Quranic root
وجل
w · j · l
An inward experience of fear or apprehension, expressed either as becoming afraid or as being fearful.
The supplied evidence shows the root across verbal and adjectival forms: experiencing fear, and being characterized by fear.
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- 2
- Quran-attested forms
- 2
- Quran senses
- 5
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
وَجِلَ
wajila
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 3 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.
To feel fear or apprehension; to become afraid.
Used of people or hearts experiencing fear. The Quran also attests the prohibitive construction لا تَوْجَلْ, “do not fear.”
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Selected Quran examples
وَجِلٌ
wajilun
- Part of speech
- Adjective
- 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.
Fearful or apprehensive; characterized by fear.
The Quran attests the feminine form وَجِلَةٌ and the masculine plural وَجِلُونَ; the plural is used substantively for people who are afraid.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 15:52word 9
“afraid”
Quran 23:60word 6
“(are) fearful”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 8:2وَجِلَتْfeel fear
- 15:52وَجِلُونَafraid
- 15:53تَوْجَلْbe afraid
- 22:35وَجِلَتْfear
- 23:60وَجِلَةٌ(are) fearful
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
No Lane primary or Maqayis evidence was supplied for this root; the lexical coverage is therefore limited to the supplied Quran-focused evidence.