Quranic root
هيل
h · y · l
The root centers on releasing or pouring out something measurable without using a measure, especially so that loose material spreads or falls.
The semantic development extends from unmeasured pouring to sand or similar material cascading and losing its stability; an idiomatic expression also uses the root for a great quantity.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مَهِيلٌ
mahīlun
- Part of speech
- Passive participle
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Made to pour or fall down; of a sand heap, collapsing and cascading into loose sand.
Quranic use in the collocation كَثِيبًا مَهِيلًا, describing the mountains as a loose heap of sand that pours or falls down.
- Lane · entry 17215
- Lane · entry 17218
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 73:14word 8
“pouring down”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 73:14مَّهِيلًاpouring down
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 3 Classical meanings
اِنْهَالَ
To pour down or come cascading down, especially of sand and similar loose material.
Intransitive derived verb usage for material falling or pouring downward.
- Lane · entry 17215
اِنْهَالَ
To collapse, crumble, or fall into ruins.
Used of a wall or other structure that breaks down into ruins.
- Lane · entry 17215
هَيْلٌ
Sand that does not remain steady in its place but falls down.
A noun referring to unstable, falling sand.
- Lane · entry 17216
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The public headword is normalized to مَهِيلٌ; the Quranic surface form مَّهِيلًا reflects contextual assimilation and inflection.
The supplied entry for مَهِيلٌ points to كَثِيبٌ, but the target entry is not included; the Quranic definition is therefore kept to the sand-pouring or falling meaning independently supported in the packet.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
Lane cross-references from هَيْلٌ, هَيُولُى, and مَهِيلٌ to حَثَا, مَادَّةٌ, and كَثِيبٌ respectively are not accompanied by their target entries, so no additional meanings are inferred from them.