# Sad-Ra-Fe — صرف (Srf)

> Occurs in 30 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to turn away, divert, avert, propound, set forth, vary. sarfun - act of averting. masrifun - place to turn to, refuge. masruufun - averted. sarrafa (vb. 2) - to explain. tasrif - change (of wind). insarafa (vb. 7) - to turn aside.
- **Derived forms:** تَصْرِيف (2) · صَرَّفْ (10) · صَرَفَ (14) · صَرْف (1) · مَصْرِف (1) · مَصْرُوف (1) · ٱنصَرَفُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 164

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَصْرِيفِ — wataṣrīfi · "and directing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ ف۪ي خَلْقِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْفُلْكِ الَّت۪ي تَجْر۪ي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَٓابَّةٍۖ وَتَصْر۪يفِ الرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّحَابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Inna fee khalqi assamawatiwal-ardi wakhtilafi allayli wannahariwalfulki allatee tajree fee albahri bimayanfaAAu annasa wama anzala Allahumina assama-i min ma-in faahyabihi al-arda baAAda mawtiha wabaththa feehamin kulli dabbatin watasreefi arriyahiwassahabi almusakhkhari bayna assama-iwal-ardi laayatin liqawminyaAAqiloon

In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, and the ship which runs in the sea with what benefits men, and what God sent down of water from the sky then gave life thereby to the earth after its death, and spread therein every creature, and in the circulation of the winds and the clouds made subject between the heaven and the earth are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-164.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 152

- **Form in this verse:** صَرَفَكُمْ — ṣarafakum · "He diverted you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ اللّٰهُ وَعْدَهُٓ اِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُمْ بِاِذْنِه۪ۚ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْاَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَٓا اَرٰيكُمْ مَا تُحِبُّونَۜ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُر۪يدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُر۪يدُ الْاٰخِرَةَۚ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْۚ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنْكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ ذُوفَضْلٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Walaqad sadaqakumu AllahuwaAAdahu ith tahussoonahum bi-ithnihi hattaitha fashiltum watanazaAAtum fee al-amri waAAasaytummin baAAdi ma arakum ma tuhibboonaminkum man yureedu addunya waminkum man yureedual-akhirata thumma sarafakum AAanhum liyabtaliyakumwalaqad AAafa AAankum wallahu thoofadlin AAala almu/mineen

And God was indeed true in His promise to you. When you were aware of them by His leave, when you had lost heart and disputed concerning the affair, and rebelled after He had shown you what you love[...]. Among you is he who desires the World; and among you is he who desires the Hereafter. Then He turned you away from them that He might try you; and He has pardoned you; and God is bountiful to the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-152.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** يُصْرَفْ — yuṣ'raf · "is averted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

مَنْ يُصْرَفْ عَنْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمَهُۜ وَذٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْمُب۪ينُ

Man yusraf AAanhu yawma-ithinfaqad rahimahu wathalika alfawzu almubeen

From whom it is averted, that day, He will have had mercy upon him; and that is the clear achievement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-16.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** نُصَرِّفُ — nuṣarrifu · "We explain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, 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 65

- **Form in this verse:** نُصَرِّفُ — nuṣarrifu · "We explain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense

قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَاباً مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ اَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ اَرْجُلِكُمْ اَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعاً وَيُذ۪يقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍۜ اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَ

Qul huwa alqadiru AAala anyabAAatha AAalaykum AAathaban min fawqikum aw min tahtiarjulikum aw yalbisakum shiyaAAan wayutheeqa baAAdakumba/sa baAAdin onthur kayfa nusarrifual-ayati laAAallahum yafqahoon

Say thou: “He is the one able to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to confound you through sects and let some of you taste the might of others.” See thou how We expound the proofs, that they might understand,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-65.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 105

- **Form in this verse:** نُصَرِّفُ — nuṣarrifu · "We explain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ الْاٰيَاتِ وَلِيَقُولُوا دَرَسْتَ وَلِنُبَيِّنَهُ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Wakathalika nusarrifu al-ayatiwaliyaqooloo darasta walinubayyinahu liqawmin yaAAlamoon

And thus We expound the proofs: both that they might say: “Thou hast studied,” and that We might make it plain for people who know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-105.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** صُرِفَتْ — ṣurifat · "are turned"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَاِذَا صُرِفَتْ اَبْصَارُهُمْ تِلْقَٓاءَ اَصْحَابِ النَّارِۙ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ۟

Wa-itha surifat absaruhumtilqaa as-habi annari qaloorabbana la tajAAalna maAAa alqawmi aththalimeen

And when their eyes are turned towards the companions of the Fire, they say: “Our Lord: place Thou not us with the wrongdoing people.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-47.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** نُصَرِّفُ — nuṣarrifu · "We explain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَالْبَلَدُ الطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّه۪ۚ وَالَّذ۪ي خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ اِلَّا نَكِداًۜ  كَذٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَشْكُرُونَ۟

Walbaladu attayyibuyakhruju nabatuhu bi-ithni rabbihi wallatheekhabutha la yakhruju illa nakidan kathalikanusarrifu al-ayati liqawmin yashkuroon

And the good land: its vegetation comes forth by the leave of its Lord; and what is bad comes not forth save with difficulty. Thus do We expound the proofs for people who are grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-58.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 146

- **Form in this verse:** سَأَصْرِفُ — sa-aṣrifu · "I will turn away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

سَاَصْرِفُ عَنْ اٰيَاتِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّۜ وَاِنْ يَرَوْا كُلَّ اٰيَةٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَاۚ وَاِنْ يَرَوْا سَب۪يلَ الرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَب۪يلاًۚ وَاِنْ يَرَوْا سَب۪يلَ الْغَيِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَب۪يلاًۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِل۪ينَ

Saasrifu AAan ayatiyaallatheena yatakabbaroona fee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqiwa-in yaraw kulla ayatin la yu/minoo bihawa-in yaraw sabeela arrushdi la yattakhithoohusabeelan wa-in yaraw sabeela alghayyi yattakhithoohusabeelan thalika bi-annahum kaththaboo bi-ayatinawakanoo AAanha ghafileen

“I will divert from My proofs those who wax proud in the earth without cause; and if they see every proof believe in it not; and if they see the path of sound judgment take it not as a path, but if they see the path of error take it as a path. For it is that they denied Our proofs and were heedless of them!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-146.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنصَرَفُوا۟ ۚ — inṣarafū · "they turn away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of infi'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِذَا مَٓا اُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ نَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍۜ هَلْ يَرٰيكُمْ مِنْ اَحَدٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُواۜ صَرَفَ اللّٰهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Wa-itha ma onzilat sooratunnathara baAAduhum ila baAAdinhal yarakum min ahadin thumma insarafoo sarafaAllahu quloobahum bi-annahum qawmun la yafqahoon

And when a sūrah is sent down, they look at each other: “Does anybody see you?” Then they turn away. God has turned away their hearts because they are people who understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-127.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** صَرَفَ — ṣarafa · "Allah has turned away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاِذَا مَٓا اُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ نَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍۜ هَلْ يَرٰيكُمْ مِنْ اَحَدٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُواۜ صَرَفَ اللّٰهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Wa-itha ma onzilat sooratunnathara baAAduhum ila baAAdinhal yarakum min ahadin thumma insarafoo sarafaAllahu quloobahum bi-annahum qawmun la yafqahoon

And when a sūrah is sent down, they look at each other: “Does anybody see you?” Then they turn away. God has turned away their hearts because they are people who understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-127.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** تُصْرَفُونَ — tuṣ'rafūna · "(are) you turned away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمُ الْحَقُّۚ فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ اِلَّا الضَّلَالُۚ فَاَنّٰى تُصْرَفُونَ

Fathalikumu Allahu rabbukumualhaqqu famatha baAAda alhaqqi illa addalalufaanna tusrafoon

For that is God, your Lord, the Truth; then what is there after the truth but error? How then are you diverted?

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-32.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** مَصْرُوفًا — maṣrūfan · "(will be) averted"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَئِنْ اَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ اِلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ مَعْدُودَةٍ لَيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۜ اَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْت۪يهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفاً عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ۟

Wala-in akhkharna AAanhumu alAAathabaila ommatin maAAdoodatin layaqoolunna ma yahbisuhuala yawma ya/teehim laysa masroofan AAanhum wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

And if We delay from them the punishment until a reckoned time, they will say: “What detains it?” In truth, the day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them; and there will surround them that whereat they mocked.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-8.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** لِنَصْرِفَ — linaṣrifa · "that We might avert"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِه۪ۗ وَهَمَّ بِهَاۚ لَوْلَٓا اَنْ رَاٰ بُرْهَانَ رَبِّه۪ۜ  كَذٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّٓوءَ وَالْفَحْشَٓاءَۜ اِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَص۪ينَ

Walaqad hammat bihi wahamma biha lawlaan raa burhana rabbihi kathalika linasrifaAAanhu assoo-a walfahshaa innahumin AAibadina almukhlaseen

And she desired him; and he desired her[...] were it not that he saw the evidence of his Lord. Thus — that We might turn away from him evil and sexual immorality; he was among Our sincere servants.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-24.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** تَصْرِفْ — taṣrif · "You turn away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالَ رَبِّ السِّجْنُ اَحَبُّ اِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَن۪ٓي اِلَيْهِۚ وَاِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنّ۪ي كَيْدَهُنَّ اَصْبُ اِلَيْهِنَّ وَاَكُنْ مِنَ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Qala rabbi assijnu ahabbuilayya mimma yadAAoonanee ilayhi wa-illa tasrifAAannee kaydahunna asbu ilayhinna waakun mina aljahileen

He said: “My Lord: prison is preferable to me than that to which they invite me; and save Thou divert their plan from me, I will incline to them and be of the ignorant.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-33.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** فَصَرَفَ — faṣarafa · "and turned away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ كَيْدَهُنَّۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْعَل۪يمُ

Fastajaba lahu rabbuhu fasarafaAAanhu kaydahunna innahu huwa assameeAAu alAAaleem

And his Lord responded to him, and diverted their plan from him; He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-34.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** صَرَّفْنَا — ṣarrafnā · "We have explained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا ف۪ي هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِيَذَّكَّرُواۜ وَمَا يَز۪يدُهُمْ اِلَّا نُفُوراً

Walaqad sarrafna fee hathaalqur-ani liyaththakkaroo wama yazeeduhumilla nufoora

And We have expounded in this Qur’an, that they take heed; but it increases them only in aversion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-41.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 89

- **Form in this verse:** صَرَّفْنَا — ṣarrafnā · "We have explained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ ف۪ي هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍۘ فَاَبٰٓى اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ اِلَّا كُفُوراً

Walaqad sarrafna linnasifee hatha alqur-ani min kulli mathalin faabaaktharu annasi illa kufoora

And We have expounded for men in this Qur’an every similitude, but most men refuse save denial.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-89.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** مَصْرِفًۭا — maṣrifan · "a way of escape"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَرَاَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مُوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفاً۟

Waraa almujrimoona annarafathannoo annahum muwaqiAAooha walamyajidoo AAanha masrifa

And the lawbreakers will see the Fire and realise that they are to fall therein; and they will not find an escape therefrom.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-53.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** صَرَّفْنَا — ṣarrafnā · "We have explained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا ف۪ي هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍۜ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ اَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلاً

Walaqad sarrafna fee hathaalqur-ani linnasi min kulli mathalin wakanaal-insanu akthara shay-in jadala

And We have expounded for men in this Qur’an every similitude, but man is, more than anything, contentious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-54.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 113

- **Form in this verse:** وَصَرَّفْنَا — waṣarrafnā · "and We have explained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ قُرْاٰناً عَرَبِياًّ وَصَرَّفْنَا ف۪يهِ مِنَ الْوَع۪يدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ اَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْراً

Wakathalika anzalnahu qur-ananAAarabiyyan wasarrafna feehi mina alwaAAeedilaAAallahum yattaqoona aw yuhdithu lahum thikra

And thus have We sent it down as an Arabic recitation and expounded therein warnings, that they might be in prudent fear, or it cause in them remembrance.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-113.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَصْرِفُهُۥ — wayaṣrifuhu · "and averts it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُزْج۪ي سَحَاباً ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَاماً فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِه۪ۚ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ جِبَالٍ ف۪يهَا مِنْ بَرَدٍ فَيُص۪يبُ بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ  يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِه۪ يَذْهَبُ بِالْاَبْصَارِۜ

Alam tara anna Allaha yuzjee sahabanthumma yu-allifu baynahu thumma yajAAaluhu rukaman fataraalwadqa yakhruju min khilalihi wayunazzilu mina assama-imin jibalin feeha min baradin fayuseebu bihiman yashao wayasrifuhu AAan man yashao yakadusana barqihi yathhabu bil-absar

Dost thou not see that God drives the clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them a mass, and thou seest the rain come forth from the midst of it. And He sends down from the sky, from mountains therein of hail, and He strikes therewith whom He wills, and turns away therefrom whom He wills. The brilliance of His lightning almost takes away the sight.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-43.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** صَرْفًۭا — ṣarfan · "(to) avert"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُمْ بِمَا تَقُولُونَۙ فَمَا تَسْتَط۪يعُونَ صَرْفاً وَلَا نَصْراًۚ وَمَنْ يَظْلِمْ مِنْكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَاباً كَب۪يراً

Faqad kaththabookum bimataqooloona fama tastateeAAoona sarfan walanasran waman yathlim minkum nuthiqhuAAathaban kabeera

“They have denied you for what you say,” — and you are able neither to avert nor to find help; and whoso does wrong among you, We will let him taste a great punishment.

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

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** صَرَّفْنَـٰهُ — ṣarrafnāhu · "We have distributed it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَاهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُواۘ  فَاَبٰٓى اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ اِلَّا كُفُوراً

Walaqad sarrafnahu baynahumliyaththakkaroo faaba aktharu annasiilla kufoora

(And We have expounded it among them that they might take heed; but most men refuse save denial.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-50.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** ٱصْرِفْ — iṣ'rif · "Avert"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّـنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَۗ اِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَاماًۗ

Wallatheena yaqooloona rabbanaisrif AAanna AAathaba jahannama inna AAathabahakana gharama

And who say: “Our Lord: avert Thou from us the punishment of Gehenna”; (the punishment thereof is unrelenting,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-65.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** تُصْرَفُونَ — tuṣ'rafūna · "are you turning away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَاَنْزَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْاَنْعَامِ ثَمَانِيَةَ اَزْوَاجٍۜ يَخْلُقُكُمْ ف۪ي بُطُونِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقاً مِنْ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلٰثٍۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُۜ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ فَاَنّٰى تُصْرَفُونَ

Khalaqakum min nafsin wahidatin thummajaAAala minha zawjaha waanzala lakum mina al-anAAamithamaniyata azwajin yakhluqukum fee butooniommahatikum khalqan min baAAdi khalqin fee thulumatinthalathin thalikumu Allahu rabbukum lahualmulku la ilaha illa huwa faanna tusrafoon

He created you from one soul; then He made from it its mate. And He sent down for you of the cattle eight pairs. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers — creation after creation — in three darknesses. That is God, your Lord; to Him belongs the dominion; there is no god save He. How then are you diverted?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-6.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** يُصْرَفُونَ — yuṣ'rafūna · "they are turned away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ يُجَادِلُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۜ اَنّٰى يُصْرَفُونَۚۛ

Alam tara ila allatheena yujadiloonafee ayati Allahi anna yusrafoon

Hast thou not considered those who dispute concerning the proofs of God — how they are diverted?

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-69.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَصْرِيفِ — wataṣrīfi · "and (in) directing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case

وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ رِزْقٍ فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْر۪يفِ الرِّيَاحِ اٰيَاتٌ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wakhtilafi allayli wannahariwama anzala Allahu mina assama-i minrizqin faahya bihi al-arda baAAda mawtihawatasreefi arriyahi ayatunliqawmin yaAAqiloon

And in the alternation of night and day, and in what God sends down from the sky of provision and gives life thereby to the earth after its death, and in the circulation of the winds are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-5.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وَصَرَّفْنَا — waṣarrafnā · "and We have diversified"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُمْ مِنَ الْقُرٰى وَصَرَّفْنَا الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Walaqad ahlakna ma hawlakummina alqura wasarrafna al-ayatilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

And We have destroyed what surrounds you of cities; and We expounded the proofs, that they might return.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-27.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** صَرَفْنَآ — ṣarafnā · "We directed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَاِذْ صَرَفْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ نَفَراً مِنَ الْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقُرْاٰنَۚ  فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُٓوا اَنْصِتُواۚ فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوْا اِلٰى قَوْمِهِمْ مُنْذِر۪ينَ

Wa-ith sarafna ilaykanafaran mina aljinni yastamiAAoona alqur-ana falammahadaroohu qaloo ansitoo falammaqudiya wallaw ila qawmihim munthireen

And when We turned towards thee a band of the domini, listening in to the Qur’an, and when they were in its presence they said: “Listen attentively”; then, when it was concluded, they turned back to their people, warning.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-29.md_

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