# Cim-he-Lam — جهل (jhl)

> Occurs in 24 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be ignorant, not know of a thing, to be silly or foolish, boil vehemently, pretend ignorance, feign ignorance, reckon or esteem someone, cause commotion or unsteadiness, display wrong conduct, to be void of knowledge, believe a thing to be different from what it is in reality, do a thing in a manner different from that in which it ought to be done, proceed without knowledge, to ignore a thing, to be pagan.
- **Derived forms:** جَاهِل (10) · جَهُول (1) · جَهَٰلَة (4) · جَٰهِلِيَّة (1) · جَٰهِلِيَّة2 (3) · يَجْهَلُ (5)

## Verses containing this root

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ — l-jāhilīna · "the ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ٓ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ اَنْ تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةًۜ قَالُٓوا اَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُواًۜ قَالَ اَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ اَنْ اَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi inna Allaha ya/murukum an tathbahoobaqaratan qaloo atattakhithuna huzuwan qalaaAAoothu biAllahi an akoona mina aljahileen

And when Moses said to his people: “God commands you that you sacrifice a heifer,” they said: “Dost thou take us in mockery?” He said: “I seek refuge in God lest I be of the ignorant.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-67.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 273

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَاهِلُ — l-jāhilu · "the ignorant one"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

لِلْفُقَـرَٓاءِ الَّذ۪ينَ اُحْصِرُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ لَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ ضَـرْباً فِي الْاَرْضِۘ يَحْسَبُهُمُ الْجَاهِلُ اَغْنِيَٓاءَ مِنَ التَّعَفُّفِۚ تَعْرِفُهُمْ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْۚ لَا يَسْـَٔلُونَ النَّاسَ اِلْحَافاًۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِه۪ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Lilfuqara-i allatheena ohsiroofee sabeeli Allahi la yastateeAAoona darbanfee al-ardi yahsabuhumu aljahilu aghniyaamina attaAAaffufi taAArifuhum biseemahum layas-aloona annasa ilhafan wamatunfiqoo min khayrin fa-inna Allaha bihi AAaleem

On the poor who are straitened in the cause of God, unable to make a way in the earth: the ignorant considers them free from need due to their reticence. Thou wilt know them by their mark: they do not ask of men importunately. And what you spend of good, God knows it.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-273.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖ — l-jāhiliyati · "(of) [the] ignorance"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

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_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** بِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢ — bijahālatin · "in ignorance"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

اِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللّٰهِ لِلَّذ۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّٓوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِنْ قَر۪يبٍ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَتُوبُ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَل۪يماً حَك۪يماً

Innama attawbatu AAalaAllahi lillatheena yaAAmaloona assoo-abijahalatin thumma yatooboona min qareebin faola-ikayatoobu Allahu AAalayhim wakana AllahuAAaleeman hakeema

Upon God is but acceptance of repentance from those who do evil in ignorance then repent soon after; those are they towards whom God turns; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-17.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ — l-jāhiliyati · "(of the time of) ignorance"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · feminine · genitive case

اَفَحُكْمَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَۜ وَمَنْ اَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ حُكْماً لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ۟

Afahukma aljahiliyyatiyabghoona waman ahsanu mina Allahu hukmanliqawmin yooqinoon

Is it the judgment of ignorance they seek? And who is better than God in judgment for people who are certain?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-50.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ — l-jāhilīna · "the ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاِنْ كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ اِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَاِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ اَنْ تَبْتَغِيَ نَفَقاً فِي الْاَرْضِ اَوْ سُلَّماً فِي السَّمَٓاءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُمْ بِاٰيَةٍۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى الْهُدٰى فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Wa-in kana kabura AAalayka iAAraduhumfa-ini istataAAta an tabtaghiya nafaqan fee al-ardiaw sullaman fee assama-i fata/tiyahum bi-ayatinwalaw shaa Allahu lajamaAAahum AAala alhudafala takoonanna mina aljahileen

And if their evasion be hard for thee: if thou art able to seek a tunnel in the earth or a stairway in the sky to bring to them a proof[...]. And had God willed, He would have gathered them together to the guidance; so be thou not of the ignorant.

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

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** بِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢ — bijahālatin · "in ignorance"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاِذَا جَٓاءَكَ الَّذ۪ينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاٰيَاتِنَا فَقُلْ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلٰى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَۙ اَنَّهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ سُٓوءاً بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابَ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ وَاَصْلَحَ فَاَنَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wa-itha jaaka allatheenayu/minoona bi-ayatina faqul salamunAAalaykum kataba rabbukum AAala nafsihi arrahmataannahu man AAamila minkum soo-an bijahalatin thumma tabamin baAAdihi waaslaha faannahu ghafoorun raheem

And when there come to thee those who believe in Our proofs, say thou: “Peace be upon you! Your Lord has prescribed for Himself mercy, that whoso of you does evil through ignorance, then turns in repentance after that and makes right: He is forgiving and merciful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-54.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 111

- **Form in this verse:** يَجْهَلُونَ — yajhalūna · "(are) ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَوْ اَنَّـنَا نَزَّلْـنَٓا اِلَيْهِمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ وَكَلَّمَهُمُ الْمَوْتٰى وَحَشَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قُبُلاً مَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُٓوا اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ

Walaw annana nazzalnailayhimu almala-ikata wakallamahumu almawta wahasharnaAAalayhim kulla shay-in qubulan ma kanoo liyu/minooilla an yashaa Allahu walakinnaaktharahum yajhaloon

And were We to send down to them the angels, and the dead to speak to them, and We to gather everything to them before their very eyes, they would not believe save if God wills; but most of them are ignorant.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-111.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 138

- **Form in this verse:** تَجْهَلُونَ — tajhalūna · "ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ الْبَحْرَ فَاَتَوْا عَلٰى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلٰٓى اَصْنَامٍ لَهُمْۚ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَـنَٓا اِلٰهاً كَمَا لَهُمْ اٰلِهَةٌۜ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

Wajawazna bibanee isra-eelaalbahra faataw AAala qawmin yaAAkufoona AAalaasnamin lahum qaloo ya moosaijAAal lana ilahan kama lahum alihatunqala innakum qawmun tajhaloon

And We passed the children of Israel through the sea; and they came upon a people devoted to idols which they had. They said: “O Moses: make thou for us a god, just as they have gods.” He said: “You are a people in ignorance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-138.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 199

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ — l-jāhilīna · "the ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَاَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Khuthi alAAafwa wa/mur bilAAurfiwaaAArid AAani aljahileen

Take thou the surplus; and enjoin thou what is customary; and turn thou away from the ignorant.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-199.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** تَجْهَلُونَ — tajhalūna · "ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَيَا قَوْمِ لَٓا اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالاًۜ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلَى اللّٰهِ وَمَٓا اَنَا۬ بِطَارِدِ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۜ اِنَّهُمْ مُلَاقُوا رَبِّهِمْ وَلٰكِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰيكُمْ قَوْماً تَجْهَلُونَ

Waya qawmi la as-alukumAAalayhi malan in ajriya illa AAala Allahiwama ana bitaridi allatheena amanooinnahum mulaqoo rabbihim walakinnee arakumqawman tajhaloon

And: “O my people: I ask of you for it no wealth; my reward is only upon God. And I am not one to drive away those who heed warning; they are going to meet their Lord. But I see you are a people in ignorance.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-29.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ — l-jāhilīna · "the ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالَ يَا نُوحُ اِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ اَهْلِكَۚ اِنَّهُ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَالِحٍۗ فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِه۪ عِلْمٌۜ اِنّ۪ٓي اَعِظُكَ اَنْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Qala ya noohu innahulaysa min ahlika innahu AAamalun ghayru salihin falatas-alni ma laysa laka bihi AAilmun innee aAAithukaan takoona mina aljahileen

He said: “O Noah: he was not of thy household. He was a deed not righteous; so ask thou Me not of that whereof thou hast no knowledge; I admonish thee lest thou be of the ignorant.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-46.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ — l-jāhilīna · "the ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالَ رَبِّ السِّجْنُ اَحَبُّ اِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَن۪ٓي اِلَيْهِۚ وَاِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنّ۪ي كَيْدَهُنَّ اَصْبُ اِلَيْهِنَّ وَاَكُنْ مِنَ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Qala rabbi assijnu ahabbuilayya mimma yadAAoonanee ilayhi wa-illa tasrifAAannee kaydahunna asbu ilayhinna waakun mina aljahileen

He said: “My Lord: prison is preferable to me than that to which they invite me; and save Thou divert their plan from me, I will incline to them and be of the ignorant.”

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

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 89

- **Form in this verse:** جَـٰهِلُونَ — jāhilūna · "ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِيُوسُفَ وَاَخ۪يهِ اِذْ اَنْتُمْ جَاهِلُونَ

Qala hal AAalimtum mafaAAaltum biyoosufa waakheehi ith antum jahiloon

He said: “Know you what you did to Joseph and his brother, when you were ignorant?”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-89.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 119

- **Form in this verse:** بِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢ — bijahālatin · "in ignorance"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

ثُمَّ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ عَمِلُوا السُّٓوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ وَاَصْلَحُٓواۙ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ۟

Thumma inna rabbaka lillatheenaAAamiloo assoo-a bijahalatin thumma taboomin baAAdi thalika waaslahoo inna rabbakamin baAAdiha laghafoorun raheem

Then thy Lord — to those who did evil through ignorance then repented after that and made right — thy Lord, after that, is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-119.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ — l-jāhilūna · "the ignorant ones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمٰنِ الَّذ۪ينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ هَوْناً وَاِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجَاهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَاماً

WaAAibadu arrahmaniallatheena yamshoona AAala al-ardi hawnanwa-itha khatabahumu aljahiloona qaloosalama

And the servants of the Almighty are they who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the ignorant address them, they speak peace;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-63.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** تَجْهَلُونَ — tajhalūna · "ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِنْ دُونِ النِّسَٓاءِۜ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

A-innakum lata/toona arrijalashahwatan min dooni annisa-i bal antum qawmuntajhaloon

“Do you approach men with lust instead of women? The truth is, you are a people in ignorance.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-55.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ — l-jāhilīna · "the ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاِذَا سَمِعُوا اللَّغْوَ اَعْرَضُوا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا لَـنَٓا اَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ اَعْمَالُكُمْۘ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْۘ لَا نَبْتَغِي الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Wa-itha samiAAoo allaghwa aAAradooAAanhu waqaloo lana aAAmaluna walakumaAAmalukum salamun AAalaykum la nabtagheealjahileen

And when they hear vain speech, they turn away from it and say: “We have our works, and you have your works. Peace be upon you! We seek not the ignorant.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-55.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ — l-jāhiliyati · "(of the times of) ignorance"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · feminine · genitive case

وَقَرْنَ ف۪ي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْاُو۫لٰى وَاَقِمْنَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰت۪ينَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَطِعْنَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُۜ اِنَّمَا يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ اَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْه۪يراًۚ

Waqarna fee buyootikunna walatabarrajna tabarruja aljahiliyyati al-oola waaqimnaassalata waateena azzakatawaatiAAna Allaha warasoolahu innama yureeduAllahu liyuthhiba AAankumu arrijsa ahlaalbayti wayutahhirakum tatheera

And stay within your houses; and display not yourselves with the display of the former time of ignorance; and uphold the duty and render the purity, and obey God and His messenger. God but intends to remove abomination from you — people of the house — and to purify you completely.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-33.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** جَهُولًۭا — jahūlan · "ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْاَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَاَبَيْنَ اَنْ يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَاَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْاِنْسَانُۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُوماً جَهُولاًۙ

Inna AAaradna al-amanataAAala assamawati wal-ardiwaljibali faabayna an yahmilnahawaashfaqna minha wahamalaha al-insanuinnahu kana thalooman jahoola

We presented the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they refused to bear it and were afraid of it; but man bore it — he is unjust and ignorant —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-72.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ — l-jāhilūna · "ignorant ones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

قُلْ اَفَغَيْرَ اللّٰهِ تَأْمُرُٓونّ۪ٓي اَعْبُدُ اَيُّهَا الْجَاهِلُونَ

Qul afaghayra Allahi ta/muroonneeaAAbudu ayyuha aljahiloon

(Say thou: “Is it other than God you command me to serve, O you who are ignorant?”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-64.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** تَجْهَلُونَ — tajhalūna · "ignorant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالَ اِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِۘ وَاُبَلِّغُكُمْ مَٓا اُرْسِلْتُ بِه۪ وَلٰكِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰيكُمْ قَوْماً تَجْـهَلُونَ

Qala innama alAAilmu AAindaAllahi waoballighukum ma orsiltu bihi walakinneearakum qawman tajhaloon

He said: “The knowledge is but with God, and I convey to you that wherewith I have been sent; but I see you are a people in ignorance.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-23.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ — l-jāhiliyati · "(of the time of) ignorance"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · feminine · genitive case

اِذْ جَعَلَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَاَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ سَك۪ينَتَهُ عَلٰى رَسُولِه۪ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَاَلْزَمَهُمْ كَلِمَةَ التَّقْوٰى وَكَانُٓوا اَحَقَّ بِهَا وَاَهْلَهَاۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يماً۟

Ith jaAAala allatheena kafaroofee quloobihimu alhamiyyata hamiyyata aljahiliyyatifaanzala Allahu sakeenatahu AAala rasoolihi waAAalaalmu/mineena waalzamahum kalimata attaqwa wakanooahaqqa biha waahlaha wakana Allahubikulli shay-in AAaleema

When those who ignore warning set in their hearts bigoted disdain: — the bigoted disdain of ignorance — then God sent down His tranquillity upon His messenger and upon the believers, and imposed upon them the word of prudent fear; and they have more right to it and are worthy of it; and God is knowing of all things.

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

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** بِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢ — bijahālatin · "in ignorance"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِنْ جَٓاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَأٍ۬ فَتَبَيَّنُٓوا اَنْ تُص۪يبُوا قَوْماً بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلٰى مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِم۪ينَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooin jaakum fasiqun binaba-in fatabayyanoo an tuseebooqawman bijahalatin fatusbihoo AAala mafaAAaltum nadimeen

O you who heed warning: if one perfidious comes to you with a report: verify, lest you strike a people in ignorance, and become remorseful for what you did.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-6.md_

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