# Kef-Lam-Ha — كلح (klH)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To put on a sour, austere, harsh, astringent, stern, grave look; look with frown, wear a grin of pain and anguish, express foolish satisfaction, endure pain, show disappointment, grin with lips, make contracted face and its surrounding parts; stern, severe, forbidding look.
- **Derived forms:** كَٰلِحُون (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 104

- **Form in this verse:** كَـٰلِحُونَ — kāliḥūna · "(will) grin with displaced lips"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ النَّارُ وَهُمْ ف۪يهَا كَالِحُونَ

Talfahu wujoohahumu annaruwahum feeha kalihoon

The Fire scorching their faces, and they scowling therein:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-104.md_

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