# Sad-Dal-Fe — صدف (Sdf)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To turn away, shun aside, hinder, prevent, bar, prohibit. Sadaf - barrier, obstacle, obstruction, hindrance, restriction, prevention, interruption, limitation, prohibition, check, steep side of a mountain.
- **Derived forms:** صَدَفَ (4) · صَّدَفَيْن (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** يَصْدِفُونَ — yaṣdifūna · "turn away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ اَرَاَيْتُمْ اِنْ اَخَذَ اللّٰهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَاَبْصَارَكُمْ وَخَتَمَ عَلٰى قُلُوبِكُمْ مَنْ اِلٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللّٰهِ يَأْت۪يكُمْ بِهِۜ اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْاٰيَاتِ ثُمَّ هُمْ يَصْدِفُونَ

Qul araaytum in akhatha AllahusamAAakum waabsarakum wakhatama AAala quloobikumman ilahun ghayru Allahi ya/teekum bihi onthurkayfa nusarrifu al-ayati thumma hum yasdifoon

Say thou: “Have you considered: if God takes away your hearing and your sight and seals your hearts, who is the god save God who will restore it to you?” See thou how We expound the proofs; then they turn away.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-46.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 157

- **Form in this verse:** وَصَدَفَ — waṣadafa · "and turns away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَوْ تَقُولُوا لَوْ اَنَّٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْكِتَابُ لَكُنَّٓا اَهْدٰى مِنْهُمْۚ فَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ بَيِّنَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌۚ فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَذَّبَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَاۜ سَنَجْزِي الَّذ۪ينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ اٰيَاتِنَا سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْدِفُونَ

Aw taqooloo law anna onzila AAalaynaalkitabu lakunna ahda minhum faqad jaakumbayyinatun min rabbikum wahudan warahmatun faman athlamumimman kaththaba bi-ayati Allahi wasadafaAAanha sanajzee allatheena yasdifoona AAan ayatinasoo-a alAAathabi bima kanoo yasdifoon

Or you say: “Had the Writ been sent down upon us, we would have been better guided than they.” And there has come to you clear evidence from your Lord, and guidance, and a mercy; then who is more unjust than he who denies the proofs of God, and turns away from them? We will reward those who turn away from Our proofs with an evil punishment for their turning away.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-157.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 157

- **Form in this verse:** يَصْدِفُونَ — yaṣdifūna · "turn away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَوْ تَقُولُوا لَوْ اَنَّٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْكِتَابُ لَكُنَّٓا اَهْدٰى مِنْهُمْۚ فَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ بَيِّنَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌۚ فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَذَّبَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَاۜ سَنَجْزِي الَّذ۪ينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ اٰيَاتِنَا سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْدِفُونَ

Aw taqooloo law anna onzila AAalaynaalkitabu lakunna ahda minhum faqad jaakumbayyinatun min rabbikum wahudan warahmatun faman athlamumimman kaththaba bi-ayati Allahi wasadafaAAanha sanajzee allatheena yasdifoona AAan ayatinasoo-a alAAathabi bima kanoo yasdifoon

Or you say: “Had the Writ been sent down upon us, we would have been better guided than they.” And there has come to you clear evidence from your Lord, and guidance, and a mercy; then who is more unjust than he who denies the proofs of God, and turns away from them? We will reward those who turn away from Our proofs with an evil punishment for their turning away.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-157.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 157

- **Form in this verse:** يَصْدِفُونَ — yaṣdifūna · "turn away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَوْ تَقُولُوا لَوْ اَنَّٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْكِتَابُ لَكُنَّٓا اَهْدٰى مِنْهُمْۚ فَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ بَيِّنَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌۚ فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَذَّبَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَاۜ سَنَجْزِي الَّذ۪ينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ اٰيَاتِنَا سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْدِفُونَ

Aw taqooloo law anna onzila AAalaynaalkitabu lakunna ahda minhum faqad jaakumbayyinatun min rabbikum wahudan warahmatun faman athlamumimman kaththaba bi-ayati Allahi wasadafaAAanha sanajzee allatheena yasdifoona AAan ayatinasoo-a alAAathabi bima kanoo yasdifoon

Or you say: “Had the Writ been sent down upon us, we would have been better guided than they.” And there has come to you clear evidence from your Lord, and guidance, and a mercy; then who is more unjust than he who denies the proofs of God, and turns away from them? We will reward those who turn away from Our proofs with an evil punishment for their turning away.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-157.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ — l-ṣadafayni · "the two cliffs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · nominative case

اٰتُون۪ي زُبَرَ الْحَد۪يدِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا سَاوٰى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انْفُخُواۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَاراًۙ قَالَ اٰتُون۪ٓي اُفْرِ غْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْراًۜ

Atoonee zubara alhadeedi hattaitha sawa bayna asadafayni qalaonfukhoo hatta itha jaAAalahu naran qalaatoonee ofrigh AAalayhi qitra

“Give me sheets of iron.” When he had made level between the two openings, he said: “Blow.” When he had made it a fire, he said: “Bring me to pour thereon molten brass.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-96.md_

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