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The Quran root ط و ف ṭ-w-f

Words built from the root ط و ف ([ṭ-w-f]) appear 41 times in the Quran. The most common is طائِفَة, “group”, which comes 24 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
طائِفَةṭaa’ifagroup · party24
طافَṭaafaWill be circulated · will circulate8
طائِفṭaa’ifthose who circumambulate · evil thought4
يَطَّوَّفَyaṭṭawwafahe walks · circumambulate2
طُوفانṭuufaanflood2
طَوّافṭawwaafmoving about1

Examples from the Quran

وَدَّت طَّائِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّا أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ ٦٩

طَّائِفَةٌ ṭāifatun · a group

A faction of the People of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:69)

وَقَالَت طَّائِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمِنُوا بِالَّذِي أُنزِلَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَجْهَ النَّهَارِ وَاكْفُرُوا آخِرَهُ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ٧٢

طَّائِفَةٌ ṭāifatun · a group

And a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], "Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they will return [i.e., abandon their religion], (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:72)

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ ٤٥

يُطَافُ yuṭāfu · Will be circulated

There will be circulated among them a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring, (Surah As-Saffat, 37:45)

وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًا وَاتَّخِذُوا مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى وَعَهِدْنَا إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْعَاكِفِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ ١٢٥

لِلطَّائِفِينَ lilṭṭāifīna · for those who circumambulate

And [mention] when We made the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] a place of return for the people and [a place of] security. And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer. And We charged Abraham and Ishmael, [saying], "Purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:125)

إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ أَوِ اعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ ١٥٨

يَطَّوَّفَ yaṭṭawwafa · he walks

Indeed, aṣ-Ṣafā and al-Marwah are among the symbols of Allāh. So whoever makes ḥajj [pilgrimage] to the House or performs ʿumrah - there is no blame upon him for walking between them. And whoever volunteers good - then indeed, Allāh is Appreciative and Knowing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:158)

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الطُّوفَانَ وَالْجَرَادَ وَالْقُمَّلَ وَالضَّفَادِعَ وَالدَّمَ آيَاتٍ مُّفَصَّلَاتٍ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ ١٣٣

الطُّوفَانَ l-ṭūfāna · the flood

So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:133)

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.