# Kh-Lam-Vav — خلو (xlw)

> Occurs in 28 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be empty/vacant/void/destitute/unoccupied, to be free from fault or a thing or affair, free of accusation or suspicion, to be alone or without any companion, meet with one in a vacant/unoccupied place, to pass away, to dismiss, let loose or let go a thing, permit or allow a thing, to forsake/relinquish/desert/abandon a thing, to be distant/remote/aloof/far from a thing, be at leisure, unoccupied (unemployed).
- **Derived forms:** تَخَلَّتْ (1) · خَالِيَة (1) · خَلَا (25) · خَلُّ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَوْا۟ — khalaw · "they are alone"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِذَا لَقُوا الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّاۚ وَاِذَا خَلَوْا اِلٰى شَيَاطٖينِهِمْۙ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا مَعَكُمْۙ اِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ

Wa-itha laqoo allatheena amanooqaloo amanna wa-itha khalaw ilashayateenihim qaloo inna maAAakum innamanahnu mustahzi-oon

And when they meet those who heed warning, they say: “We believe.” But when they are alone with their satans, they say: “We are with you; we were only mocking!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-14.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَا — khalā · "meet in private"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاِذَا لَقُوا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّاۚ وَاِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍ قَالُٓوا اَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمْ بِمَا فَتَحَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَٓاجُّوكُمْ بِه۪ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Wa-itha laqoo allatheena amanooqaloo amanna wa-itha khalabaAAduhum ila baAAdin qaloo atuhaddithoonahumbima fataha Allahu AAalaykum liyuhajjookumbihi AAinda rabbikum afala taAAqiloon

And when they meet those who heed warning, they say: “We believe.” But when they are alone with one another, they say: “Do you recount to them what God has revealed to you, that they might argue against you before your Lord?” Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-76.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 134

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ ۖ — khalat · "has passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

تِلْكَ اُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُمْ مَا كَسَبْتُمْۚ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Tilka ommatun qad khalat laha makasabat walakum ma kasabtum wala tus-aloona AAammakano yaAAmaloon

That is a community which has passed away; it has what it earned, and you have what you earned; and you will not be questioned about what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-134.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 141

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ ۖ — khalat · "has passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

تِلْكَ اُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُمْ مَا كَسَبْتُمْۚ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ۟

Tilka ommatun qad khalat laha makasabat walakum ma kasabtum wala tus-aloona AAammakanoo yaAAmaloon

That is a community which has passed away. It has what it earned, and you have what you earned; and you will not be questioned about what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-141.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 214

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَوْا۟ — khalaw · "passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ اَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُمْ مَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْۜ مَسَّتْهُمُ الْبَأْسَٓاءُ وَالضَّرَّٓاءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا حَتّٰى يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتٰى نَصْرُ اللّٰهِۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّ نَصْرَ اللّٰهِ قَر۪يبٌ

Am hasibtum an tadkhuloo aljannatawalamma ya/tikum mathalu allatheena khalaw minqablikum massat-humu alba/sao waddarraowazulziloo hatta yaqoola arrasoolu wallatheenaamanoo maAAahu mata nasru Allahi alainna nasra Allahi qareeb

If you think that you will enter the Garden when there has not come to you the like of those who passed away before you: affliction and adversity touched them, and they were shaken until the Messenger and those who heeded warning with him said: “When is the help of God?” In truth, the help of God is near.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-214.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 119

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَوْا۟ — khalaw · "they are alone"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

هَٓا اَنْتُمْ اُو۬لَٓاءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ كُلِّه۪ۚ وَاِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّاۗ وَاِذَا خَلَوْا عَضُّوا عَلَيْكُمُ الْاَنَامِلَ مِنَ الْغَيْظِۜ قُلْ مُوتُوا بِغَيْظِكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Ha antum ola-i tuhibboonahumwala yuhibboonakum watu/minoona bilkitabikullihi wa-itha laqookum qaloo amannawa-itha khalaw AAaddoo AAalaykumu al-anamilamina alghaythi qul mootoo bighaythikuminna Allaha AAaleemun bithati assudoor

Here you are, those who love them; and they love you not, when you believe in the Writ — all of it. And when they meet you, they say: “We believe,” but when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you from rage. Say thou: “Die in your rage, God knows what is in the breasts.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-119.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 137

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "passed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌۙ فَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّب۪ينَ

Qad khalat min qablikum sunanun faseeroofee al-ardi fanthuroo kayfa kanaAAaqibatu almukaththibeen

Practices have passed away before you; so travel in the earth and see how was the final outcome of the deniers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-137.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 144

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ اِلَّا رَسُولٌۚ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُۜ اَفَا۬ئِنْ مَاتَ اَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلٰٓى اَعْقَابِكُمْۜ وَمَنْ يَنْقَلِبْ عَلٰى عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَنْ يَضُرَّ اللّٰهَ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَسَيَجْزِي اللّٰهُ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ

Wama muhammadun illarasoolun qad khalat min qablihi arrusulu afa-in mataaw qutila inqalabtum AAala aAAqabikum wamanyanqalib AAala AAaqibayhi falan yadurra Allahashay-an wasayajzee Allahu ashshakireen

And Muḥammad is only a messenger; messengers have passed away before him. If then he dies or is killed, will you turn back on your heels? And he who turns back on his heels does no harm to God at all; and God will reward the grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-144.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "had passed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

مَا الْمَس۪يحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ اِلَّا رَسُولٌۚ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُۜ وَاُمُّهُ صِدّ۪يقَةٌۜ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ الطَّعَامَۜ اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ اَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَ

Ma almaseehu ibnu maryama illarasoolun qad khalat min qablihi arrusulu waommuhu siddeeqatunkana ya/kulani attaAAamaonthur kayfa nubayyinu lahumu al-ayatithumma onthur anna yu/fakoon

The Messiah, son of Mary, was but a messenger; messengers had passed away before him; and his mother was a woman of truth; they both ate food. See thou how We make plain the proofs to them; then see thou how they are deluded.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-75.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

قَالَ ادْخُلُوا ف۪ٓي اُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ فِي النَّارِۜ   كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ اُمَّةٌ لَعَنَتْ اُخْتَهَاۜ  حَتّٰٓى اِذَا ادَّارَكُوا ف۪يهَا جَم۪يعاًۙ قَالَتْ اُخْرٰيهُمْ لِاُو۫لٰيهُمْ رَبَّنَا هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اَضَلُّونَا فَاٰتِهِمْ عَذَاباً ضِعْفاً مِنَ النَّارِۜ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Qala odkhuloo fee omamin qad khalatmin qablikum mina aljinni wal-insi fee annarikullama dakhalat ommatun laAAanat okhtaha hattaitha iddarakoo feeha jameeAAan qalatokhrahum li-oolahum rabbana haola-iadalloona faatihim AAathaban diAAfanmina annari qala likullin diAAfunwalakin la taAAlamoon

He will say: “Enter among the communities that have passed away before you of domini and servi into the Fire!” Whenever a community enters, it curses its sister; when they have followed one another therein all together, the last of them will say to the first of them: “Our Lord: these led us astray; so give Thou them double punishment of the Fire!” He will say: “For each is double, but you know not.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-38.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** فَخَلُّوا۟ — fakhallū · "then leave"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

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_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 102

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَوْا۟ — khalaw · "passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَهَلْ يَنْتَظِرُونَ اِلَّا مِثْلَ اَيَّامِ الَّذ۪ينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ قُلْ فَانْتَظِرُٓوا اِنّ۪ي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِر۪ينَ

Fahal yantathiroona illamithla ayyami allatheena khalaw min qablihim qul fantathirooinnee maAAakum mina almuntathireen

Do they await save the like of the days of those who passed away before them? Say thou: “Then wait — I am with you waiting.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-102.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْلُ — yakhlu · "so will be free"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اُقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ اَوِ اطْرَحُوهُ اَرْضاً يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ اَب۪يكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ قَوْماً صَالِح۪ينَ

Oqtuloo yoosufa awi itrahoohuardan yakhlu lakum wajhu abeekum watakoonoo min baAAdihiqawman saliheen

“Kill Joseph, or banish him to a land; the face of your father will pass to you — and be you after it a righteous people,”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-9.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "has occurred"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ الْحَسَنَةِ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمُ الْمَثُلَاتُۜ وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ لِلنَّاسِ عَلٰى ظُلْمِهِمْۚ وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَشَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ

WayastaAAjiloonaka bissayyi-atiqabla alhasanati waqad khalat min qablihimu almathulatuwa-inna rabbaka lathoo maghfiratin linnasiAAala thulmihim wa-inna rabbaka lashadeedualAAiqab

And they ask thee to hasten the evil before the good when there have passed away before them exemplary punishments. And thy Lord is full of forgiveness towards men despite their injustice; but thy Lord is severe in retribution.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-6.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "have passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

كَذٰلِكَ اَرْسَلْنَاكَ ف۪ٓي اُمَّةٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهَٓا اُمَمٌ لِتَتْلُوَ۬ا عَلَيْهِمُ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ بِالرَّحْمٰنِۜ قُلْ هُوَ رَبّ۪ي لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَاِلَيْهِ مَتَابِ

Kathalika arsalnaka feeommatin qad khalat min qabliha omamun litatluwa AAalayhimuallathee awhayna ilayka wahum yakfuroona birrahmaniqul huwa rabbee la ilaha illa huwa AAalayhitawakkaltu wa-ilayhi matab

Thus have We sent thee among a community — communities have passed away before it — that thou recite to them what We have revealed to thee; but they deny the Almighty. Say thou: “He is my Lord: — there is no god save He — in Him have I placed my trust, and to Him is my return.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-30.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "have passed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِه۪ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

La yu/minoona bihi waqad khalatsunnatu al-awwaleen

They believe not in it; and the practice of the former peoples has passed away.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-13.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَوْا۟ — khalaw · "passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ اَنْزَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْكُمْ اٰيَاتٍ مُبَيِّنَاتٍ وَمَثَلاً مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ وَمَوْعِظَةً لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ۟

Walaqad anzalna ilaykum ayatinmubayyinatin wamathalan mina allatheena khalaw minqablikum wamawAAithatan lilmuttaqeen

And We have sent down to you manifest proofs, and an example of those who passed away before you, and an admonition for those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-34.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَوْا۟ — khalaw · "passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

مَا كَانَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ف۪يمَا فَرَضَ اللّٰهُ لَهُۜ سُنَّةَ اللّٰهِ فِي الَّذ۪ينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلُۜ وَكَانَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ قَدَراً مَقْدُوراًۙ

Ma kana AAala annabiyyimin harajin feema farada Allahu lahusunnata Allahi fee allatheena khalaw min qablu wakanaamru Allahi qadaran maqdoora

There is no blame upon the Prophet concerning what God ordained for him. The practice of God among those who passed away before — and the command of God is a destiny decreed —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-38.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَوْا۟ — khalaw · "passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

سُنَّةَ اللّٰهِ فِي الَّذ۪ينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلُۚ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللّٰهِ تَبْد۪يلاً

Sunnata Allahi fee allatheenakhalaw min qablu walan tajida lisunnati Allahi tabdeela

The practice of God among those who passed away before[...]; and thou wilt not find for the practice of God any replacement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-62.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَا — khalā · "had passed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّٓا اَرْسَلْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ بَش۪يراً وَنَذ۪يراًۜ وَاِنْ مِنْ اُمَّةٍ اِلَّا خَلَا ف۪يهَا نَذ۪يرٌ

Inna arsalnaka bilhaqqibasheeran wanatheeran wa-in min ommatin illa khalafeeha natheer

We have sent thee with the truth as a bearer of glad tidings, and as a warner. And there was no community save a warner passed among it.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-24.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "preceded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنْفَعُهُمْ ا۪يمَانُهُمْ لَمَّا رَاَوْا بَأْسَنَاۜ سُنَّتَ اللّٰهِ الَّت۪ي قَدْ خَلَتْ ف۪ي عِبَادِه۪ۚ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْكَافِرُونَ

Falam yaku yanfaAAuhum eemanuhum lammaraaw ba/sana sunnata Allahi allatee qad khalat feeAAibadihi wakhasira hunalika alkafiroon

But their faith did not benefit them when they saw Our might — the practice of God which has passed among His servants[...] — and thereupon the false claimers of guidance were lost.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-85.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "(that have) passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَٓاءَ فَزَيَّنُوا لَهُمْ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ ف۪ٓي اُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِۚ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَاسِر۪ينَ۟

Waqayyadna lahum quranaafazayyanoo lahum ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahumwahaqqa AAalayhimu alqawlu fee omamin qad khalat minqablihim mina aljinni wal-insi innahum kanoo khasireen

And We assigned to them companions, and they made fair to them what was before them, and what following them; and upon them the word concerning the communities of domini and servi which had passed away before them became binding: — they were losers.

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

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتِ — khalati · "and have already passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَالَّذ۪ي قَالَ لِوَالِدَيْهِ اُفٍّ لَكُمَٓا اَتَعِدَانِن۪ٓي اَنْ اُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ الْقُرُونُ مِنْ قَبْل۪ي وَهُمَا يَسْتَغ۪يثَانِ اللّٰهَ وَيْلَكَ اٰمِنْۗ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّۚ فَيَقُولُ مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Wallathee qala liwalidayhioffin lakuma ataAAidaninee an okhraja waqad khalatialquroonu min qablee wahuma yastagheethani Allahawaylaka amin inna waAAda Allahi haqqunfayaqoolu ma hatha illa asateerual-awwaleen

And he who says to his parents: “Fie upon you! Do you promise me that I will be brought forth, when generations have already passed away before me?” while they seek aid of God: — “Woe to thee! Believe thou; the promise of God is true,” but he says: “This is only legends of the former peoples,” —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-17.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "(that) already passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ ف۪ٓي اُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَاسِر۪ينَ

Ola-ika allatheena haqqaAAalayhimu alqawlu fee umamin qad khalat min qablihim minaaljinni wal-insi innahum kanoo khasireen

Those are they upon whom the word concerning the communities of the domini and the servi which passed away before them became binding; they were losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-18.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتِ — khalati · "and had already passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَاذْكُرْ اَخَا عَادٍۜ اِذْ اَنْذَرَ قَوْمَهُ بِالْاَحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ النُّذُرُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِه۪ٓ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُٓوا اِلَّا اللّٰهَۜ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظ۪يمٍ

Wathkur akha AAadinith anthara qawmahu bil-ahqafiwaqad khalati annuthuru min bayni yadayhi waminkhalfihi alla taAAbudoo illa Allaha inneeakhafu AAalaykum AAathaba yawmin AAatheem

And remember thou the brother of ʿĀd, when he warned his people of the wind-curved sandhills: — and warners have passed away before him and after him — “Serve not save God; I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day,”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-21.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** خَلَتْ — khalat · "passed away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

سُنَّةَ اللّٰهِ الَّت۪ي قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللّٰهِ تَبْد۪يلاً

Sunnata Allahi allatee qad khalat minqablu walan tajida lisunnati Allahi tabdeela

The practice of God which was before[...]. And thou wilt not find in the practice of God any change.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-23.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْخَالِيَةِ — l-khāliyati · "past"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · feminine · genitive case

كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَن۪ٓيـٔاً بِمَٓا اَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْاَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ

Kuloo washraboo hanee-an bimaaslaftum fee al-ayyami alkhaliya

“Eat and drink with satisfaction for what you sent ahead in days past.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-24.md_

### 84. Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَخَلَّتْ — watakhallat · "and becomes empty"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَاَلْقَتْ مَا ف۪يهَا وَتَخَلَّتْۙ

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

And casts forth all that is in it and is empty,

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

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