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ل و ى
Lam-Waw-Ya
5 word forms

General Root Meaning

To twist, pervert/distort, turn back, bend/contort/curled/curved/coiled, wound, avert (the face) from, lean, feel an inclination, very contentious.
talwū 1 English meaning
you distort (1)
4:135 O you who believe[d]! Be custodians of justice (as) witnesses to Allah, even if (it is) against yourselves or the parents and the relatives. if he be rich or poor, for Allah (is) nearer to both of them. So (do) not follow the desire lest you deviate. And if you distort or refrain, then indeed, Allah is of what you do All-Aware.
talwūna 1 English meaning
casting a glance (1)
3:153 When you were running uphill and not casting a glance on anyone while the Messenger was calling you [in] (from) behind you. So (He) repaid you (with) distress on distress so that not you grieve over what escaped you and not what (had) befallen you. And Allah (is) All-Aware of what you do.
lawwaw 1 English meaning
They turn aside (1)
63:5 And when it is said to them, "Come, will ask forgiveness for you (the) Messenger (of) Allah." They turn aside their heads and you see them turning away while they (are) arrogant.
layyan 1 English meaning
twisting (1)
4:46 Of those who are Jews, they distort the words from their places and they say, "We hear[d] and we disobey[ed]" and "Hear not to be heard and "Raina" twisting [with] their tongues and defaming [in] the religion. And if [that] they (had) said, "We hear[d] and we obey[ed]" and "Hear and look (at) us surely it (would) have been better for them and more suitable. [And] but cursed them Allah for their disbelief, so not they believe except a few.
yalwūna 1 English meaning
they distort (1)
3:78 And indeed, among them surely (is) a group - they distort their tongues in (reciting) the Book so that you may think it (is) from the Book and not it (is) from the Book. And they say, "It (is) from Allah." But not it (is) from Allah." And they say about Allah the lie while they know.