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Quranic root

جلو

j · l · w

The root centers on the uncovering, emergence, and becoming-visible of something.

From this orientation develop becoming manifest, making something clear or visible, polishing by removing obscurity, and departure or expulsion from a place. Related bodily, atmospheric, and figurative uses extend the same imagery of exposure and removal.

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Quran-attested forms
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Quran senses
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Quran occurrences

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

تَجَلَّىٰ

tajallāā

Part of speech
Verb · Form I
Form
I
Quran occurrences
2 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. To become clear, exposed, visible, or bright.

    Used of something becoming manifest in itself; in the Quran this includes the daylight becoming bright and clear.

    • Lane · entry 47225
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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 92:2word 3

    it shines in brightness

  2. To become manifest to something or someone.

    A transitive-with-preposition construction of manifestation to an object, as in the Quranic account of the Lord’s manifestation to the mountain; the sources report differing explanations of the mode of manifestation.

    • Lane · entry 47225
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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 7:143word 25

    revealed (His) Glory

جَلَّىٰ

jallāā

Part of speech
Verb · Form II
Form
II
Quran occurrences
2 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. To make something clear, visible, exposed, or manifest; to display or disclose it.

    A causative transitive use: the object may be physically displayed or made manifest, or an affair may be disclosed.

    • Lane · entry 47225
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 7:187word 12

    can reveal [it]

    Quran 91:3word 3

    it displays it

جَلَاءٌ

jalāʾun

Part of speech
Noun
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.

  1. Exile; departure or expulsion from a homeland.

    In the Quranic construction, the noun denotes the enforced removal or departure of a people from their homes.

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    • Lane · entry 47225
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 59:3word 6

    the exile

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 7:143تَجَلَّىٰrevealed (His) Glory
  • 7:187يُجَلِّيهَاcan reveal [it]
  • 59:3ٱلْجَلَآءَthe exile
  • 91:3جَلَّىٰهَاit displays it
  • 92:2تَجَلَّىٰit shines in brightness
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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 42 Classical meanings
  • جَلَا

    To leave or emigrate from a country, town, home, or place; to disperse or flee from it.

    The sources also report departure or dispersal caused by fear or drought, and departure while being driven away.

    • Lane · entry 47225
  • جَلًا

    Partial baldness, especially of the forepart or half of the head.

    The term denotes a degree of baldness less than complete baldness; the related verb describes the forepart of the head becoming bald.

    • Lane · entry 47225
  • جَلَا

    To remove rust or an obscuring deposit and polish a sword, mirror, silver, or similar object.

    The object is made bright by clearing its surface.

    • Lane · entry 47225
  • جَلَا

    To remove or clear away anxiety, illness, or another affliction.

    A figurative transitive use in which the affliction is caused to depart from a person.

    • Lane · entry 47225
  • جَلَا

    To cause a person or group to leave, emigrate, or be expelled.

    The subject may be a person, a ruler, or an event such as drought; the object is driven from its home or place.

    • Lane · entry 47225
  • جَلَا

    To drive bees out with smoke in order to collect the honey.

    A specialized causative use applied to bees.

    • Lane · entry 47225
  • جَلَا العَرُوسَ

    To present or display a bride to her husband.

    The construction may also describe the husband looking at the bride after her presentation.

    • Lane · entry 47225
  • جَلَّى

    Of a hawk or falcon, to raise its head and look toward prey, or to open its eyes so as to see more clearly.

    The related expression جَلَّى بِبَصَرِهِ describes casting the eyes like a hawk looking at prey.

    • Lane · entry 47226
  • جَلَّى

    To outstrip or come first in a race.

    This sense is reported on the authority of one source and is not otherwise widely attested in the entry.

    • Lane · entry 47226
  • جَالَيْتُهُ بِالأَمْرِ

    To act openly with someone concerning an affair.

    A reciprocal Form III construction involving openness in dealing with another person.

    • Lane · entry 47227
  • أَجْلَى

    To clear oneself away or withdraw from a slain person.

    The source gives this as a specialized intransitive construction.

    • Lane · entry 47228
  • أَجْلَى

    To hasten while running; to become distant or remote and hasten.

    An intransitive use with emphasis on rapid movement or increasing distance.

    • Lane · entry 47228
  • تَجَلَّى الشَّيْءَ

    To look at a thing from a higher position.

    This Form V use describes viewing an object while standing above it.

    • Lane · entry 47229
  • تَجَالَيْنَا

    Our states or conditions became disclosed to one another.

    A reciprocal construction describing mutual revelation of each party’s condition.

    • Lane · entry 47230
  • اِنْجَلَى

    To become removed or cleared away, especially of anxiety, darkness, or an affair.

    The construction اِنْجَلَى عَنْهُ الهَمُّ means that anxiety departed from him; darkness is used as a comparison.

    • Lane · entry 47231
  • اِجْتَلَى

    To look at or view a person or thing.

    The sense includes looking at a bride after her presentation.

    • Lane · entry 47232
  • اِجْتَلَى

    To raise or remove a turban from the side of the forehead.

    A specialized physical uncovering of the forehead while folding back the turban.

    • Lane · entry 47232
  • اِجْتَلَى

    To become polished or furbished, said of a sword and similar objects.

    An intransitive resultative use describing an object becoming bright and polished.

    • Lane · entry 47232
  • اِجْلَوْلَى

    To go forth or emigrate from one country or town to another.

    A specialized Form XII verb of relocation.

    • Lane · entry 47233
  • اِبْنُ جَلَا

    A well-known, celebrated, or conspicuous person.

    The idiom can refer to someone whose affairs are manifest or whose elevated position makes him conspicuous; it is also used as a personal name.

    • Lane · entry 47234
  • اِبْنُ جَلَا

    The dawn, the beginning of day, or, according to another report, the moon.

    These are reported figurative or alternative interpretations of the idiom, distinct from its use for a famous person.

    • Lane · entry 47234
  • جِلْوَةٌ

    A bridal gift presented by the husband to the bride at the time of her presentation.

    The gift may be a female slave or another object.

    • Lane · entry 47237
  • جَلَاءٌ

    An apparent, manifest, plain, or evident thing, affair, or case.

    This nominal sense concerns the state of being clear, not the Quranic specialized sense of exile.

    • Lane · entry 47238
  • جَلَاءٌ

    Acknowledgment or confession; in an alternate interpretation, evidence or proof accompanied by witnesses.

    The sources preserve differing vocalization and interpretation for this legal or evidentiary use.

    • Lane · entry 47238
  • جَلَاءٌ

    The whiteness or bright duration of the day.

    Used in the expression for remaining somewhere during the brightness of a day.

    • Lane · entry 47238
  • جِلَاءٌ

    Collyrium, especially a kind that clears the sight; antimony.

    The name is explained by its sight-clearing effect.

    • Lane · entry 47239
  • مَا جَلَاؤُهُ

    A person’s honourable or good name or surname by which he is addressed.

    A conventional interrogative expression about a person’s distinguished name.

    • Lane · entry 47239
  • جَلِيٌّ

    Clear, unobscured, exposed, manifest, evident, or obvious.

    Used adjectivally of information, tidings, analogy, or a rule.

    • Lane · entry 47240
  • عَيْنٌ جَلِيَّةٌ

    A seeing or perceptive eye.

    A conventional description of an eye with clear sight.

    • Lane · entry 47240
  • جَلِيَّةٌ

    Sure information or tidings; the true or real state of an affair.

    A nominalized feminine form used for established information about a matter.

    • Lane · entry 47241
  • دَوَاءٌ جَلَّاءٌ

    A medicine that clears the complexion or skin.

    A specialized adjectival use of جَلَّاءٌ for a cleansing or beautifying medicine.

    • Lane · entry 47242
  • جِلِيَّانٌ

    The act of making something apparent, open, manifest, plain, or evident.

    A verbal noun denoting the process of clarification or exposure.

    • Lane · entry 47243
  • جَالٍ

    One who goes forth or emigrates from his country or town.

    The related collective جَالِيَةٌ can denote a company or people who have left their homes.

    • Lane · entry 47244
  • جَالِيَةٌ

    A group of emigrants, especially the non-Muslim protected subjects of a Muslim government.

    The latter institutional use was extended to certain Jews and other scriptural or Magian communities subject to the poll tax, even when they had not personally emigrated.

    • Lane · entry 47244
  • الجَالِيَة

    The poll tax imposed on the protected non-Muslim subjects described by جَالِيَةٌ.

    A substantivized use derived from the designation of those communities.

    • Lane · entry 47244
  • أَجْلَى

    Bald at the forepart or sides of the forehead; by extension, handsome in face with this feature.

    The adjective describes partial baldness rather than complete baldness.

    • Lane · entry 47246
  • جَلْوَاءٌ

    A wide forehead; also, a cloudless sky or a bright, cloudless night.

    The atmospheric use is figurative, describing an unobscured expanse.

    • Lane · entry 47246
  • اِبْنُ أَجْلَى

    A lion.

    A reported figurative use of the related idiom ابن أجلى.

    • Lane · entry 47246
  • مِنْ إِجْلَاكَ

    Because of you, on your account, or for your sake.

    An idiomatic causal expression equivalent to مِنْ أَجْلِكَ.

    • Lane · entry 47246
    • Lane · entry 47247
  • مَجْلًى

    The forepart of the head, especially the first place where baldness appears; the part of the head visible when facing someone.

    A singular noun related to the plural مَجَالٍ.

    • Lane · entry 47248
  • مُجْلٍ

    Causing someone to emigrate or be driven from home.

    Used adjectivally of something such as a war that forces people into exile.

    • Lane · entry 47249
  • المُجَلِّي

    The first horse in a race.

    A substantivized racing term.

    • Lane · entry 47250

Cautions

Points that affect how this root should be read.

  • The Quranic locations and word identities follow QAC. Lane’s historical Quran references in this entry are not converted into modern verse locations when they do not independently match the supplied QAC locations.

  • The interpretation of the manifestation in 7:143 is reported in more than one way; the lexical construction is secure even though the mode of manifestation is disputed.