# Sin-Lam-Lam — سلل (sll)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To pull out, to draw out, to unsheathe, to peel off, to leak, to flow, to rob, to steal, to take secretly, to filter, to drain, to extract slowly
- **Derived forms:** سُلَٰلَة (2) · يَتَسَلَّلُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** سُلَـٰلَةٍۢ — sulālatin · "an essence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ ط۪ينٍۚ

Walaqad khalaqna al-insana minsulalatin min teen

And We created man from an extract of clay;

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

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَسَلَّلُونَ — yatasallalūna · "slip away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَا تَجْعَلُوا دُعَٓاءَ الرَّسُولِ بَيْنَكُمْ  كَدُعَٓاءِ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضاًۜ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ مِنْكُمْ لِوَاذاًۚ فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذ۪ينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ اَمْرِه۪ٓ اَنْ تُص۪يبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ اَوْ يُص۪يبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

La tajAAaloo duAAaa arrasoolibaynakum kaduAAa-i baAAdikum baAAdan qadyaAAlamu Allahu allatheena yatasallaloona minkumliwathan falyahthari allatheena yukhalifoonaAAan amrihi an tuseebahum fitnatun aw yuseebahumAAathabun aleem

Make not the calling of the Messenger among yourselves as your call one of another. God knows those who slip away surreptitiously among you. And let those who oppose His command beware lest a means of denial befall them, or there befall them a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-63.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** سُلَـٰلَةٍۢ — sulālatin · "an extract"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ مَه۪ينٍۚ

Thumma jaAAala naslahu min sulalatinmin ma-in maheen

Then He made his progeny of an extraction of despised water;

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-8.md_

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