# Kh-Zal-Lam — خذل (xpl)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Neglect/abstain from aiding or assisting someone, hold back from another, leave/forsake/desert someone, to fail in helping/aiding someone, hold back from going with someone, hinder/prevent one from aiding another.
- **Derived forms:** خَذُول (1) · مَّخْذُول (1) · يَخْذُلْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 160

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْذُلْكُمْ — yakhdhul'kum · "He forsakes you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنْ يَنْصُرْكُمُ اللّٰهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْۚ وَاِنْ يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذ۪ي يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ۜ وَعَلَى اللّٰهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

In yansurkumu Allahu falaghaliba lakum wa-in yakhthulkum faman thaallathee yansurukum min baAAdihi waAAala Allahifalyatawakkali almu/minoon

If God helps you, none can defeat you; but if He forsakes you, who is there who can help you after Him? And in God let the believers place their trust.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-160.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** مَّخْذُولًۭا — makhdhūlan · "forsaken"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

لَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهاً اٰخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُوماً مَخْذُولاً۟

La tajAAal maAAa Allahi ilahanakhara fataqAAuda mathmooman makhthoola

Make thou not with God another god lest thou sit down condemned and forsaken.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-22.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** خَذُولًۭا — khadhūlan · "a deserter"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

لَقَدْ اَضَلَّن۪ي عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ اِذْ جَٓاءَن۪يۜ وَكَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ لِلْاِنْسَانِ خَذُولاً

Laqad adallanee AAani aththikribaAAda ith jaanee wakana ashshaytanulil-insani khathoola

“He led me astray from the remembrance after it reached me.” And the satan is to man a traitor.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-29.md_

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