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14 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 478
The Quran root و ص ف w-ṣ-f
Words built from the root و ص ف ([w-ṣ-f]) appear 14 times in the Quran. The most common is يَصِفُ, “they attribute”, which comes 13 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| يَصِفُ | yaṣifu | they attribute · you describe | 13 | |
| وَصْف | waṣf | attribution | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَجَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ شُرَكَاءَ الْجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمْ وَخَرَقُوا لَهُ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٠٠
يَصِفُونَ yaṣifūna · they attribute
But they have attributed to Allāh partners - the jinn, while He has created them - and have fabricated for Him sons and daughters without knowledge. Exalted is He and high above what they describe. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:100)
وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ ١٨
تَصِفُونَ taṣifūna · you describe
And they brought upon his shirt false blood. [Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allāh is the one sought for help against that which you describe." (Surah Yusuf, 12:18)
وَقَالُوا مَا فِي بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ الْأَنْعَامِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَإِن يَكُن مَّيْتَةً فَهُمْ فِيهِ شُرَكَاءُ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ ١٣٩
وَصْفَهُمْ waṣfahum · (for) their attribution
And they say, "What is in the bellies of these animals is exclusively for our males and forbidden to our females. But if it is [born] dead, then all of them have shares therein." He will punish them for their description. Indeed, He is Wise and Knowing. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:139)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Anbya · 3×
- Surah Al-An'am · 2×
- Surah Yusuf · 2×
- Surah An-Nahl · 2×
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 2×
- Surah As-Saffat · 2×
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.