# Ta-Fe-Lam — طفل (Tfl)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Baby/infant/child, to be of tender age, young one, tiny baby, tender/soft
- **Derived forms:** طِفْل (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** طِفْلًۭا — ṭif'lan · "(as) a child"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي رَيْبٍ مِنَ الْبَعْثِ فَاِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ مُضْغَةٍ مُخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْۜ وَنُقِرُّ فِي الْاَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَٓاءُ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلاً ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُٓوا اَشُدَّكُمْۚ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفّٰى وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرَدُّ اِلٰٓى اَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَتَرَى الْاَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَاِذَٓا اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَٓاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَاَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَه۪يجٍ

Ya ayyuha annasuin kuntum fee raybin mina albaAAthi fa-inna khalaqnakummin turabin thumma min nutfatin thumma minAAalaqatin thumma min mudghatin mukhallaqatin waghayrimukhallaqatin linubayyina lakum wanuqirru fee al-arhami manashao ila ajalin musamman thumma nukhrijukum tiflanthumma litablughoo ashuddakum waminkum man yutawaffawaminkum man yuraddu ila arthali alAAumuri likaylayaAAlama min baAAdi AAilmin shay-an watara al-ardahamidatan fa-itha anzalna AAalayhaalmaa ihtazzat warabat waanbatat min kulli zawjin baheej

O mankind: if you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then: We created you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then from a clinging thing; then from a fleshy lump formed and unformed — that We might make plain to you. And We settle in the wombs what We will to a stated term; then We bring you forth as a child; then that you should reach your maturity. And among you is he who is taken. And among you is he who is sent back to the most abject age, so that he knows not, after knowledge, anything. And thou seest the earth lifeless; then when We send down upon it water it quivers and swells and grows every delightful kind,

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

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطِّفْلِ — l-ṭif'li · "[the] children"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَقُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ اَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْد۪ينَ ز۪ينَتَهُنَّ اِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلٰى جُيُوبِهِنَّۖ وَلَا يُبْد۪ينَ ز۪ينَتَهُنَّ اِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اٰبَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ اٰبَٓاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اَبْنَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ اَبْنَٓاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اِخْوَانِهِنَّ اَوْ بَن۪ٓي اِخْوَانِهِنَّ اَوْ بَن۪ٓي اَخَوَاتِهِنَّ اَوْ نِسَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُنَّ اَوِ التَّابِع۪ينَ غَيْرِ اُو۬لِي الْاِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ اَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلٰى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَٓاءِۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِاَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْف۪ينَ مِنْ ز۪ينَتِهِنَّۜ وَتُوبُٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِ جَم۪يعاً اَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Waqul lilmu/minati yaghdudnamin absarihinna wayahfathnafuroojahunna wala yubdeena zeenatahunna illa mathahara minha walyadribnabikhumurihinna AAala juyoobihinna wala yubdeenazeenatahunna illa libuAAoolatihinna aw aba-ihinnaaw aba-i buAAoolatihinna aw abna-ihinna awabna-i buAAoolatihinna aw ikhwanihinna aw baneeikhwanihinna aw banee akhawatihinna aw nisa-ihinnaaw ma malakat aymanuhunna awi attabiAAeenaghayri olee al-irbati mina arrijali awi attifliallatheena lam yathharoo AAala AAawratiannisa-i wala yadribnabi-arjulihinna liyuAAlama ma yukhfeena min zeenatihinnawatooboo ila Allahi jameeAAan ayyuhaalmu/minoona laAAallakum tuflihoon

And say thou to the believing women, that they lower some of their sight, and preserve their chastity, and that they show not their adornment save that apparent of it, and that they draw their coverings over their bosoms and not reveal their adornment save to their husbands, or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or the sons of their brothers, or the sons of their sisters, or their women, or what their right hands possess, or male attendants who have not the resourcefulness of men, or the children not yet aware of a woman’s private parts. And let them not strike their feet to make known what they hide of their adornment. And turn to God altogether, O believers, that you might be successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-31.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَطْفَـٰلُ — l-aṭfālu · "the children"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَاِذَا بَلَغَ الْاَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ الْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا كَمَا اسْتَأْذَنَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ  كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Wa-itha balagha al-atfaluminkumu alhuluma falyasta/thinoo kama ista/thanaallatheena min qablihim kathalika yubayyinu Allahulakum ayatihi wallahu AAaleemun hakeem

And when the children among you reach puberty, then let them ask leave even as those before them asked; thus God makes plain to you His proofs. And God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-59.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** طِفْلًۭا — ṭif'lan · "(as) a child"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلاً ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُٓوا اَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا شُيُوخاًۚ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفّٰى مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلِتَبْلُغُٓوا اَجَلاً مُسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Huwa allathee khalaqakum min turabinthumma min nutfatin thumma min AAalaqatin thummayukhrijukum tiflan thumma litablughoo ashuddakum thummalitakoonoo shuyookhan waminkum man yutawaffa min qabluwalitablughoo ajalan musamman walaAAallakum taAAqiloon

He it is that created you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then from a clinging thing; then He brings you forth as a child; then that you reach your maturity; then that you become old — and among you is he who is caused to die before — and that you reach a stated term, and that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-67.md_

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