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Noun
غُلَٰم
English Translationof a boy
Frequency13
Surah At-Tur (52:24) Quran.com
وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَكْنُونٌ There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected. (Sahih International)
Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51:28) Quran.com
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy. (Sahih International)
Surah As-Saffat (37:101) Quran.com
فَبَشَّرْنَاهُ بِغُلَامٍ حَلِيمٍ So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy. (Sahih International)
Surah Maryam (19:20) Quran.com
قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?" (Sahih International)
Surah Maryam (19:19) Quran.com
قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy." (Sahih International)
Surah Maryam (19:8) Quran.com
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?" (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Kahf (18:80) Quran.com
وَأَمَّا الْغُلَامُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَا أَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمَا And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Kahf (18:74) Quran.com
فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَامًا فَقَتَلَهُ So they set out, until when they met a boy, al-Khidh r killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Hijr (15:53) Quran.com
قَالُوا لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ [The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy." (Sahih International)
Surah Aal-E-Imran (3:40) Quran.com
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِيَ الْكِبَرُ He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" The angel said, "Such is Allah; He does what He wills." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Kahf (18:82) Quran.com
وَأَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَامَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience." (Sahih International)
Surah Yusuf (12:19) Quran.com
فَأَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُ قَالَ يَا بُشْرَىٰ هَٰذَا غُلَامٌ And there came a company of travelers; then they sent their water drawer, and he let down his bucket. He said, "Good news! Here is a boy." And they concealed him, [taking him] as merchandise; and Allah was knowing of what they did. (Sahih International)
Surah Maryam (19:7) Quran.com
This is the end of the list. غُلَٰم was only mentioned 13 times in the Quran. يَا زَكَرِيَّا إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا [He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name." (Sahih International)