Rizwan Zubair

Root ت ل و t-l-w

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ت ل وt-l-w

(ن) تَلَا يَتْلُوْ تُلُوًّاtalā yatlū tuluwwan: to walk behind someone, to follow. ﴿وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا تَلٰىهَا﴾ (Ash-Shams 91:2)

(ن) تَلَا يَتْلُوْ تِلَاوَةًtalā yatlū tilāwatan: to read something or recite it aloud (with the preposition ʿalā).

Technically, this word is reserved for the reading of the books of Allah, because reading them includes following the guidance they contain; whereas for ordinary books عمومًا قِرَاءَةًʿmwman qirāʾatan is used. ﴿يَتْلُوْنَهُۥ حَقَّ تِلَاوَتِهِۦ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:121)

اُتْلُutlu (imperative, amr): read, recite. ﴿اُتْلُ مَآ اُوْحِيَ اِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتٰبِ﴾ (Al-ʿAnkabūt 29:45)

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