# Kaf-Ye-Lam — قيل (qyl)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To make a siesta at noon, sleep in the middle of the day. Qailun - one who takes siesta at midday. Maqil - place of repose at noon, resting place.
- **Derived forms:** قَائِلُون (1) · مَقِيل (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** قَآئِلُونَ — qāilūna · "were sleeping at noon"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَكَمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنَاهَا فَجَٓاءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتاً اَوْ هُمْ قَٓائِلُونَ

Wakam min qaryatin ahlaknahafajaaha ba/suna bayatan aw hum qa-iloon

And how many a city have We destroyed! Our might came upon it by night, or while they slept at noonday,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-4.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** مَقِيلًۭا — maqīlan · "resting-place"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُسْتَقَراًّ وَاَحْسَنُ مَق۪يلاً

As-habu aljannati yawma-ithinkhayrun mustaqarran waahsanu maqeela

The companions of the Garden, that day, are better in dwelling-place and better in resting-place.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-24.md_

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