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What Does Khalaqa (خَلَقَ) Mean in the Quran?

خَلَقَ
khalaqa
he created
Word type
past-tense verb

This page studies خَلَقَ as the written form shown in the mushaf. Attached letters and related inflections are studied separately so the examples stay precise.

In the Quran
93 times

Counted from Barakah’s bundled word-by-word Quran data for this exact written form after vowel marks are removed. Forms with attached letters or pronouns may have their own separate count.

Inside the Quran

خَلَقَ (khalaqa) means he created. It speaks of bringing creation into being and frequently directs attention to Allah’s (SWT) signs.

Read it inside the complete ayat below. The surrounding words decide the most natural English rendering, so the translation may use more than one English phrase for the same Arabic form.

See it in real ayat
مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

From the evil of that which He created

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Who created and proportioned

Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.

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