# Sin-Lam-Kef — سلك (slk)

> Occurs in 12 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To take a path, to go, to walk, to enter into, to penetrate, to pierce, to make way, to find a way, to behave, to thread a needle, to pass a string through, to string in a row, to undertake something
- **Derived forms:** سَلَكَ (12)

## Verses containing this root

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** نَسْلُكُهُۥ — naslukuhu · "We let it enter"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

كَذٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ ف۪ي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَۙ

Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobialmujrimeen

Thus do We insert it in the hearts of the lawbreakers:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-12.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱسْلُكِى — fa-us'lukī · "and follow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, feminine, singular · imperative mood

ثُمَّ كُل۪ي مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُك۪ي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلاًۜ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ اَلْوَانُهُ ف۪يهِ شِفَٓاءٌ لِلنَّاسِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Thumma kulee min kulli aththamaratifaslukee subula rabbiki thululan yakhruju min butoonihasharabun mukhtalifun alwanuhu feehi shifaonlinnasi inna fee thalika laayatanliqawmin yatafakkaroon

“Then eat thou of every fruit, and follow thou the ways of thy Lord gently.” There comes out of their bellies a drink differing in its hues wherein is healing for men. In that is a proof for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-69.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** وَسَلَكَ — wasalaka · "and inserted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَلَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْداً وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ ف۪يهَا سُبُلاً وَاَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءًۜ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِه۪ٓ اَزْوَاجاً مِنْ نَبَاتٍ شَتّٰى

Allathee jaAAala lakumu al-ardamahdan wasalaka lakum feeha subulan waanzala mina assama-imaan faakhrajna bihi azwajan min nabatinshatta

(Who made the earth for you as a bed, and inserted roads for you therein; and sent down from the sky water, and thereby have We brought forth diverse kinds of plants:

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-53.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱسْلُكْ — fa-us'luk · "then put"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْهِ اَنِ اصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِاَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُۙ فَاسْلُكْ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَاَهْلَكَ اِلَّا مَنْ سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ مِنْهُمْۚ وَلَا تُخَاطِبْن۪ي فِي الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۚ اِنَّهُمْ مُغْرَقُونَ

Faawhayna ilayhi ani isnaAAialfulka bi-aAAyunina wawahyina fa-ithajaa amruna wafara attannooru faslukfeeha min kullin zawjayni ithnayni waahlaka illaman sabaqa AAalayhi alqawlu minhum wala tukhatibneefee allatheena thalamoo innahum mughraqoon

And We instructed him: “Make thou the ship under Our eyes and Our instruction; then when Our command comes and the oven boils over, load thou therein of each kind two, and thy household save him against whom the word has gone forth among them. And address thou Me not on behalf of those who do wrong; they will be drowned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-27.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 200

- **Form in this verse:** سَلَكْنَـٰهُ — salaknāhu · "We have inserted it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

كَذٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ ف۪ي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَۜ

Kathalika salaknahu feequloobi almujrimeen

Thus have We put it in the hearts of the lawbreakers:

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-200.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** ٱسْلُكْ — us'luk · "Insert"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

اُسْلُكْ يَدَكَ ف۪ي جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَٓاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُٓوءٍۘ وَاضْمُمْ اِلَيْكَ جَنَاحَكَ مِنَ الرَّهْبِ فَذَانِكَ بُرْهَانَانِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا۬ئِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْماً فَاسِق۪ينَ

Osluk yadaka fee jaybika takhruj baydaamin ghayri soo-in wadmum ilayka janahakamina arrahbi fathanika burhanani minrabbika ila firAAawna wamala-ihi innahum kanooqawman fasiqeen

“Insert thou thy hand into thy bosom; it will come forth white, without evil. And draw thou thine arm to thee against fear. And these are two evidences from thy Lord to Pharaoh and his eminent ones; they are a perfidious people.”

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

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** فَسَلَكَهُۥ — fasalakahu · "and He makes it flow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَسَلَكَهُ يَنَاب۪يعَ فِي الْاَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِه۪ زَرْعاً مُخْتَلِفاً اَلْوَانُهُ ثُمَّ يَه۪يجُ فَـتَرٰيهُ مُصْفَراًّ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ حُطَاماًۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَذِكْرٰى لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ۟

Alam tara anna Allaha anzala mina assama-imaan fasalakahu yanabeeAAa fee al-ardithumma yukhriju bihi zarAAan mukhtalifan alwanuhu thummayaheeju fatarahu musfarran thumma yajAAaluhu hutamaninna fee thalika lathikra li-olee al-albab

Dost thou not see that God sent down from the sky water, and inserted it as springs in the earth? Then He brings forth a crop differing in its hues; then it withers, and thou seest it turned to yellow; then He makes it debris. In that is a reminder for men of understanding.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-21.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱسْلُكُوهُ — fa-us'lukūhu · "insert him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

ثُمَّ ف۪ي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعاً فَاسْلُكُوهُۜ

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuhasabAAoona thiraAAan faslukooh

“Then into a chain the length whereof is seventy cubits insert him!”

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

### 71. Surah Nuh, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ — litaslukū · "That you may go along"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لِتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلاً فِجَاجاً۟

Litaslukoo minha subulan fijaja

That you might follow the broad ways thereof.

_https://quran.so/surah-nuh/verse-20.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْلُكْهُ — yasluk'hu · "He will make him enter"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ ف۪يهِۚ وَمَنْ يُعْرِضْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّه۪ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَاباً صَعَداًۙ

Linaftinahum feehi waman yuAArid AAanthikri rabbihi yasluk-hu AAathaban saAAada

That We might subject them to means of denial thereby. And whoso turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will cause him to enter a grievous punishment.

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

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْلُكُ — yasluku · "makes to march"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضٰى مِنْ رَسُولٍ فَاِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِه۪ رَصَداًۙ

Illa mani irtada min rasoolinfa-innahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi rasada

Save to a messenger He has approved: “And that, He sends before him and after him watchers,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-27.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** سَلَكَكُمْ — salakakum · "led you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

مَا سَلَـكَكُمْ ف۪ي سَقَرَ

Ma salakakum fee saqar

“What brought you into Saqar?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-42.md_

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