# Elif-Fe-Lam — افل (Afl)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Afl

- **Meaning:** Hidden/concealed/hidden/set.
- **Derived forms:** ءَافِلِين (1) · أَفَلَ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** أَفَلَ — afala · "it set"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ الَّيْلُ رَاٰ كَوْكَباًۚ قَالَ هٰذَا رَبّ۪يۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَفَلَ قَالَ لَٓا اُحِبُّ الْاٰفِل۪ينَ

Falamma janna AAalayhi allaylu raakawkaban qala hatha rabbee falamma afala qalala ohibbu al-afileen

Then when the night covered him, he saw a star. He said: “This is my Lord.” Then when it set he said: “I love not those that set.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-76.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْـَٔافِلِينَ — l-āfilīna · "the ones that set"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ الَّيْلُ رَاٰ كَوْكَباًۚ قَالَ هٰذَا رَبّ۪يۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَفَلَ قَالَ لَٓا اُحِبُّ الْاٰفِل۪ينَ

Falamma janna AAalayhi allaylu raakawkaban qala hatha rabbee falamma afala qalala ohibbu al-afileen

Then when the night covered him, he saw a star. He said: “This is my Lord.” Then when it set he said: “I love not those that set.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-76.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** أَفَلَ — afala · "it set"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَلَمَّا رَاَ الْقَمَرَ بَازِغاً قَالَ هٰذَا رَبّ۪يۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِنْ لَمْ يَهْدِن۪ي رَبّ۪ي لَاَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الضَّٓالّ۪ينَ

Falamma raa alqamara bazighanqala hatha rabbee falamma afala qalala-in lam yahdinee rabbee laakoonanna mina alqawmi addalleen

Then when he saw the moon rising he said: “This is my Lord.” Then when it set he said: “If my Lord guide me not, I will be of the people who stray.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-77.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** أَفَلَتْ — afalat · "it set"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

فَلَمَّا رَاَ الشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هٰذَا رَبّ۪ي هٰذَٓا اَكْبَرُۚ  فَلَمَّٓا اَفَلَتْ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اِنّ۪ي بَر۪ٓيءٌ مِمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

Falamma raa ashshamsabazighatan qala hatha rabbee hathaakbaru falamma afalat qala ya qawmi inneebaree-on mimma tushrikoon

Then when he saw the sun rising he said: “This is my Lord; this is greater!” Then when it set he said: “O my people: I am quit of that to which you ascribe a partnership.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-78.md_

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