The root و ل ي — protection, closeness
232 times in the Quran, 202 ayat.
Words from this root
| وَلِيّ | protector, ally | noun | 86 |
| تَوَلَّى | to turn away | verb | 78 |
| وَلَّى | to turn, to turn back | verb | 30 |
| مَوْلَى | protector, master | noun | 18 |
| أَوْلَى | closer, more appropriate | noun | 11 |
| مَوالِي | friends, heirs | noun | 3 |
| وَلايَت | protection | noun | 2 |
| مُوَلِّي | one who turns (towards) | active participle | 1 |
| أَوْلَيان | the former two | noun | 1 |
| يَلُ | to be close | verb | 1 |
| وال | protector | active participle | 1 |
Grammar: Quranic Arabic Corpus 0.4 (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds, corpus.quran.com). Meanings summarised by AI from the word-by-word translation.
Arabic: Uthmani text, Tanzil Project (tanzil.net) · English: Saheeh International · Bosnian: Besim Korkut