# Ta-Fe-Kaf — طفق (Tfq)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** begin/start to do something, to take to doing something, to set about, commence/initiate, continue uninterruptedly
- **Derived forms:** طَفِقَ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** وَطَفِقَا — waṭafiqā · "and they began"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, dual · past tense

فَدَلّٰيهُمَا بِغُرُورٍۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْاٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِۜ وَنَادٰيهُمَا رَبُّهُمَٓا اَلَمْ اَنْهَكُمَا عَنْ تِلْكُمَا الشَّجَرَةِ وَاَقُلْ لَكُمَٓا اِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Fadallahuma bighuroorin falammathaqa ashshajarata badat lahuma saw-atuhumawatafiqa yakhsifani AAalayhimamin waraqi aljannati wanadahuma rabbuhumaalam anhakuma AAan tilkuma ashshajaratiwaaqul lakuma inna ashshaytana lakumaAAaduwwun mubeen

And he led them by delusion; then when they tasted of the tree, their shame was made manifest to them, and they began to draw over them of the leaves of the garden. And their Lord called to them: “Did I not forbid you that tree? And did I not say to you: ‘The satan is an open enemy to you’?”

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

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 121

- **Form in this verse:** وَطَفِقَا — waṭafiqā · "and they began"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, dual · past tense

فَاَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْاٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِۘ وَعَصٰٓى اٰدَمُ رَبَّهُ فَغَوٰىۖ

Faakala minha fabadat lahumasaw-atuhuma watafiqa yakhsifaniAAalayhima min waraqi aljannati waAAasa adamurabbahu faghawa

And they ate thereof, and their shame became clear to them; and they began to draw over them of the leaves of the garden; and Adam opposed his Lord, so he erred.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-121.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** فَطَفِقَ — faṭafiqa · "Then he began"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّۜ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحاً بِالسُّوقِ وَالْاَعْنَاقِ

Ruddooha AAalayya fatafiqa mashanbissooqi wal-aAAnaq

“Return them to me!” Then he began to rub down their legs and necks.

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

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