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Assabile

The root ص ح ف (ṣ-ḥ-f) in the Quran

Meaning: pages, scriptures, dishes

9 occurrences in 9 verses and 8 surahs · 2 derived words

Every Quranic word built on this root is counted, prefixes and suffixes included (و، ب، ال…), in the Hafs reading.

Words built on this root

Surahs where it occurs most

  1. 87. Al-A’la2
  2. 20. Taha1
  3. 43. Az-Zukhruf1
  4. 53. An-Najm1
  5. 74. Al-Muddaththir1
  6. 80. ’Abasa1
  7. 81. At-Takwir1
  8. 98. Al-Bayyinah1

The 9 verses

Taha20:133

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا يَأْتِينَا بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ أَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِم بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۝١٣٣

And they say, "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has there not come to them evidence of what was in the former scriptures?

Az-Zukhruf43:71

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافٍ مِّن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ۝٧١

Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

An-Najm53:36

أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ۝٣٦

Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses

Al-Muddaththir74:52

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً ۝٥٢

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

Al-Bayyinah98:2

رَسُولٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ يَتْلُوا۟ صُحُفًا مُّطَهَّرَةً ۝٢

A Messenger from Allāh, reciting purified scriptures

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