# Lam-Cim-Elif — لجا (ljA)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To take refuge, retreat, shelter, protection, flee to, preservation, lodging, concealment, to rely upon and seek aid, defense.
- **Derived forms:** مَّلْجَإ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** مَلْجَـًٔا — malja-an · "a refuge"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجَـٔاً اَوْ مَغَارَاتٍ اَوْ مُدَّخَلاً لَوَلَّوْا اِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ

Law yajidoona maljaan aw magharatinaw muddakhalan lawallaw ilayhi wahum yajmahoon

Had they found a refuge, or caves, or a place to enter, they would turn towards it and bolt away.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-57.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** مَلْجَأَ — malja-a · "refuge"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَعَلَى الثَّلٰثَةِ الَّذ۪ينَ خُلِّفُواۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْاَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ اَنْفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنْ لَا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ اِلَّٓا اِلَيْهِۜ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُواۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّح۪يمُ۟

WaAAala aththalathatiallatheena khullifoo hatta itha daqatAAalayhimu al-ardu bima rahubat wadaqatAAalayhim anfusuhum wathannoo an la maljaamina Allahi illa ilayhi thumma tabaAAalayhim liyatooboo inna Allaha huwa attawwabuarraheem

And towards the three who were left behind when the earth had become straitened for them, vast as it was, and their souls had become straitened for them, and they thought that there was no refuge from God save to Him; then turned He towards them, that they might turn. God, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-118.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** مَّلْجَإٍۢ — malja-in · "refuge"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

اِسْتَج۪يبُوا لِرَبِّكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ مَلْجَاٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ نَك۪يرٍ

Istajeeboo lirabbikum min qabli an ya/tiyayawmun la maradda lahu mina Allahi ma lakummin malja-in yawma-ithin wama lakum min nakeer

Respond to your Lord before there comes a day there is no repelling from God; you will have no refuge that day, nor will there be for you any denial.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-47.md_

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