# Vav-Cim-Lam — وجل (wjl)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to quake/fear, be afraid, feel quick
- **Derived forms:** وَجِلَة (1) · وَجِلَتْ (3) · وَجِلُون (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** وَجِلَتْ — wajilat · "feel fear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذ۪ينَ اِذَا ذُكِرَ اللّٰهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَاِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُهُ زَادَتْهُمْ ا۪يمَاناً وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَۚ

Innama almu/minoona allatheenaitha thukira Allahu wajilat quloobuhum wa-ithatuliyat AAalayhim ayatuhu zadat-hum eemananwaAAala rabbihim yatawakkaloon

The believers are but those who when God is remembered, their hearts are afraid, and when His proofs are recited to them, it increases them in faith, and in their Lord they place their trust,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-2.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** وَجِلُونَ — wajilūna · "afraid"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

اِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَاماًۜ قَالَ اِنَّا مِنْكُمْ وَجِلُونَ

Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloosalaman qala inna minkum wajiloon

When they entered upon him, and said: “Peace!” He said: “We are afraid of you.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-52.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** تَوْجَلْ — tawjal · "be afraid"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالُوا لَا تَوْجَلْ اِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ عَل۪يمٍ

Qaloo la tawjal innanubashshiruka bighulamin AAaleem

They said: “Fear thou not, we bring thee glad tidings of a learned lad.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-53.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** وَجِلَتْ — wajilat · "fear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اِذَا ذُكِرَ اللّٰهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَالصَّابِر۪ينَ عَلٰى مَٓا اَصَابَهُمْ وَالْمُق۪يمِي الصَّلٰوةِۙ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ

Allatheena itha thukiraAllahu wajilat quloobuhum wassabireenaAAala ma asabahum walmuqeemee assalatiwamimma razaqnahum yunfiqoon

Whose hearts are afraid when God is remembered, and those patient over what befalls them, and who uphold the duty, and of what We have provided them they spend.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-35.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** وَجِلَةٌ — wajilatun · "(are) fearful"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · feminine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَٓا اٰتَوْا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ اَنَّهُمْ اِلٰى رَبِّهِمْ رَاجِعُونَۙ

Wallatheena yu/toona maataw waquloobuhum wajilatun annahum ila rabbihim rajiAAoon

And those who give what they give with their hearts in dread that they are returning to their Lord:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-60.md_

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