# Sin-Lam-Kh — سلخ (slx)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To peel, to skin, to strip off, to detach, to separate, to scrape off, to remove, to throw away, to pass, to pass by
- **Derived forms:** نَسْلَخُ (1) · ٱنسَلَخَ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 175

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنسَلَخَ — fa-insalakha · "but he detached"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of infi'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَاَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اٰتَيْنَاهُ اٰيَاتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَاَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَاو۪ينَ

Watlu AAalayhim nabaa allatheeataynahu ayatina fansalakhaminha faatbaAAahu ashshaytanu fakanamina alghaween

And recite thou to them the report of him to whom We gave Our proofs, but he detached himself from them; so the satan followed him, and he was of those who err.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-175.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنسَلَخَ — insalakha · "have passed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of infi'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاِذَا انْسَلَخَ الْاَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍۚ فَاِنْ تَابُوا وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَوُا الزَّكٰوةَ فَخَلُّوا سَب۪يلَهُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Fa-itha insalakha al-ashhuru alhurumufaqtuloo almushrikeena haythu wajadtumoohum wakhuthoohumwahsuroohum waqAAudoo lahum kulla marsadinfa-in taboo waaqamoo assalatawaatawoo azzakata fakhalloo sabeelahum innaAllaha ghafoorun raheem

And when the inviolable months have passed, then kill the idolaters wheresoever you find them, and seize them, and restrain them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, and uphold the duty, and render the purity, then let them go their way; God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-5.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** نَسْلَخُ — naslakhu · "We withdraw"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَاٰيَةٌ لَهُمُ الَّيْلُۚ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ النَّهَارَ فَاِذَا هُمْ مُظْلِمُونَۙ

Waayatun lahumu allaylu naslakhuminhu annahara fa-itha hum muthlimoon

And a proof for them is the night: We peel away from it the day, and then are they in darkness.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-37.md_

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