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أَهْل

family

Noun · masculineRoot ء-ه-ل

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Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form II
أَهَّلَ
to qualify
Adjective
أَهْلِيّ
domesticated
Noun
أَهْلِيَّة
competence
Adjective
مَأْهُول
passive participle of أَهِلَ
Adjective
أَهْل
deserving
Verb · Form IV
آهَلَ
to give in marriage

أَهْل in English

Noun · masculine

  1. family, household; people, kinfolk, relations
  2. wife dated
    عن ابن عباس، في قوله: ﴿لِيَسْتَأْذِنْكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ﴾ يقول: إذا خلا الرجل بأهله بعد صلاة العشاء، فلا يدخل عليه خادم ولا صبيّ إلا بإذن حتى يصلي الغداة، فإذا خلا بأهله عند صلاة الظهر فمثل ذلك.[It was related] that Ibn Abbas said this regarding the verse "And those whom your right hand possesses must ask for your permission [to enter]": "If the man retires with his wife after the night prayer, no servant or young boy may enter till he finishes the prayer of dawn, and also when he is alone with his wife during the time of the noon prayer.(Can we date this quote?), al-Ṭabarī, جامع البيان في تأويل القرآن [The Compilation of Qur'anic Interpretations]
    قال مالك: (ومن بعد صلاة العشاء) فالله سماها صلاة العشاء فأحب النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - أن تسمى بما سماها الله تعالى به ويعلمها الإنسان أهله وولدهMālik said, "'And after the night prayer' [shows that] Allah called it 'the night prayer', and so the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, liked it to be called what Allah called it and [liked] the man to teach it [thus] to his wife and children.(Can we date this quote?), al-Qurṭubī, الجامع لأحكام القرآن [The Collection of the Ordainments of the Qur'an]
    (وحين تضعون ثيابكم من الظهيرة) أي: في وقت القيلولة؛ لأن الإنسان قد يضع ثيابه في تلك الحال مع أهله، (ومن بعد صلاة العشاء) لأنه وقت النوم، فيؤمر الخدم والأطفال ألا يهجموا على أهل البيت في هذه الأحوال، لما يُخشى من أن يكون الرجل على أهله ونحو ذلك من الأعمال"And when you put off your clothes from noon," that is, nap time, since the man could take off his clothes [when] with his wife, "and after the night prayer" because it is sleeping time, so [all] servants and children are ordered not to burst in on the people of the house at those times in case the man is with [literally "on"] his wife or something like that.(Can we date this quote?), Ibn Kaṯīr, تفسير القرآن العظيم [The Interpretation of the Great Qur'an]
  3. people, membership (body of members), followership (group of followers)
    1. adherents
      أَهْل الْحَدِيثthe adherents of traditions
      أَهْل الْكِتَابthe adherents of the Book
    2. experts
      أَهْل الطِّبّmedical experts
  4. inhabitants
    أَهْل الْقَرْيَةthe inhabitants of the village
    وَلَمَّا جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِالْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوا إِنَّا مُهْلِكُو أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ ۖ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا ظَالِمِينَAnd when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news, they said: Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township, for its people are wrong-doers.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:31

Word origin

From Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-.

Words from the root ء-ه-ل

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أَهَلَ · present يَأْهِلُ

to get married

أُهُول
Verbal noun
آهِل
Active participle · Adjective
populated
مَأْهُول
Passive participle · Adjective
passive participle of أَهِلَ
أُهِلَ · present يُؤْهَلُ

to be inhabited, be populated

أُهُول
Verbal noun
آهِل
Active participle
مَأْهُول
Passive participle
أَهَّلَ · present يُؤَهِّلُ

to qualify, to empower, to make capable, to make fit, to make suited, to habilitate; to deem suited, to consider fit, to judge worthy

تَأْهِيل
Verbal noun
مُؤَهِّل
Active participle
مُؤَهَّل
Passive participle
آهَلَ · present يُؤْهِلُ
Form IV · Causative

to give in marriage

إِيهَال
Verbal noun
مُؤْهِل
Active participle
مُؤْهَل
Passive participle
تَأَهَّلَ · present يَتَأَهَّلُ

to qualify; to get married; to marry

تَأَهُّل
Verbal noun
مُتَأَهِّل
Active participle
اِسْتَأْهَلَ · present يَسْتَأْهِلُ

to deserve

اِسْتِئْهَال
Verbal noun
مُسْتَأْهِل
Active participle
مُسْتَأْهَل
Passive participle
أَهِلَ · present يَأْهَلُ
Form

to be on familiar terms; to become accustomed to (a place)

أَهَل
Verbal noun
familiarization
أَهِل
Active participle
مَأْهُول
Passive participle
Noun · m.
family
أَهْلِيّ
Adjective
domesticated
أَهْلِيَّة
Noun · f.
competence
أَهْل
Adjective
deserving

أَهْل in a sentence

Dictionary examples

wife

عن ابن عباس، في قوله: ﴿لِيَسْتَأْذِنْكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ﴾ يقول: إذا خلا الرجل بأهله بعد صلاة العشاء، فلا يدخل عليه خادم ولا صبيّ إلا بإذن حتى يصلي الغداة، فإذا خلا بأهله عند صلاة الظهر فمثل ذلك.[It was related] that Ibn Abbas said this regarding the verse "And those whom your right hand possesses must ask for your permission [to enter]": "If the man retires with his wife after the night prayer, no servant or young boy may enter till he finishes the prayer of dawn, and also when he is alone with his wife during the time of the noon prayer.(Can we date this quote?), al-Ṭabarī, جامع البيان في تأويل القرآن [The Compilation of Qur'anic Interpretations]

wife

قال مالك: (ومن بعد صلاة العشاء) فالله سماها صلاة العشاء فأحب النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - أن تسمى بما سماها الله تعالى به ويعلمها الإنسان أهله وولدهMālik said, "'And after the night prayer' [shows that] Allah called it 'the night prayer', and so the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, liked it to be called what Allah called it and [liked] the man to teach it [thus] to his wife and children.(Can we date this quote?), al-Qurṭubī, الجامع لأحكام القرآن [The Collection of the Ordainments of the Qur'an]

wife

(وحين تضعون ثيابكم من الظهيرة) أي: في وقت القيلولة؛ لأن الإنسان قد يضع ثيابه في تلك الحال مع أهله، (ومن بعد صلاة العشاء) لأنه وقت النوم، فيؤمر الخدم والأطفال ألا يهجموا على أهل البيت في هذه الأحوال، لما يُخشى من أن يكون الرجل على أهله ونحو ذلك من الأعمال"And when you put off your clothes from noon," that is, nap time, since the man could take off his clothes [when] with his wife, "and after the night prayer" because it is sleeping time, so [all] servants and children are ordered not to burst in on the people of the house at those times in case the man is with [literally "on"] his wife or something like that.(Can we date this quote?), Ibn Kaṯīr, تفسير القرآن العظيم [The Interpretation of the Great Qur'an]

adherents

أَهْل الْحَدِيثthe adherents of traditions

adherents

أَهْل الْكِتَابthe adherents of the Book

experts

أَهْل الطِّبّmedical experts

inhabitants

أَهْل الْقَرْيَةthe inhabitants of the village

inhabitants

وَلَمَّا جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِالْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوا إِنَّا مُهْلِكُو أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ ۖ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا ظَالِمِينَAnd when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news, they said: Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township, for its people are wrong-doers.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:31

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