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  • Ejtaal Arabic Almanac: Lane's Lexicon, Hans Wehr, Lisan al-Arab and others
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The root sfl (س ف ل) occurs 10 times in Quran, in 3 derived forms:
  • 1 times as noun sflya
  • 3 times as active noun safl
  • 6 times as asfl
    • 1 times as adjective
    • 2 times as location adverb
    • 3 times as noun

sflya

1

9:40

If you do not succour the Apostle,* then [know that God will do so -just as] God succoured him at the time when those who were bent on denying the truth drove him away, [and he was but] one of two:* when these two were [hiding] in the cave, [and] the Apostle said to his companion, "Grieve not: verily, God is with us."* And thereupon God bestowed upon him from on high His (gift of] inner peace,* and brought utterly low the cause of those who were bent on denying the truth, whereas the cause of God remained supreme:* for God is almighty, wise.

ala tnSrwh fqd nSrh allh aź aKrjh alźyn kfrwa śany aśnyn aź hma fy alğar aź yqwl lSaHbh la tHzn an allh mAna fanzl allh skynth Alyh waydh bjnwd lm trwha wjAl klmẗ alźyn kfrwa alsflya wklmẗ allh hy alAlya wallh Azyz Hkym

الا تنصروه فقد نصره الله اذ اخرجه الذين كفروا ثانى اثنين اذ هما فى الغار اذ يقول لصحبه لا تحزن ان الله معنا فانزل الله سكينته عليه وايده بجنود لم تروها وجعل كلمة الذين كفروا السفلى وكلمة الله هى العليا والله عزيز حكيم

safl

2

11:82

And so, when Our judgment came to pass, We turned those [sinful towns] upside down, and rained down upon them stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained.* one upon another,

flma jaa amrna jAlna Aalyha saflha wamTrna Alyha Hjarẗ mn sjyl mnDwd

فلما جاء امرنا جعلنا عليها سافلها وامطرنا عليها حجارة من سجيل منضود

3

15:74

and We turned those [sinful towns} upside down, and rained down upon them stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained.*

fjAlna Aalyha saflha wamTrna Alyhm Hjarẗ mn sjyl

فجعلنا عليها سافلها وامطرنا عليهم حجارة من سجيل

4

95:5

and thereafter We reduce him to the lowest of low*

śm rddnah asfl saflyn

ثم رددنه اسفل سفلين

asfl

5

4:145

Verily, the hypocrites shall be in the lowest depth of the fire, and thou wilt find none who could succour them.

an almnafqyn fy aldrk alasfl mn alnar wln tjd lhm nSyra

ان المنفقين فى الدرك الاسفل من النار ولن تجد لهم نصيرا

6

8:42

[Remember that day] when you were at the near end of the valley [of Badr], and they were at its farthest end, while the caravan was below you.* And if you had known that a battle was to take place, you would indeed have refused to accept the challenge:* but [the battle was brought about none the less,] so that God might accomplish a thing [which He willed] to be done,* [and] that he who would perish might perish in clear evidence of the truth, and that he who would remain alive might live in clear evidence of the truth.* And, behold, God is indeed all-hearing, all-knowing.

aź antm balAdwẗ aldnya whm balAdwẗ alqSwya walrkb asfl mnkm wlw twaAdtm laKtlftm fy almyAad wlakn lyqDy allh amra kan mfAwla lyhlk mn hlk An bynẗ wyHyya mn Hy An bynẗ wan allh lsmyA Alym

اذ انتم بالعدوة الدنيا وهم بالعدوة القصوى والركب اسفل منكم ولو تواعدتم لاختلفتم فى الميعد ولكن ليقضى الله امرا كان مفعولا ليهلك من هلك عن بينة ويحيى من حى عن بينة وان الله لسميع عليم

7

33:10

[Remember what you felt] when they came upon you from above you and from below you,* and when [your] eyes became dim and [your] hearts came up to [your] throats, and [when] most conflicting thoughts about God passed through your minds:*

aź jaawkm mn fwqkm wmn asfl mnkm waź zağt alabSar wblğt alqlwb alHnajr wtZnwn ballh alZnwna

اذ جاءوكم من فوقكم ومن اسفل منكم واذ زاغت الابصر وبلغت القلوب الحناجر وتظنون بالله الظنونا

8

37:98

But whereas they sought to do evil unto him, We [frustrated their designs, and thus] brought them low?*

faradwa bh kyda fjAlnahm alasflyn

فارادوا به كيدا فجعلنهم الاسفلين

9

41:29

And they who [in their life on earth] were bent on denying the truth will [thereupon] exclaim: “O our Sustainer! Show us those of the invisible beings and humans that have led us astray:* we shall trample them underfoot, so that they shall be the lowest of all!"*

wqal alźyn kfrwa rbna arna alźyn aDlana mn aljn walans njAlhma tHt aqdamna lykwna mn alasflyn

وقال الذين كفروا ربنا ارنا الذين اضلانا من الجن والانس نجعلهما تحت اقدامنا ليكونا من الاسفلين

10

95:5

and thereafter We reduce him to the lowest of low*

śm rddnah asfl saflyn

ثم رددنه اسفل سفلين