# Ra-Zal-Lam — رذل (rpl)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to be base, mean, corrupt, vile, ignoble, disapproved, low, bad (applied to man or thing of any kind).
- **Derived forms:** أَرْذَل (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** أَرَاذِلُنَا — arādhilunā · "(are) the lowest of us"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

فَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ مَا نَرٰيكَ اِلَّا بَشَراً مِثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرٰيكَ اتَّبَعَكَ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ اَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِيَ الرَّأْيِۚ وَمَا نَرٰى لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلٍ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ كَاذِب۪ينَ

Faqala almalao allatheenakafaroo min qawmihi ma naraka illa basharanmithlana wama naraka ittabaAAaka illaallatheena hum arathiluna badiya arra/yiwama nara lakum AAalayna min fadlinbal nathunnukum kathibeen

Then said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people: “We see thee not but as a mortal like us; and we see not that any follow thee save those who are the abject among us, at first appearance; and we see not in you over us any merit. The truth is, we think you are liars.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-27.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** أَرْذَلِ — ardhali · "the worst"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

وَاللّٰهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفّٰيكُمْ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرَدُّ اِلٰٓى اَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْـٔاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ قَد۪يرٌ۟

Wallahu khalaqakum thummayatawaffakum waminkum man yuraddu ila arthalialAAumuri likay la yaAAlama baAAda AAilmin shay-an innaAllaha AAaleemun qadeer

And God created you; then will He take you. And among you is he who is sent back to the most abject age, so that he knows not, after knowledge, anything. God is knowing and powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-70.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** أَرْذَلِ — ardhali · "the most abject"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي رَيْبٍ مِنَ الْبَعْثِ فَاِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ مُضْغَةٍ مُخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْۜ وَنُقِرُّ فِي الْاَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَٓاءُ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلاً ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُٓوا اَشُدَّكُمْۚ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفّٰى وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرَدُّ اِلٰٓى اَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَتَرَى الْاَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَاِذَٓا اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَٓاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَاَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَه۪يجٍ

Ya ayyuha annasuin kuntum fee raybin mina albaAAthi fa-inna khalaqnakummin turabin thumma min nutfatin thumma minAAalaqatin thumma min mudghatin mukhallaqatin waghayrimukhallaqatin linubayyina lakum wanuqirru fee al-arhami manashao ila ajalin musamman thumma nukhrijukum tiflanthumma litablughoo ashuddakum waminkum man yutawaffawaminkum man yuraddu ila arthali alAAumuri likaylayaAAlama min baAAdi AAilmin shay-an watara al-ardahamidatan fa-itha anzalna AAalayhaalmaa ihtazzat warabat waanbatat min kulli zawjin baheej

O mankind: if you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then: We created you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then from a clinging thing; then from a fleshy lump formed and unformed — that We might make plain to you. And We settle in the wombs what We will to a stated term; then We bring you forth as a child; then that you should reach your maturity. And among you is he who is taken. And among you is he who is sent back to the most abject age, so that he knows not, after knowledge, anything. And thou seest the earth lifeless; then when We send down upon it water it quivers and swells and grows every delightful kind,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-5.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 111

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ — l-ardhalūna · "the lowest"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

قَالُٓوا اَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْاَرْذَلُونَۜ

Qaloo anu/minu laka wattabaAAakaal-arthaloon

They said: “Are we to believe thee when the abject follow thee?”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-111.md_

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