# Lam-he-Vav — لهو (lhw)

> Occurs in 15 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** become diverted from it as to forget it, To preoccupy, beguile, distract, sport/play/amusement, divert, diversion, forget, delight/cheer, turn away, what is thrown, unmindful/careless
- **Derived forms:** لَهْو (1) · أَلْهَىٰ (4) · تَلَهَّىٰ (1) · لَاهِيَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** وَلَهْوٌۭ ۖ — walahwun · "and amusement"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَٓا اِلَّا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌۜ وَلَلدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّقُونَۜ  اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Wama alhayatu addunyailla laAAibun walahwun waladdaru al-akhiratikhayrun lillatheena yattaqoona afala taAAqiloon

And the life of this world is only play and diversion; and the abode of the Hereafter is better for those of prudent fear. Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-32.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** وَلَهْوًۭا — walahwan · "and amusement"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَذَرِ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا د۪ينَهُمْ لَعِباً وَلَهْواً وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا وَذَكِّرْ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْۗ لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَلِيٌّ وَلَا شَف۪يعٌۚ وَاِنْ تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ لَا يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَاۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُبْسِلُوا بِمَا كَسَبُواۚ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِنْ حَم۪يمٍ وَعَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ۟

Wathari allatheena ittakhathoodeenahum laAAiban walahwan wagharrat-humu alhayatuaddunya wathakkir bihi an tubsala nafsunbima kasabat laysa laha min dooni Allahiwaliyyun wala shafeeAAun wa-in taAAdil kulla AAadlin layu/khath minha ola-ika allatheenaobsiloo bima kasaboo lahum sharabun min hameeminwaAAathabun aleemun bima kanoo yakfuroon

And leave thou those who take their doctrine as play and diversion, and whom the life of this world has deluded; and remind thou with it lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it has not, besides God, ally or intercessor. And though it offer in compensation every equivalence, it will not be accepted from it: those are they who are given up to destruction for what they earned; they have scalding water and a painful punishment for what they denied.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-70.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** لَهْوًۭا — lahwan · "(as) an amusement"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا د۪ينَهُمْ لَهْواً وَلَعِباً وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَاۚ فَالْيَوْمَ نَنْسٰيهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا لِقَٓاءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هٰذَاۙ وَمَا كَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

Allatheena ittakhathoodeenahum lahwan walaAAiban wagharrat-humu alhayatuaddunya falyawma nansahum kamanasoo liqaa yawmihim hatha wama kanoobi-ayatina yajhadoon

“Those who took their doctrine as play and diversion, and whom the life of this world deluded.” — “So this day do We forget them, even as they forgot the meeting of this their day, and as they rejected Our proofs.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-51.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُلْهِهِمُ — wayul'hihimu · "and diverted them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْاَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Tharhum ya/kuloo wayatamattaAAoowayulhihimu al-amalu fasawfa yaAAlamoon

Leave thou them to eat and enjoy themselves while hope diverts them; and they will come to know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-3.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** لَاهِيَةًۭ — lāhiyatan · "Distracted"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْۜ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّجْوٰىۗ اَلَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۗ هَلْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْۚ اَفَتَأْتُونَ السِّحْرَ وَاَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

Lahiyatan quloobuhum waasarroo annajwaallatheena thalamoo hal hatha illabasharun mithlukum afata/toona assihra waantum tubsiroon

Their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation: “Is this save a mortal like you? Will you go to sorcery with open eyes?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-3.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** لَهْوًۭا — lahwan · "a pastime"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

لَوْ اَرَدْنَٓا اَنْ نَتَّخِذَ لَهْواً لَاتَّخَذْنَاهُ مِنْ لَدُنَّاۗ اِنْ كُنَّا فَاعِل۪ينَ

Law aradna an nattakhithalahwan lattakhathnahu min ladunna inkunna faAAileen

Had We wished to take a diversion, We would have taken it from Ourselves — if We are the doers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-17.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** تُلْهِيهِمْ — tul'hīhim · "distracts them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

رِجَالٌۙ  لَا تُلْه۪يهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ وَاِقَامِ الصَّلٰوةِ وَا۪يتَٓاءِ الزَّكٰوةِۙ يَخَافُونَ يَوْماً تَتَقَلَّبُ ف۪يهِ الْقُلُوبُ وَالْاَبْصَارُۙ

Rijalun la tulheehim tijaratunwala bayAAun AAan thikri Allahi wa-iqamiassalati wa-eeta-i azzakatiyakhafoona yawman tataqallabu feehi alquloobu wal-absar

Men whom neither trade nor commerce divert from the remembrance of God and upholding the duty and rendering the purity. They fear a day wherein the hearts and the eyes will turn about,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-37.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** لَهْوٌۭ — lahwun · "amusement"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَمَا هٰذِهِ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَٓا اِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌۜ وَاِنَّ الدَّارَ الْاٰخِرَةَ لَهِيَ الْحَيَوَانُۢ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

Wama hathihi alhayatuaddunya illa lahwun walaAAibun wa-inna addaraal-akhirata lahiya alhayawanu law kanooyaAAlamoon

And the life of this world is only play and games; and the abode of the Hereafter: that is Life, did they but know.

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

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** لَهْوَ — lahwa · "idle tales"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَر۪ي لَهْوَ الْحَد۪يثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۙ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُواًۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُه۪ينٌ

Wamina annasi man yashtareelahwa alhadeethi liyudilla AAan sabeeli Allahibighayri AAilmin wayattakhithaha huzuwan ola-ikalahum AAathabun muheen

And among men is he who purchases the diversion of narration to lead astray from the path of God without knowledge, and takes it in mockery: those have a humiliating punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-6.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** وَلَهْوٌۭ ۚ — walahwun · "and amusement"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اِنَّمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌۜ وَاِنْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَتَتَّقُوا يُؤْتِكُمْ اُجُورَكُمْ وَلَا يَسْـَٔلْكُمْ اَمْوَالَكُمْ

Innama alhayatu addunyalaAAibun walahwun wa-in tu/minoo watattaqoo yu/tikum ojoorakumwala yas-alkum amwalakum

The life of this world is only play and diversion; and if you believe and are in prudent fear, He will give you your rewards, and not ask of you your wealth.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-36.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** وَلَهْوٌۭ — walahwun · "and amusement"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اِعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَز۪ينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَوْلَادِۜ  كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ اَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ يَه۪يجُ فَتَرٰيهُ مُصْفَراًّ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَاماًۜ وَفِي الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَد۪يدٌۙ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَانٌۜ وَمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَٓا اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ

IAAlamoo annama alhayatuaddunya laAAibun walahwun wazeenatun watafakhurunbaynakum watakathurun fee al-amwali wal-awladikamathali ghaythin aAAjaba alkuffara nabatuhuthumma yaheeju fatarahu musfarran thumma yakoonu hutamanwafee al-akhirati AAathabun shadeedun wamaghfiratunmina Allahi waridwanun wama alhayatuaddunya illa mataAAu alghuroor

Know that the life of this world is only play and diversion, and adornment, and mutual boasting among you, and competition for increase in wealth and children. As the likeness of a rain, it impresses the atheists with its growth; then it withers and thou seest it turn yellow; then it becomes debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment, and forgiveness from God, and approval. And the life of this world is only the enjoyment of delusion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-20.md_

### 62. Surah Al-Jumu'ah, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** لَهْوًا — lahwan · "a sport"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا رَاَوْا تِجَارَةً اَوْ لَهْواًۨ انْفَضُّٓوا اِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَٓائِماًۜ قُلْ مَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ اللَّهْوِ وَمِنَ التِّجَارَةِۜ وَاللّٰهُ خَيْرُ الرَّازِق۪ينَ

Wa-itha raaw tijaratan awlahwan infaddoo ilayha watarakooka qa-imanqul ma AAinda Allahi khayrun mina allahwi wamina attijaratiwallahu khayru arraziqeen

But when they see trade or diversion, they disband towards it and leave thee standing. Say thou: “That which is with God is better than diversion or trade”; and God is the best of providers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jumuah/verse-11.md_

### 63. Surah Al-Munafiqun, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** تُلْهِكُمْ — tul'hikum · "divert you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تُلْهِكُمْ اَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَٓا اَوْلَادُكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِۚ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tulhikum amwalukum wala awladukumAAan thikri Allahi waman yafAAal thalikafaola-ika humu alkhasiroon

O you who heed warning: let not your wealth or your children divert you from the remembrance of God; and whoso does that, it is they who are the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-munafiqun/verse-9.md_

### 80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** تَلَهَّىٰ — talahhā · "(are) distracted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهّٰىۚ

Faanta AAanhu talahha

From him thou art distracted.

_https://quran.so/surah-abasa/verse-10.md_

### 102. Surah At-Takathur, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** أَلْهَىٰكُمُ — alhākumu · "Diverts you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَلْهٰيكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُۙ

Alhakumu attakathur

The competition for increase diverts you

_https://quran.so/surah-at-takathur/verse-1.md_

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