Quranic root
مول
m · w · l
The root centers on acquiring, possessing, and having an abundance of wealth.
The lexical range develops from taking or acquiring wealth to wealth as possessed property. The noun is described as extending from gold and silver to acquired substantial possessions, with livestock a prominent pastoral application.
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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.
مَال
māl
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 86 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.
Property or wealth: things acquired and possessed.
Used for individual or collective possessions, including substantial goods. Depending on context, it may be rendered as wealth, property, or capital; the Quranic group includes both مَال and its plural أَمْوَال.
- Lane · entry 5890
Selected Quran examples
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 2:155ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ[the] wealth
- 2:177ٱلْمَالَthe wealth
- 2:188أَمْوَٰلَكُمyour properties
- 2:188أَمْوَٰلِ(the) wealth
- 2:247ٱلْمَالِ ۚ[the] wealth
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 5 Classical meanings
مَالٌ
Camels, sheep, or goats kept as pastoral wealth; herds or flocks.
A specialized pastoral application, especially for the livestock constituting the wealth of desert people.
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مَالٌ
A square in arithmetic.
The plural أَمْوَالٌ is attested for this technical usage.
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رَجُلٌ مَالٌ
A wealthy man, or a man possessing wealth.
A construction used in place of ذُو مَالٍ.
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تَمَوَّلَ
To become abundant in wealth.
Form V verb describing the attainment of abundant wealth.
- Lane · entry 5889
مَالِيٌّ
Of or relating to property or wealth.
An adjective relating something to مال in the sense of property or wealth.
- Lane · entry 5891
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The single QAC form group combines singular مَال and plural أَمْوَال; the public headword uses the singular citation form. English renderings such as “wealth,” “property,” and “capital” are contextual realizations of the same Quranic noun.