# Kh-Lam-Lam — خلل (xll) > Occurs in 13 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/xll - **Meaning:** To become lean, to diminish/decrease/waste away, to be poor, be of want or need, to perforate/pierce/skewer a thing, to remove/transfer/shift, to pick or extract the remains of, put into the interstices of a thing, to spoil or become sour, make wine into vinegar, act as a true and sincere friend, fall short of accomplishing a task, to neglect/omit or leave undone, to absent one's self, produce bad fruit, enter/penetrate or pass through, interrupt or intervene, to be shaky/loose/faulty/defective, to be uncompact/disordered/unsound, to be corrupt or disordered in temperament, to attire with an anklet or pair of anklets, to be old and worn out, to die and leave a gap/vacancy, to be of habit/custom, show true and sincere affection/friendship/love, to be flawed/imperfect/deficient, to leave one thing for another. - **Derived forms:** خُلَّة (1) · خَلِيل (4) · خِلَٰل (8) ## Verses containing this root ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 254 - **Form in this verse:** خُلَّةٌۭ — khullatun · "friendship" - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا بَيْعٌ ف۪يهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَاعَةٌۜ وَالْكَافِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooanfiqoo mimma razaqnakum min qabli an ya/tiyayawmun la bayAAun feehi wala khullatun walashafaAAatun walkafiroona humu aththalimoon O you who heed warning: spend of what We have provided you before there comes a day wherein is neither commerce, nor friendship, nor intercession; and the false claimers of guidance: they are the wrongdoers. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-254.md_ ### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 125 - **Form in this verse:** خَلِيلًۭا — khalīlan · "(as) a friend" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite وَمَنْ اَحْسَنُ د۪يناً مِمَّنْ اَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلّٰهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ وَاتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ حَن۪يفاًۜ وَاتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ خَل۪يلاً Waman ahsanu deenan mimman aslamawajhahu lillahi wahuwa muhsinun wattabaAAamillata ibraheema haneefan wattakhathaAllahu ibraheema khaleela And who is better in doctrine than he who submits his face to God, and is a doer of good, and follows the creed of Abraham, inclining to truth? And God took Abraham as a friend. _https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-125.md_ ### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 47 - **Form in this verse:** خِلَـٰلَكُمْ — khilālakum · "in your midst" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case لَوْ خَرَجُوا ف۪يكُمْ مَا زَادُوكُمْ اِلَّا خَبَالاً وَلَا۬اَوْضَعُوا خِلَالَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ الْفِتْنَةَۚ وَف۪يكُمْ سَمَّاعُونَ لَهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِالظَّالِم۪ينَ Law kharajoo feekum ma zadookumilla khabalan walaawdaAAoo khilalakumyabghoonakumu alfitnata wafeekum sammaAAoona lahum wallahuAAaleemun biththalimeen Had they gone forth with you, they would have increased you only in ruin, and been active in your midst seeking means of denial for you; and among you are eager listeners to them; and God knows the wrongdoers. _https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-47.md_ ### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 31 - **Form in this verse:** خِلَـٰلٌ — khilālun · "any friendship" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite قُلْ لِعِبَادِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا يُق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ سِراًّ وَعَلَانِيَةً مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا بَيْعٌ ف۪يهِ وَلَا خِلَالٌ Qul liAAibadiya allatheena amanooyuqeemoo assalata wayunfiqoo mimmarazaqnahum sirran waAAalaniyatan min qabli anya/tiya yawmun la bayAAun feehi wala khilal Say thou to My servants who heed warning, that they uphold the duty, and spend of what We have provided them, secretly and openly, before there comes a day wherein there is neither bargaining nor friendship. _https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-31.md_ ### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 5 - **Form in this verse:** خِلَـٰلَ — khilāla · "the inner most part" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ وَعْدُ اُو۫لٰيهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَاداً لَنَٓا اُو۬ل۪ي بَأْسٍ شَد۪يدٍ فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّيَارِۜ وَكَانَ وَعْداً مَفْعُولاً Fa-itha jaa waAAdu oolahumabaAAathna AAalaykum AAibadan lana oleeba/sin shadeedin fajasoo khilala addiyariwakana waAAdan mafAAoola Then when the promise came of the first of the two, We raised up against you servants of Ours of severe might who conducted a search within the homes; and it was a promise fulfilled. _https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-5.md_ ### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 73 - **Form in this verse:** خَلِيلًۭا — khalīlan · "(as) a friend" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite وَاِنْ كَادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۗ وَاِذاً لَاتَّخَذُوكَ خَل۪يلاً Wa-in kadoo layaftinoonaka AAani allatheeawhayna ilayka litaftariya AAalayna ghayrahuwa-ithan lattakhathooka khaleela And they had almost seduced thee away from that We revealed to thee, that thou invent about Us other than it — and then would they have taken thee as a friend. _https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-73.md_ ### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 91 - **Form in this verse:** خِلَـٰلَهَا — khilālahā · "within them" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case اَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ الْاَنْهَارَ خِلَالَهَا تَفْج۪يراًۙ Aw takoona laka jannatun min nakheelinwaAAinabin fatufajjira al-anhara khilalahatafjeera “Or thou have a garden of date-palms and grapevines, and thou cause rivers to gush forth in the midst thereof abundantly, _https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-91.md_ ### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 33 - **Form in this verse:** خِلَـٰلَهُمَا — khilālahumā · "within them" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case كِلْتَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ اٰتَتْ اُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِمْ مِنْهُ شَيْـٔاًۙ وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلَالَهُمَا نَهَراًۙ Kilta aljannatayni atat okulahawalam tathlim minhu shay-an wafajjarna khilalahumanahara Each of the two gardens produced its fruit and were wronged nothing thereof. And We caused to flow in the midst of them a river. _https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-33.md_ ### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 43 - **Form in this verse:** خِلَـٰلِهِۦ — khilālihi · "their midst" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُزْج۪ي سَحَاباً ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَاماً فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِه۪ۚ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ جِبَالٍ ف۪يهَا مِنْ بَرَدٍ فَيُص۪يبُ بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِه۪ يَذْهَبُ بِالْاَبْصَارِۜ Alam tara anna Allaha yuzjee sahabanthumma yu-allifu baynahu thumma yajAAaluhu rukaman fataraalwadqa yakhruju min khilalihi wayunazzilu mina assama-imin jibalin feeha min baradin fayuseebu bihiman yashao wayasrifuhu AAan man yashao yakadusana barqihi yathhabu bil-absar Dost thou not see that God drives the clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them a mass, and thou seest the rain come forth from the midst of it. And He sends down from the sky, from mountains therein of hail, and He strikes therewith whom He wills, and turns away therefrom whom He wills. The brilliance of His lightning almost takes away the sight. _https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-43.md_ ### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 28 - **Form in this verse:** خَلِيلًۭا — khalīlan · "(as) a friend" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite يَا وَيْلَتٰى لَيْتَن۪ي لَمْ اَتَّخِذْ فُلَاناً خَل۪يلاً Ya waylata laytanee lamattakhith fulanan khaleela “Woe is me! Would that I had not taken such-and-such for a friend! _https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-28.md_ ### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 61 - **Form in this verse:** خِلَـٰلَهَآ — khilālahā · "(in) its midst" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case اَمَّنْ جَعَلَ الْاَرْضَ قَرَاراً وَجَعَلَ خِلَالَـهَٓا اَنْهَاراً وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزاًۜ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَعَ اللّٰهِۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۜ Amman jaAAala al-arda qararanwajaAAala khilalaha anharan wajaAAala laharawasiya wajaAAala bayna albahrayni hajizana-ilahun maAAa Allahi bal aktharuhum layaAAlamoon If: He who made the earth a fixed lodging, and made rivers in its midst, and made firm mountains therein, and made a barrier between the two seas: is there any god with God? The truth is, most of them know not. _https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-61.md_ ### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 48 - **Form in this verse:** خِلَـٰلِهِۦ ۖ — khilālihi · "their midst" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُث۪يرُ سَحَاباً فَيَبْسُطُهُ فِي السَّمَٓاءِ كَيْفَ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَجْعَلُهُ كِسَفاً فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِه۪ۚ فَاِذَٓا اَصَابَ بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ٓ اِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ Allahu allathee yursilu arriyahafatutheeru sahaban fayabsutuhu fee assama-ikayfa yashao wayajAAaluhu kisafan fatara alwadqayakhruju min khilalihi fa-itha asaba bihiman yashao min AAibadihi itha humyastabshiroon God is He who sends the winds, that they stir up a cloud, and He spreads it in the sky as He wills; and He makes it pieces and thou seest the rain come forth from the midst of it; then when He makes it fall on whom He wills of His servants they rejoice _https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-48.md_ ### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 67 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ — al-akhilāu · "Friends" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case اَلْاَخِلَّٓاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا الْمُتَّق۪ينَۜ‌۟ Al-akhillao yawma-ithin baAAduhumlibaAAdin AAaduwwun illa almuttaqeen Friends, that day, will be enemies to one another save those of prudent fear. _https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-67.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-24 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.