# Kef-he-Lam — كهل (khl)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To reach old mature age, be full-grown, be of the age when a person's hair becomes intermixed with hoariness, be of the age between thirty and sixty years or of middle age.
- **Derived forms:** كَهْل (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** وَكَهْلًۭا — wakahlan · "and (in) maturity"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَيُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلاً وَمِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Wayukallimu annasa feealmahdi wakahlan wamina assaliheen

“He will speak to men in the cradle, and in maturity, and is among the righteous.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-46.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** وَكَهْلًۭا ۖ — wakahlan · "and (in) maturity"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِذْ قَالَ اللّٰهُ يَا ع۪يسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ اذْكُرْ نِعْمَت۪ي عَلَيْكَ وَعَلٰى وَالِدَتِكَۢ اِذْ اَيَّدْتُكَ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلاًۚ وَاِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالتَّوْرٰيةَ وَالْاِنْج۪يلَۚ وَاِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ الطّ۪ينِ كَـهَيْـَٔةِ الطَّيْرِ بِاِذْن۪ي فَتَنْفُخُ ف۪يهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْراً بِاِذْن۪ي وَتُبْرِئُ الْاَكْمَهَ وَالْاَبْرَصَ بِاِذْن۪يۚ وَاِذْ تُخْرِجُ الْمَوْتٰى بِاِذْن۪يۚ وَاِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ عَنْكَ اِذْ جِئْتَهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Ith qala Allahu yaAAeesa ibna maryama othkur niAAmatee AAalaykawaAAala walidatika ith ayyadtuka biroohialqudusi tukallimu annasa fee almahdi wakahlanwa-ith AAallamtuka alkitaba walhikmatawattawrata wal-injeela wa-ithtakhluqu mina atteeni kahay-ati attayribi-ithnee fatanfukhu feeha fatakoonu tayranbi-ithnee watubri-o al-akmaha wal-abrasabi-ithnee wa-ith tukhriju almawta bi-ithneewa-ith kafaftu banee isra-eela AAanka ithji/tahum bilbayyinati faqala allatheenakafaroo minhum in hatha illa sihrun mubeen

(When God will say: “O Jesus, son of Mary: remember thou My favour to thee and to thy mother: when I strengthened thee with the Spirit of Holiness, thou speaking to men in the cradle and in maturity; and when I taught thee the Writ and wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel; and when thou didst create of clay the likeness of a bird by My leave, and blewest into it and it became a bird by My leave, and thou didst heal the blind and the leper by My leave; and when thou broughtest forth the dead by My leave; and when I restrained the children of Israel from thee when thou camest to them with clear signs”; then those who ignored warning among them said: “This is only obvious sorcery”;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-110.md_

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