The triliteral root sīn fā lām (س ف ل) occurs 10 times in the Quran, in three derived forms:
- six times as the nominal asfal (أَسْفَل)
- once as the noun suf'lā (سُّفْلَىٰ)
- three times as the active participle sāfil (سَافِل)
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.
Nominal
(1) Noun
(33:10:6) asfala | below | إِذْ جَاءُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ الْأَبْصَارُ |
(37:98:5) l-asfalīna | the lowest | فَأَرَادُوا بِهِ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْأَسْفَلِينَ |
(41:29:16) l-asfalīna | the lowest | نَجْعَلْهُمَا تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ الْأَسْفَلِينَ |
(2) Location adverb
(8:42:9) asfala | (was) lower | وَهُمْ بِالْعُدْوَةِ الْقُصْوَىٰ وَالرَّكْبُ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ |
(95:5:3) asfala | (to the) lowest | ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِينَ |
(3) Adjective
(4:145:5) l-asfali | the lowest | إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ |
Noun
(9:40:36) l-suf'lā | the lowest | وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا السُّفْلَىٰ |
Active participle
(11:82:6) sāfilahā | its downside | فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً |
(15:74:3) sāfilahā | its lowest | فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ |
(95:5:4) sāfilīna | (of the) low | ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِينَ |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon - Classical Arabic dictionary