Quran Dictionary - ص ف ف

Quran Dictionary - ص ف ف

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The triliteral root ṣād fā fā (ص ف ف) occurs 14 times in the Quran, in five derived forms:

• once as the noun ṣawāff (صَوَآفّ)
• seven times as the verbal noun ṣaff (صَفّ)
• three times as the active participle ṣāffāt (صَآفَّٰت)
• once as the active participle ṣāffūn (صَّآفُّون)
• twice as the passive participle maṣfūfat (مَصْفُوفَة)

The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on a word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.

Noun

(22:36:14) ṣawāffa

(when) lined up

فَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا صَوَافَّ

Verbal noun

(18:48:4) ṣaffan	(in) rows	وَعُرِضُوا عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّا
(20:64:5) ṣaffan	(in) a line	فَأَجْمِعُوا كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ائْتُوا صَفًّا
(37:1:2) ṣaffan	(in) rows	وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا
(61:4:8) ṣaffan	(in) a row	إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ صَفًّا
(78:38:5) ṣaffan	(in) rows	يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا
(89:22:4) ṣaffan	rank	وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا
(89:22:5) ṣaffan	(upon) rank	صَفًّا

Active participle

(24:41:12) ṣāffātin	(with) wings outspread	وَالطَّيْرُ صَافَّاتٍ كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُ وَتَسْبِيحَهُ
(37:1:1) wal-ṣāfāti	By those lined	وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا
(67:19:6) ṣāffātin	spreading (their wings)	أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ

Active participle

(37:165:3) l-ṣāfūna

stand in rows

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الصَّافُّونَ

Passive participle

(1) Adjective

(88:15:2) maṣfūfatun

lined up

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

(2) Noun

(52:20:4) maṣfūfatin

lined up

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

See Also

• Lane's Lexicon  - Classical Arabic dictionary