# Sad-Fe-Fe — صفف (Sff)

> Occurs in 14 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Evenly, side by side, laid out, a rank/row/line, in order, with reference to a bird: extend its wings in a line, expand/spread its wings (i.e. not flapping).
- **Derived forms:** صَّافُّون (1) · صَفّ (7) · صَوَافّ (1) · صَٰفَّٰت (3) · مَصْفُوفَة (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** صَفًّۭا — ṣaffan · "(in) rows"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَعُرِضُوا عَلٰى رَبِّكَ صَفاًّۜ لَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۘ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ اَلَّنْ نَجْعَلَ لَكُمْ مَوْعِداً

WaAAuridoo AAala rabbika saffanlaqad ji/tumoona kama khalaqnakum awwalamarratin bal zaAAamtum allan najAAala lakum mawAAida

And they will be set before thy Lord in ranks: “You have come to Us as We created you the first time; yet you claimed that We would never make an appointment for you!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-48.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** صَفًّۭا ۚ — ṣaffan · "(in) a line"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَاَجْمِعُوا كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ائْتُوا صَفاًّۚ وَقَدْ اَفْلَحَ الْيَوْمَ مَنِ اسْتَعْلٰى

FaajmiAAoo kaydakum thumma i/too saffanwaqad aflaha alyawma mani istaAAla

“So resolve upon your plan, then come with one accord; and he has succeeded who prevails this day.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-64.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** صَوَآفَّ ۖ — ṣawāffa · "(when) lined up"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَالْبُدْنَ جَعَلْنَاهَا لَكُمْ مِنْ شَعَٓائِرِ اللّٰهِ لَكُمْ ف۪يهَا خَيْرٌۗ فَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْهَا صَوَٓافَّۚ فَاِذَا وَجَبَتْ جُنُوبُهَا فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا وَاَطْعِمُوا الْقَانِـعَ وَالْمُعْتَرَّۜ  كَذٰلِكَ سَخَّرْنَاهَا لَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Walbudna jaAAalnahalakum min shaAAa-iri Allahi lakum feehakhayrun fathkuroo isma Allahi AAalayhasawaffa fa-itha wajabat junoobuhafakuloo minha waatAAimoo alqaniAAa walmuAAtarrakathalika sakhkharnaha lakum laAAallakumtashkuroon

And the camels: We appointed them for you among the tokens of God; for you in them is good. So remember the name of God over them when they are in lines; and when their flanks collapse, eat thereof and feed the reticent poor and the beggar. Thus have We made them subject for you, that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-36.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍۢ ۖ — ṣāffātin · "(with) wings outspread"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُسَبِّـحُ لَهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَالطَّيْرُ صَٓافَّاتٍۜ كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُ وَتَسْب۪يحَهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

Alam tara anna Allaha yusabbihulahu man fee assamawati wal-ardiwattayru saffatin kullun qadAAalima salatahu watasbeehahu wallahuAAaleemun bima yafAAaloon

Dost thou not see that God, to Him gives glory whoso is in the heavens and the earth, and the birds with wings outstretched? Each, he knows his duty and his glorification; and God knows what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-41.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلصَّـٰٓفَّـٰتِ — wal-ṣāfāti · "By those lined"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine, plural · genitive case

وَالصَّٓافَّاتِ صَفاًّۙ

Wassaffati saffa

By those lined up in rows,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-1.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** صَفًّۭا — ṣaffan · "(in) rows"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَالصَّٓافَّاتِ صَفاًّۙ

Wassaffati saffa

By those lined up in rows,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-1.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 165

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصَّآفُّونَ — l-ṣāfūna · "stand in rows"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَاِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الصَّٓافُّونَۚ

Wa-inna lanahnu assaffoon

“And we are those lined up;

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-165.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ ۖ — maṣfūfatin · "lined up"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

مُتَّكِـ۪ٔينَ عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مَصْفُوفَةٍۚ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ ع۪ينٍ

Muttaki-eena AAala sururin masfoofatinwazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeen

They will recline upon couches arranged in rows; and We will marry them to pure, lustrous-eyed maidens,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-20.md_

### 61. Surah As-Saf, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** صَفًّۭا — ṣaffan · "(in) a row"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِه۪ صَفاًّ كَاَنَّهُمْ بُنْيَانٌ مَرْصُوصٌ

Inna Allaha yuhibbu allatheenayuqatiloona fee sabeelihi saffan kaannahum bunyanunmarsoos

God loves those who fight in His cause in ranks, as though they were a compacted structure.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saf/verse-4.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍۢ — ṣāffātin · "spreading (their wings)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَٓافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَۜ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا الرَّحْمٰنُۜ اِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَص۪يرٌ

Awa lam yaraw ila attayrifawqahum saffatin wayaqbidna mayumsikuhunna illa arrahmanu innahubikulli shay-in baseer

Have they not seen the birds above them with wings outstretched and closing? None holds them but the Almighty. He sees all things.

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

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** صَفًّۭا ۖ — ṣaffan · "(in) rows"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ صَفاًّۜ  لَا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ اِلَّا مَنْ اَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَاباً

Yawma yaqoomu arroohu walmala-ikatusaffan la yatakallamoona illa man athinalahu arrahmanu waqala sawaba

The day the Spirit and the angels stand in ranks; they speak not save he whom the Almighty grants leave, and he will say what is right.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-38.md_

### 88. Surah Al-Ghashiyah, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ — maṣfūfatun · "lined up"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · passive · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۙ

Wanamariqu masfoofa

And cushions arrayed,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ghashiyah/verse-15.md_

### 89. Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** صَفًّۭا — ṣaffan · "rank"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَجَٓاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفاًّ صَفاًّۚ

Wajaa rabbuka walmalaku saffansaffa

And thy Lord comes — and the angels, rank upon rank —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-22.md_

### 89. Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** صَفًّۭا — ṣaffan · "(upon) rank"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَجَٓاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفاًّ صَفاًّۚ

Wajaa rabbuka walmalaku saffansaffa

And thy Lord comes — and the angels, rank upon rank —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-22.md_

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