سفل

s-f-l

The root سفل (sfl) primarily means to be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards. It can describe physical lowness, a low status, or a base and ignoble character.

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س-ف-ل

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س-ف-ل

Root Meaning

The root سفل (sfl) primarily means to be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards. It can describe physical lowness, a low status, or a base and ignoble character.

Derived forms

أَسۡفَلَ3سَافِلَهَا2ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ2ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِ1ٱلسُّفۡلَىٰۗ1سَٰفِلِينَ1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (9)

An-Nisa 4:145

ٱلْأَسْفَلِMeaning here: The root سفل (sfl) primarily means to be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards. It can describe physical lowness, a low status, or a base and ignoble character.

Lo! the hypocrites (will be) in the lowest deep of the Fire, and thou wilt find no helper for them

Al-Anfal 8:42

أَسْفَلَMeaning here: The root سفل (sfl) primarily means to be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards. It can describe physical lowness, a low status, or a base and ignoble character.

When ye were on the near bank (of the valley) and they were on the yonder bank, and the caravan was below you (on the coast plain). And had ye trysted to meet one another ye surely would have failed to keep the tryst, but (it happened, as it did, without the forethought of either of you) that Allah might conclude a thing that must be done; that he who perished (on that day) might perish by a clear proof (of His Sovereignty) and he who survived might survive by a clear proof (of His Sovereignty). Lo! Allah in truth is Hearer, Knower

At-Tawbah 9:40

ٱلسُّفْلَىٰMeaning here: The root سفل (sfl) primarily means to be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards. It can describe physical lowness, a low status, or a base and ignoble character.

If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise

Hud 11:82

سَافِلَهَاMeaning here: The root سفل (sfl) primarily means to be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards. It can describe physical lowness, a low status, or a base and ignoble character.

So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew (that township) and rained upon it stones of clay, one after another

Al-Hijr 15:74

And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated clay

Al-Ahzab 33:10

When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when eyes grew wild and hearts reached to the throats, and ye were imagining vain thoughts concerning Allah

As-Saffat 37:98

ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَMeaning here: The root سفل (sfl) primarily means to be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards. It can describe physical lowness, a low status, or a base and ignoble character.

And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost

Fussilat 41:29

And those who disbelieve will say: Our Lord! Show us those who beguiled us of the jinn and humankind. We will place them underneath our feet that they may be among the nethermost

At-Tin 95:5

Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low