# Zay-Fe-Ra — ظفر (Zfr)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To claw or scratch with a nail. Zafira - gain possession, attain, overcome/victorious/succeed. Zufur/thufur - claws/talon/nails/clutch. Azfara - give victory.
- **Derived forms:** أَظْفَرَ (1) · ظُفُر (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 146

- **Form in this verse:** ظُفُرٍۢ ۖ — ẓufurin · "claws"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَعَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذ۪ي ظُفُرٍۚ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَٓا اِلَّا مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَٓا اَوِ الْحَوَايَٓا اَوْ مَا اخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍۜ ذٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُمْ بِبَغْيِهِمْۘ وَاِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

WaAAala allatheena hadooharramna kulla thee thufurinwamina albaqari walghanami harramnaAAalayhim shuhoomahuma illa ma hamalatthuhooruhuma awi alhawayaaw ma ikhtalata biAAathmin thalikajazaynahum bibaghyihim wa-inna lasadiqoon

And to those who hold to Judaism We made unlawful every animal with a claw; and of oxen and sheep We made unlawful to them the fat thereof save what their backs bear, or the entrails, or what is mixed with bone; that We rewarded them for their sectarian zealotry; and We are truthful.

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

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** أَظْفَرَكُمْ — aẓfarakum · "He gave you victory"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي كَفَّ اَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَاَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ اَنْ اَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يراً

Wahuwa allathee kaffa aydiyahumAAankum waaydiyakum AAanhum bibatni makkata min baAAdi anathfarakum AAalayhim wakana Allahubima taAAmaloona baseera

And He it is that restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in a belly of destruction after He made you victorious over them; and God is, of what you do, seeing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-24.md_

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