We have prepared for the false claimers of guidance chains and yokes and an inferno.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-4.md_

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