11 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 557

The Quran root ط ر ف ṭ-r-f

Words built from the root ط ر ف ([ṭ-r-f]) appear 11 times in the Quran. The most common is طَرْف, “companions of modest gaze”, which comes 6 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
طَرْف	ṭarf	companions of modest gaze · glance	6
طَرَف	ṭaraf	borders · part	5

Examples from the Quran

مُهْطِعِينَ مُقْنِعِي رُءُوسِهِمْ لَا يَرْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِمْ طَرْفُهُمْ وَأَفْئِدَتُهُمْ هَوَاءٌ ٤٣

طَرْفُهُمْ ṭarfuhum · their gaze

Racing ahead, their heads raised up, their glance does not come back to them, and their hearts are void. (Surah Ibrahim, 14:43)

قَالَ الَّذِي عِندَهُ عِلْمٌ مِّنَ الْكِتَابِ أَنَا آتِيكَ بِهِ قَبْلَ أَن يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ مُسْتَقِرًّا عِندَهُ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِن فَضْلِ رَبِّي لِيَبْلُوَنِي أَأَشْكُرُ أَمْ أَكْفُرُ وَمَن شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّي غَنِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ ٤٠

طَرْفُكَ ṭarfuka · your glance

Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, "I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you." And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, "This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous." (Surah An-Naml, 27:40)

لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا مِّنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنقَلِبُوا خَائِبِينَ ١٢٧

طَرَفًا ṭarafan · a part

That He might cut down a section of the disbelievers or suppress them so that they turn back disappointed. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:127)

Surahs where it comes most

Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.