# Fe-Te-Elif — فتا (ftA)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to cease from, forget, break, desist (it is always used in a negative sense)
- **Derived forms:** تَفْتَؤُا۟ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** تَفْتَؤُا۟ — tafta-u · "you will not cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالُوا تَاللّٰهِ تَفْتَؤُ۬ا تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتّٰى تَكُونَ حَرَضاً اَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْهَالِك۪ينَ

Qaloo tallahi taftaotathkuru yoosufa hatta takoona haradanaw takoona mina alhalikeen

They said: “By God, thou wilt never cease remembering Joseph until thou art decrepit, or art of those who perish!”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-85.md_

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