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ص ف و (ṣād fā wāw) arabic root word meaning.


There are 18 words derived from this root in the Quran.
    The triliteral root ṣād fā wāw (ص ف و) occurs 17 times in the Quran, in five derived forms:
    • 2 times as the form IV verb aṣfā (أَصْفَىٰ)
    • 12 times as the form VIII verb iṣ'ṭafā (ٱصْطَفَىٰ)
    • 1 times as the noun ṣafwān (صَفْوَان)
    • 1 times as the form II passive participle muṣaffan (مُّصَفًّى)
    • 1 times as the form VIII passive participle muṣ'ṭafayn (مُصْطَفَيْن)



it became clear/limpid/pure (often said of a drink), opposite of Kaf-Dal-Ra, free from turbidness/thickness/muddiness, free from admixture, became cloudless (said of air/atmosphere, but also said of love/life/mind/heart), clear/pure/best/choice/favoured part/potion, clear/clarify, true/sincere, distinguish particularly/specially, select/elect/prefer, serenity of life, comfort, reciprocal sincerity/purity.take the best of, to choose in preference to, grant to another a preference in the choice of anything.abound with milk (said of a she-camel/ewe/goat/sheep), palm-tree heavy with fruit, reached stone (said of a digger).the portion of the spoil, which the chief/commander chooses for himself before the division.become destitute/devoid.stone, smooth stone/rock, stone that doesn't give growth to anything, hard broad stone, a certain place in Mekkeh.

All words derived from ṣād fā wāw root word


WordMeaningArabic
(2:130:11) iṣ'ṭafaynāhu
We chose him
اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ
(2:132:9) iṣ'ṭafā
has chosen
اصْطَفَى
(2:158:2) l-ṣafā
the Safa
الصَّفَا
(2:247:29) iṣ'ṭafāhu
has chosen him
اصْطَفَاهُ
(2:264:21) ṣafwānin
(that of a) smooth rock
صَفْوَانٍ
(3:33:3) iṣ'ṭafā
chose
اصْطَفَى
(3:42:7) iṣ'ṭafāki
(has) chosen you
اصْطَفَاكِ
(3:42:9) wa-iṣ'ṭafāki
and chosen you
وَاصْطَفَاكِ
(7:144:4) iṣ'ṭafaytuka
have chosen you
اصْطَفَيْتُكَ
(17:40:1) afa-aṣfākum
Then has chosen (for) you
أَفَأَصْفَاكُمْ
(22:75:2) yaṣṭafī
chooses
يَصْطَفِي
(27:59:8) iṣ'ṭafā
He has chosen
اصْطَفَى
(35:32:5) iṣ'ṭafaynā
We have chosen
اصْطَفَيْنَا
(37:153:1) aṣṭafā
Has He chosen
أَصْطَفَى
(38:47:4) l-muṣ'ṭafayna
the chosen ones
الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ
(39:4:7) la-iṣ'ṭafā
surely He (could) have chosen
لَاصْطَفَى
(43:16:6) wa-aṣfākum
and He has chosen (for) you
وَأَصْفَاكُمْ
(47:15:26) muṣaffan
purified
مُصَفًّى
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