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سفن

s-f-n

The root "sfn" describes the act of stripping, scraping, or paring off an outer layer, like wind removing dust from the ground. It also refers to smoothing something or a ship sticking to the ground.

Root

س-ف-ن

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Total uses

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Verses

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Surahs

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Forms

Root

س-ف-ن

Root Meaning

The root "sfn" describes the act of stripping, scraping, or paring off an outer layer, like wind removing dust from the ground. It also refers to smoothing something or a ship sticking to the ground.

Derived forms

ٱلسَّفِينَةِ3سَفِينَةٍ1لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ1

Surah distribution

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (3)

Al-Kahf 18:71

ٱلسَّفِينَةِMeaning here: The root "sfn" describes the act of stripping, scraping, or paring off an outer layer, like wind removing dust from the ground. It also refers to smoothing something or a ship sticking to the ground.

So they twain set out till, when they were in the ship, he made a hole therein. (Moses) said: Hast thou made a hole therein to drown the folk thereof? Thou verily hast done a dreadful thing

Al-Kahf 18:79

ٱلسَّفِينَةُMeaning here: The root "sfn" describes the act of stripping, scraping, or paring off an outer layer, like wind removing dust from the ground. It also refers to smoothing something or a ship sticking to the ground.

As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the river, and I wished to mar it, for there was a king behind them who is taking every ship by force

Al-Ankabut 29:15

ٱلسَّفِينَةِMeaning here: The root "sfn" describes the act of stripping, scraping, or paring off an outer layer, like wind removing dust from the ground. It also refers to smoothing something or a ship sticking to the ground.

And We rescued him and those with him in the ship, and made of it a portent for the peoples

🔎 Across the Quran (1)

Ta-Ha 20:97

قَالَ فَٱذۡهَبۡ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوۡعِدࣰ ا لَّن تُخۡلَفَهُۥۖ وَٱنظُرۡ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِي ظَلۡتَ عَلَيۡهِ عَاكِفࣰ اۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ نَسۡفًا

Moses said: "Be gone, then. All your life you shall cry: 'Untouchable.' There awaits a term for your reckoning that you cannot fail to keep. Now look at your god that you devotedly adored: We shall burn it and scatter its remains in the sea