# Sin-Vav-Lam — سول (swl)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To ask, to want, to wish, to request, to demand, to beg
- **Derived forms:** سَوَّلَ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** سَوَّلَتْ — sawwalat · "has enticed you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَجَٓاؤُ۫ عَلٰى قَم۪يصِه۪ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ اَنْفُسُكُمْ اَمْراًۜ فَصَبْرٌ جَم۪يلٌۜ وَاللّٰهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلٰى مَا تَصِفُونَ

Wajaoo AAala qameesihibidamin kathibin qala bal sawwalat lakum anfusukumamran fasabrun jameelun wallahu almustaAAanuAAala ma tasifoon

And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: “Nay, your souls have enticed you into a matter; then: comely patience — and God is the one whose aid is sought against what you describe.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-18.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** سَوَّلَتْ — sawwalat · "have enticed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ اَنْفُسُكُمْ اَمْراًۜ فَصَبْرٌ جَم۪يلٌۜ عَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَأْتِيَن۪ي بِهِمْ جَم۪يعاًۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَل۪يمُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Qala bal sawwalat lakum anfusukumamran fasabrun jameelun AAasa Allahu anya/tiyanee bihim jameeAAan innahu huwa alAAaleemu alhakeem

He said: “Nay, your souls have enticed you into a matter. Then: comely patience — it may be that God will bring them to me all together; He is the Knowing, the Wise.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-83.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** سَوَّلَتْ — sawwalat · "suggested"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا بِه۪ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِنْ اَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ ل۪ي نَفْس۪ي

Qala basurtu bima lamyabsuroo bihi faqabadtu qabdatan min athariarrasooli fanabathtuha wakathalikasawwalat lee nafsee

Said he: “I saw what they saw not; so I took a handful from the track of the Messenger, and did throw it; and thus my soul enticed me.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-96.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** سَوَّلَ — sawwala · "enticed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ ارْتَدُّوا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْهُدَىۙ الشَّيْطَانُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمْۜ وَاَمْلٰى لَهُمْ

Inna allatheena irtaddoo AAalaadbarihim min baAAdi ma tabayyana lahumu alhudaashshaytanu sawwala lahum waamla lahum

Those who turned back after the guidance had become clear to them, the satan has enticed them and granted them respite,

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-25.md_

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