# Elif-Sin-Fe — اسف (Asf)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be sad, grieved about, afflicted with
- **Derived forms:** ءَاسَفُ (1) · أَسَف (2) · أَسِف (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 150

- **Form in this verse:** أَسِفًۭا — asifan · "and grieved"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسٰٓى اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفاًۙ قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُون۪ي مِنْ بَعْد۪يۚ اَعَجِلْتُمْ اَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْۚ وَاَلْقَى الْاَلْوَاحَ وَاَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ اَخ۪يهِ يَجُرُّهُٓ اِلَيْهِۜ قَالَ ابْنَ اُمَّ اِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُون۪ي وَكَادُوا يَقْتُلُونَن۪يۘ فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِيَ الْاَعْدَٓاءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْن۪ي مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Walamma rajaAAa moosa ilaqawmihi ghadbana asifan qala bi/samakhalaftumoonee min baAAdee aAAajiltum amra rabbikum waalqa al-alwahawaakhatha bira/si akheehi yajurruhu ilayhi qalaibna omma inna alqawma istadAAafoonee wakadooyaqtuloonanee fala tushmit biya al-aAAdaa walatajAAalnee maAAa alqawmi aththalimeen

And when Moses returned to his people, wrathful and grieved, he said: “Evil is what you took up while I was away; were you impatient over the command of your Lord?” And he cast down the tablets, and seized his brother by the head, dragging him to him. Said he: “Son of my mother: the people despised me and were about to kill me. Then cause thou not the enemies to gloat over me, nor place thou me with the wrongdoing people.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-150.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰ — yāasafā · "Alas, my grief"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَتَوَلّٰى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٓا اَسَفٰى عَلٰى يُوسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظ۪يمٌ

Watawalla AAanhum waqala yaasafa AAala yoosufa wabyaddat AAaynahumina alhuzni fahuwa katheem

And he turned away from them and said: “O my grief for Joseph!” And his eyes became white from the sorrow he was suppressing.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-84.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** أَسَفًا — asafan · "(in) grief"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِـعٌ نَفْسَكَ عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ اِنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهٰذَا الْحَد۪يثِ اَسَفاً

FalaAAallaka bakhiAAun nafsaka AAalaatharihim in lam yu/minoo bihatha alhadeethiasafa

Then mightest thou destroy thy soul — in their footsteps — from grief, if they believe not in this narrative.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-6.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 86

- **Form in this verse:** أَسِفًۭا ۚ — asifan · "(and) sorrowful"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَرَجَعَ مُوسٰٓى اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفاًۚ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْداً حَسَناًۜ اَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَهْدُ اَمْ اَرَدْتُمْ اَنْ يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَاَخْلَفْتُمْ مَوْعِد۪ي

FarajaAAa moosa ila qawmihighadbana asifan qala ya qawmi alamyaAAidkum rabbukum waAAdan hasanan afatalaAAalaykumu alAAahdu am aradtum an yahilla AAalaykum ghadabunmin rabbikum faakhlaftum mawAAidee

So Moses returned to his people, wrathful and grieved. He said: “O my people: did not your Lord promise you a fair promise? Was the covenant long in coming for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord should descend upon you, so failed in your promise to me?”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-86.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** ءَاسَفُونَا — āsafūnā · "they angered Us"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّٓا اٰسَفُونَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَۙ

Falamma asafoonaintaqamna minhum faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeen

And when they had angered Us, We took vengeance on them and drowned them all together,

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-55.md_

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