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Arabic root

ه-ل-ك

2 words from this root family

B2noun
مُسْتَهْلِك
mustahlik

consumer

Example
يَحمي القانونُ حُقوقَ المُستَهلِك.
yaḥmī l-qānūnu ḥuqūqa l-mustahlik.
The law protects consumer rights.
B1verb
أَهْلَكَ
ahlaka

he destroyed / he annihilated

Example
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ بَعْدِ نُوحٍ
wa-kam ahlaknā mina al-qurūni min baʿdi Nūḥ
And how many generations have We destroyed after Noah (17:17)
Grammar

Form IV verb (أَفْعَلَ). Intransitive Form I هَلَكَ means 'he perished.' The noun هَلَاكٌ means destruction.

Culture

The Quran repeatedly warns through the stories of destroyed nations (ʿĀd, Thamūd, people of Lūṭ) as moral lessons.