# Mim-Lam-Kaf — ملق (mlq)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To flay a person, also to behave in a loving and affectionate manner towards someone, run swiftly, be vehement in journeying.
- **Derived forms:** إِمْلَٰق (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 151

- **Form in this verse:** إِمْلَـٰقٍۢ ۖ — im'lāqin · "poverty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قُلْ تَعَالَوْا اَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ اَلَّا تُشْرِكُوا بِه۪ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ اِحْسَاناًۚ وَلَا تَقْتُلُٓوا اَوْلَادَكُمْ مِنْ اِمْلَاقٍۜ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَاِيَّاهُمْۚ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَۚ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّت۪ي حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّۜ ذٰلِكُمْ وَصّٰيكُمْ بِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Qul taAAalaw atlu ma harramarabbukum AAalaykum alla tushrikoo bihi shay-an wabilwalidayniihsanan wala taqtuloo awladakum minimlaqin nahnu narzuqukum wa-iyyahum walataqraboo alfawahisha ma thahara minhawama batana wala taqtuloo annafsaallatee harrama Allahu illa bilhaqqithalikum wassakum bihi laAAallakum taAAqiloon

Say thou: “Come, I will recite what your Lord has made unlawful for you: that you ascribe a partnership with Him ­­to anything (while towards parents good conduct); and kill not your children out of poverty,” — We will provide for you and for them — “and approach not sexual immoralities, whether open or concealed; and kill not the soul which God has made unlawful save with justice; ­— that He enjoined upon you, that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-151.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** إِمْلَـٰقٍۢ ۖ — im'lāqin · "(of) poverty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَا تَقْتُلُٓوا اَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ اِمْلَاقٍۜ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَاِيَّاكُمْۜ اِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـٔاً كَب۪يراً

Wala taqtuloo awladakumkhashyata imlaqin nahnu narzuquhum wa-iyyakuminna qatlahum kana khit-an kabeera

And kill not your children for fear of poverty — We will provide for them and for you; the killing of them is a great offence —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-31.md_

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