# Vav-Lam-Cim — ولج (wlj)

> Occurs in 14 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To enter, penetrate in, go in, pass through, gain
- **Derived forms:** وَلِيجَة (1) · يَلِجَ (3) · يُولِجُ (10)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** تُولِجُ — tūliju · "You cause to enter"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

تُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِۘ وَتُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّۘ وَتَرْزُقُ مَنْ تَشَٓاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Tooliju allayla fee annahariwatooliju annahara fee allayli watukhriju alhayyamina almayyiti watukhriju almayyita mina alhayyi watarzuquman tashao bighayri hisab

“Thou makest the night enter into the day, and Thou makest the day enter into the night; and Thou bringest forth the living from the dead, and Thou bringest forth the dead from the living. And Thou givest provision to whom Thou wilt without reckoning.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-27.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وَتُولِجُ — watūliju · "and You cause to enter"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

تُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِۘ وَتُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّۘ وَتَرْزُقُ مَنْ تَشَٓاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Tooliju allayla fee annahariwatooliju annahara fee allayli watukhriju alhayyamina almayyiti watukhriju almayyita mina alhayyi watarzuquman tashao bighayri hisab

“Thou makest the night enter into the day, and Thou makest the day enter into the night; and Thou bringest forth the living from the dead, and Thou bringest forth the dead from the living. And Thou givest provision to whom Thou wilt without reckoning.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-27.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** يَلِجَ — yalija · "passes"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ اَبْوَابُ السَّمَٓاءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتّٰى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ ف۪ي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ

Inna allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinawastakbaroo AAanha la tufattahulahum abwabu assama-i walayadkhuloona aljannata hatta yalija aljamalu feesammi alkhiyati wakathalika najzee almujrimeen

Those who deny Our proofs and wax proud at them: for them the gates of heaven will not be opened, nor will they enter the Garden any more than a twisted rope can pass through the eye of a needle; and thus We requite the lawbreakers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-40.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** وَلِيجَةًۭ ۚ — walījatan · "(as) intimates"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ اَنْ تُتْرَكُوا وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ جَاهَدُوا مِنْكُمْ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا رَسُولِه۪ وَلَا الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَل۪يجَةًۜ وَاللّٰهُ خَب۪يرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ۟

Am hasibtum an tutrakoo walammayaAAlami Allahu allatheena jahadoo minkumwalam yattakhithoo min dooni Allahi walarasoolihi wala almu/mineena waleejatan wallahukhabeerun bima taAAmaloon

If you think that you will be left when God knows not those among you who have striven, and have taken — besides God, and His messenger, and the believers — no confidant[...]. And God is aware of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-16.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** يُولِجُ — yūliju · "causes to enter"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَم۪يعٌ بَص۪يرٌ

Thalika bi-anna Allaha yoolijuallayla fee annahari wayooliju annaharafee allayli waanna Allaha sameeAAun baseer

For it is that God makes the night enter into the day, and makes the day enter into the night; and that God is hearing and seeing!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-61.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُولِجُ — wayūliju · "and causes to enter"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَم۪يعٌ بَص۪يرٌ

Thalika bi-anna Allaha yoolijuallayla fee annahari wayooliju annaharafee allayli waanna Allaha sameeAAun baseer

For it is that God makes the night enter into the day, and makes the day enter into the night; and that God is hearing and seeing!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-61.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** يُولِجُ — yūliju · "causes to enter"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۘ   كُلٌّ يَجْر۪ٓي اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يرٌ

Alam tara anna Allaha yooliju allaylafee annahari wayooliju annahara feeallayli wasakhkhara ashshamsa walqamara kullunyajree ila ajalin musamman waanna Allaha bimataAAmaloona khabeer

Dost thou not see that God makes the night enter into the day, and makes the day enter into the night — and He made subject the sun and the moon, each running to a stated term — and that God is of what you do aware?

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-29.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُولِجُ — wayūliju · "and causes to enter"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۘ   كُلٌّ يَجْر۪ٓي اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يرٌ

Alam tara anna Allaha yooliju allaylafee annahari wayooliju annahara feeallayli wasakhkhara ashshamsa walqamara kullunyajree ila ajalin musamman waanna Allaha bimataAAmaloona khabeer

Dost thou not see that God makes the night enter into the day, and makes the day enter into the night — and He made subject the sun and the moon, each running to a stated term — and that God is of what you do aware?

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-29.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** يَلِجُ — yaliju · "penetrates"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ ف۪يهَاۜ وَهُوَ الرَّح۪يمُ الْغَفُورُ

YaAAlamu ma yaliju fee al-ardiwama yakhruju minha wama yanzilu mina assama-iwama yaAAruju feeha wahuwa arraheemualghafoor

He knows what penetrates the earth and what comes forth from it, and what descends from the sky and what ascends into it; and He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-2.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** يُولِجُ — yūliju · "He causes to enter"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِۙ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۘ كُلٌّ يَجْر۪ي لِاَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْ قِطْم۪يرٍۜ

Yooliju allayla fee annahariwayooliju annahara fee allayli wasakhkhara ashshamsawalqamara kullun yajree li-ajalin musamman thalikumuAllahu rabbukum lahu almulku wallatheenatadAAoona min doonihi ma yamlikoona min qitmeer

He makes the night enter into the day, and makes the day enter into the night, and He made subject the sun and the moon, each running for a stated term. That is God, your Lord: to Him belongs the dominion; and those to whom you call, besides Him, possess not the skin of a date-stone.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-13.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُولِجُ — wayūliju · "and He causes to enter"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِۙ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۘ كُلٌّ يَجْر۪ي لِاَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْ قِطْم۪يرٍۜ

Yooliju allayla fee annahariwayooliju annahara fee allayli wasakhkhara ashshamsawalqamara kullun yajree li-ajalin musamman thalikumuAllahu rabbukum lahu almulku wallatheenatadAAoona min doonihi ma yamlikoona min qitmeer

He makes the night enter into the day, and makes the day enter into the night, and He made subject the sun and the moon, each running for a stated term. That is God, your Lord: to Him belongs the dominion; and those to whom you call, besides Him, possess not the skin of a date-stone.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-13.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يَلِجُ — yaliju · "penetrates"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ ف۪ي سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِۜ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ ف۪يهَاۜ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ اَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Huwa allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda fee sittati ayyamin thumma istawaAAala alAAarshi yaAAlamu ma yaliju fee al-ardiwama yakhruju minha wama yanzilu mina assama-iwama yaAAruju feeha wahuwa maAAakum ayna makuntum wallahu bima taAAmaloona baseer

He it is that created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established Himself upon the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth, and what comes forth from it, and what descends from the heaven, and what ascends into it. And He is with you wherever you may be; and God sees what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-4.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** يُولِجُ — yūliju · "He merges"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِۜ وَهُوَ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Yooliju allayla fee annahariwayooliju annahara fee allayi wahuwa AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

He makes the night enter into the day, and makes the day enter into the night. And He knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-6.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُولِجُ — wayūliju · "and He merges"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِۜ وَهُوَ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Yooliju allayla fee annahariwayooliju annahara fee allayi wahuwa AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

He makes the night enter into the day, and makes the day enter into the night. And He knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-6.md_

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