Quranic root

وأل

w · ʾ · l

The root expresses gathering or concentration together and resorting to a place of refuge.

Its lexical orientation joins the ideas of coming together and seeking refuge; the noun مَوْئِل denotes a place of refuge or resort.

Forms in the Quran

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

mawʾil

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

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 2 Classical meanings

مَوْئِل
A place of refuge or resort; a place to which one withdraws for protection.
Classical nominal usage. The supplied lexical evidence establishes this meaning generally, without independently establishing a numbered Quranic sense in this packet.
- Maqāyīs · row 4995
أَوَّلُ
First or former, preceding all others or preceding another; also the first part or beginning, the first comers, people of former ages, or an earlier year.
Includes related plural and substantival uses such as أَوَائِلُ, “first parts” or “beginnings,” أَوَّلُونَ, “people of former ages,” and expressions referring to a former year.
- Lane · entry 30335

Points that affect how this root should be read.

The sole Quran occurrence of مَوْئِلًا is contextually glossed as “an escape,” but the supplied Quran Foundation gloss is contextual evidence only.
No unique Mufradat entry or direct Lane semantic exposition for the Quranic occurrence of مَوْئِل is supplied.

The Quranic occurrence at 18:58:19 is contextually rendered “an escape,” and Maqayis defines مَوْئِل as a place of refuge, but the packet does not supply the required direct Lane or unique Mufradat evidence to assign this interpretation as a numbered Quranic sense.