ل ا ل اl-ʾ-l-ʾ
quadriliteral — لُؤْلُؤluʾluʾ (generic noun, ism jins; singular (wāḥidah) لُؤْلُؤَةluʾluʾah): pearls. The lexicographers say that the original sense is that of brilliance and clarity (تَلَأْلَأَtalaʾlaʾa = to shine), and that it is a reduplicated root. Six times in the Quran, mostly in describing the blessings of Paradise or its attendants: ﴿كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُوْنٌ﴾ (Aṭ-Ṭūr 52:24) ﴿يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيْهَا مِنْ اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَّلُؤْلُؤًا﴾ (Al-Ḥajj 22:23) and ﴿يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ﴾ (Ar-Raḥmān 55:22).