Dictionaries

  • Ejtaal Arabic Almanac: Lane's Lexicon, Hans Wehr, Lisan al-Arab and others
  • Perseus: Lane's Lexicon (in text format)
    • lfw
    • lfw (if it is not found in the link above)
The root lfw (ل ف و) occurs 3 times in Quran, in 1 derived forms:
  • 3 times as form IV verb alf

alf

1

2:170

But when they are told, "Follow what God has bestowed from on high," some answer, "Nay, we shall follow [only] that which we found our forefathers believing in and doing." Why, even if their forefathers did not use their reason at all, and were devoid of all guidance?

waźa qyl lhm atbAwa ma anzl allh qalwa bl ntbA ma alfyna Alyh aabaana awlw kan aabaahm la yAqlwn şya wla yhtdwn

واذا قيل لهم اتبعوا ما انزل الله قالوا بل نتبع ما الفينا عليه ءاباءنا اولو كان ءاباؤهم لا يعقلون شيا ولا يهتدون

2

12:25

And they both rushed to the door; and she [grasped and] rent his tunic from behind-and [lo!] they met her lord at the door! Said she: "What ought to be the punishment of one who had evil designs on [the virtue of] thy wife - [what] but imprisonment or a [yet more] grievous chastisement?"

wastbqa albab wqdt qmySh mn dbr walfya sydha lda albab qalt ma jzaa mn arad bahlk swaa ala an ysjn aw Aźab alym

واستبقا الباب وقدت قميصه من دبر والفيا سيدها لدا الباب قالت ما جزاء من اراد باهلك سوءا الا ان يسجن او عذاب اليم

3

37:69

for, behold, they found their forebears on a wrong way,

anhm alfwa aabaahm Dalyn

انهم الفوا ءاباءهم ضالين