لطف
l-ṭ-f
The root لطف (lTf) means to treat someone with gentleness, kindness, and affection. It implies speaking softly, soothing, and showing good manners. It can also mean to caress or coax someone.
Root
ل-ط-ف
11
Total uses
11
Verses
11
Surahs
6
Forms
Root
ل-ط-ف
Root Meaning
The root لطف (lTf) means to treat someone with gentleness, kindness, and affection. It implies speaking softly, soothing, and showing good manners. It can also mean to caress or coax someone.
Derived forms
Surah distribution
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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (8)
Al-An'am 6:103
Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He comprehendeth (all) vision. He is the Subtile, the Aware
Yusuf 12:100
And he placed his parents on the dais and they fell down before him prostrate, and he said: O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream of old. My Lord hath made it true, and He hath shown me kindness, since He took me out of the prison and hath brought you from the desert after Satan had made strife between me and my brethren. Lo! my Lord is tender unto whom He will. He is the Knower, the Wise
Al-Kahf 18:19
And in like manner We awakened them that they might question one another. A speaker from among them said: How long have ye tarried? They said: We have tarried a day or some part of a day, (Others) said: Your Lord best knoweth what ye have tarried. Now send one of you with this your silver coin unto the city, and let him see what food is purest there and bring you a supply thereof. Let him be courteous and let no man know of you
Al-Hajj 22:63
Seest thou not how Allah sendeth down water from the sky and then the earth becometh green upon the morrow? Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware
Luqman 31:16
O my dear son! Lo! though it be but the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware
Al-Ahzab 33:34
And bear in mind that which is recited in your houses of the revelations of Allah and wisdom. Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware
Ash-Shura 42:19
Allah is gracious unto His slaves. He provideth for whom He will. And He is the Strong, the Mighty
Al-Mulk 67:14
Should He not know what He created? And He is the Subtile, the Aware
🔎 Across the Quran (3)
فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ وَٱلۡجَرَادَ وَٱلۡقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَٰتࣲ مُّفَصَّلَٰتࣲ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمࣰ ا مُّجۡرِمِينَ
Then We afflicted them with a great flood and locusts, and the lice, and the frogs, and the blood. All these were distinct signs and yet they remained haughty. They were a wicked people
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمۡ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمۡسِينَ عَامࣰ ا فَأَخَذَهُمُ وَهُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ
We did indeed send Noah to his people and he lived among them a thousand years save fifty. Eventually the Flood overtook them while they were engaged in wrongdoing
يُرِيدُونَ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَٱللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِۦ وَلَوۡ كَرِهَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ
They seek to extinguish Allah's light (by blowing) with their mouths, but Allah shall spread His light in all its fullness, howsoever the unbelievers may abhor this