Root

6 verbs, 2 nouns

و ل ي

VerbForm IintransitiveTo get close, to be near

وَلِيَ

Root: و ل ي

AR

دَنَا مِنْهُ وَقَرُبَ

UR

قریب ہونا، نزدیک آنا

EN

To get close, to be near

Quranic witness · shāhid

قَٰتِلُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ يَلُونَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ وَلۡيَجِدُواْ فِيكُمۡ غِلۡظَةٗۚ

O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous

Qurʾān 9:123
VerbForm IItransitivegoverned by عنTo turn s.th away from, to make a thing turn

وَلَّى

Root: و ل ي

AR

صَرَفَهُ عَنْهُ وَجَعَلَهُ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ

UR

کسی کو کسی چیز سے پھیر دینا

EN

To turn s.th away from

Quranic witness · shāhid

۞سَيَقُولُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَا وَلَّىٰهُمۡ عَن قِبۡلَتِهِمُ ٱلَّتِي كَانُواْ عَلَيۡهَاۚ

The foolish among the people will say, "What has turned them away from their qiblah, which they used to face?" Say, "To Allah belongs the east and the west. He guides whom He wills to a straight path

Qurʾān 2:142
VerbForm IItransitivegoverned by شطر(words) to turn the face in the direction

وَلَّى

Root: و ل ي

AR

اسْتَقْبَلَهَا بِوَجْهِهِ

UR

رخ کو کسی طرف پھیرنا

EN

To turn the face in the direction

Quranic witness · shāhid

فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبۡلَةٗ تَرۡضَىٰهَاۚ فَوَلِّ وَجۡهَكَ شَطۡرَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِۚ

We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muhammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do

Qurʾān 2:144
VerbForm IItransitiveTo turn one's back

وَلَّى

Root: و ل ي

AR

أَظْهَرَ الدُّبُرَ، هَرَبَ

UR

پیٹھ دکھانا

EN

To turn one's back (in battle)

Quranic witness · shāhid

إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ زَحۡفٗا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ ٱلۡأَدۡبَارَ

O you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [for battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight]

Qurʾān 8:15
VerbForm Vintransitivegoverned by عنTo turn away, to leave

تَوَلَّى

Root: و ل ي

AR

أَعْرَضَ وَتَرَكَ

UR

منہ پھیر لینا، چھوڑ دینا

EN

To turn away, to leave

Quranic witness · shāhid

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لَقَدۡ أَبۡلَغۡتُكُمۡ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّي وَنَصَحۡتُ لَكُمۡ

And he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors

Qurʾān 7:79
VerbForm VtransitiveTo love, take for friend

تَوَلَّى

Root: و ل ي

AR

اتَّخَذَهُ وَلِيًّا، أَحَبَّهُ

UR

کسی کو دوست بنانا

EN

To love, take for friend

Quranic witness · shāhid

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَوَلَّوۡاْ قَوۡمًا غَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ

O you who have believed, do not make allies of a people with whom Allah has become angry. They have despaired of [reward in] the Hereafter just as the disbelievers have despaired of [meeting] the inhabitants of the graves

Qurʾān 60:13
NounA protector, a guardian, a friend, kinsman, an ally

وَلِيٌّ

Root: و ل ي

AR

قَامَ بِهِ، النَّصِيرُ، الرَّبُّ المَالِكُ (مِن أَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ الحُسنى)

UR

قائم رہنے والا، مددگار، مالک

EN

A protector, a guardian, a friend, ally

Quranic witness · shāhid

وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

Do you not know that to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and [that] you have not besides Allah any protector or any helper

Qurʾān 2:107
NounMaster, lord; protector (divine attribute); an heir (divine attribute); a client

مَوْلًى

Root: و ل ي

AR

كُلُّ مَن وَلِيَ أَمْرًا أَوْ قَامَ بِهِ؛ القَرِيبُ مِنَ العَصَبَةِ؛ العَبْدُ؛ البِطَانَةُ وَالأَعْوَانُ

UR

مولا، مالک، سرپرست؛ قریبی رشتہ دار

EN

Master, lord; protector; heir; a client

Quranic witness · shāhid

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَوۡلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ

That is because Allah is the protector of those who have believed and because the disbelievers have no protector

Qurʾān 47:11