Root

أ-ل-ه

lh·2-l-h

2851 occurrences1879 verses3 forms

Core sense · interpretive

deity, the One worshipped (ilāh, Allāh).

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
اللَّهAllāh2699—
إِلٰهilāh147—
اللَّهُمَّal-lahumma5—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with أ-ل-ه more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where أ-ل-ه falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times أ-ل-ه occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 528 of 604 pages (87%)

Densest in juzʾ 28 (194 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 8 pages — pages 529–536, juzʾ 27–27.

Occurrences · 2851 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root أ-ل-ه appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root أ-ل-ه (lh) occurs 2851 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 1879 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does أ-ل-ه occur?

1879 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from أ-ل-ه (lh), out of 2851 total occurrences.

What words come from the root أ-ل-ه?

أ-ل-ه (lh) yields 3 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently اللَّه (Allāh, 2699×), إِلٰه (ilāh, 147×), and اللَّهُمَّ (al-lahumma, 5×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.

What does the root أ-ل-ه mean?

The core sense of أ-ل-ه (lh) is deity, the One worshipped (ilāh, Allāh). This is an interpretive gloss, not a computed result: a root's range of meaning is a lexicographical judgement, and the sense a particular verse carries depends on its context and on the tafsīr tradition.