# Sad-Ha-Fe — صحف (SHf)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To write or read, dig. sahfatun (pl. sihaaf) - hollow, large dish. sahiifa - surface of the earth. sahiifatun (pl. suhuf) - heap of a book.
- **Derived forms:** صِحَاف (1) · صُحُف (8)

## Verses containing this root

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 133

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّحُفِ — l-ṣuḥufi · "the Scriptures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case

وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا يَأْت۪ينَا بِاٰيَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ۜ اَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِمْ بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِي الصُّحُفِ الْاُو۫لٰى

Waqaloo lawla ya/teenabi-ayatin min rabbihi awa lam ta/tihim bayyinatu mafee assuhufi al-oola

And they say: “Oh, that he would but bring us a proof from his Lord!” Has there not come to them clear evidence of what is in the former scriptures?

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-133.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** بِصِحَافٍۢ — biṣiḥāfin · "plates"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِصِحَافٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَاَكْوَابٍۚ وَف۪يهَا مَا تَشْتَه۪يهِ الْاَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْاَعْيُنُۚ وَاَنْتُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَۚ

Yutafu AAalayhim bisihafinmin thahabin waakwabin wafeeha matashtaheehi al-anfusu watalaththu al-aAAyunu waantum feehakhalidoon

— Circulated among them will be plates and cups of gold; and therein is what the souls desire and the eyes delight in — “And therein will you abide eternally.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-71.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** صُحُفِ — ṣuḥufi · "(the) Scriptures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case

اَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا ف۪ي صُحُفِ مُوسٰىۙ

Am lam yunabba/ bima fee suhufimoosa

If he has not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Moses,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-36.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** صُحُفًۭا — ṣuḥufan · "pages"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

بَلْ يُر۪يدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ اَنْ يُؤْتٰى صُحُفاً مُنَشَّرَةًۙ

Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu/tasuhufan munashshara

The truth is, every man of them desires that he be given scriptures unfolded.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-52.md_

### 80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** صُحُفٍۢ — ṣuḥufin · "sheets"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

ف۪ي صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍۙ

Fee suhufin mukarrama

In honoured pages,

_https://quran.so/surah-abasa/verse-13.md_

### 81. Surah At-Takwir, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّحُفُ — l-ṣuḥufu · "the pages"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · nominative case

وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْۙۖ

Wa-itha assuhufunushirat

And when the pages are spread,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-takwir/verse-10.md_

### 87. Surah Al-A'la, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّحُفِ — l-ṣuḥufi · "the Scriptures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْاُو۫لٰىۙ

Inna hatha lafee assuhufial-oola

This is in the former scriptures,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ala/verse-18.md_

### 87. Surah Al-A'la, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** صُحُفِ — ṣuḥufi · "(The) Scriptures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case

صُحُفِ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَمُوسٰى

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ala/verse-19.md_

### 98. Surah Al-Bayyinah, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** صُحُفًۭا — ṣuḥufan · "pages"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · accusative case · indefinite

رَسُولٌ مِنَ اللّٰهِ يَتْلُوا صُحُفاً مُطَهَّرَةًۙ

Rasoolun mina Allahi yatloo suhufanmutahhara

A messenger from God, reciting purified pages

_https://quran.so/surah-al-bayyinah/verse-2.md_

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