# Gayn-Fe-Lam — غفل (gfl)

> Occurs in 35 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, heedless, intentionally neglecting or leaving or turning away
- **Derived forms:** أَغْفَلْ (1) · تَغْفُلُ (1) · غَفْلَة (5) · غَٰفِل (27) · غَٰفِلَٰت (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** بِغَـٰفِلٍ — bighāfilin · "unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ فَهِيَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ اَوْ اَشَدُّ قَسْوَةًۜ وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ الْاَنْهَارُۜ وَاِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْمَٓاءُۜ وَاِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Thumma qasat quloobukum min baAAdi thalikafahiya kalhijarati aw ashaddu qaswatanwa-inna mina alhijarati lama yatafajjaruminhu al-anharu wa-inna minha lamayashshaqqaqu fayakhruju minhu almao wa-inna minhalama yahbitu min khashyati Allahi wamaAllahu bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloon

Then your hearts became hardened after that; and they are like stones or harder. And among stones is that from which gush forth rivers, and among them are those that split and water issues forth, and among them are those that fall down from fear of God; and God is not unmindful of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-74.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** بِغَـٰفِلٍ — bighāfilin · "unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

ثُمَّ اَنْتُمْ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ تَقْتُلُونَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَر۪يقاً مِنْكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْۘ تَظَاهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْاِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِۜ وَاِنْ يَأْتُوكُمْ اُسَارٰى تُفَادُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ اِخْرَاجُهُمْۜ اَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍۚ فَمَا جَزَٓاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ اِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ يُرَدُّونَ اِلٰٓى اَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Thumma antum haola-itaqtuloona anfusakum watukhrijoona fareeqan minkum min diyarihimtathaharoona AAalayhim bil-ithmi walAAudwaniwa-in ya/tookum osara tufadoohum wahuwa muharramunAAalaykum ikhrajuhum afatu/minoona bibaAAdi alkitabiwatakfuroona bibaAAdin fama jazao manyafAAalu thalika minkum illa khizyun fee alhayatiaddunya wayawma alqiyamati yuraddoona ilaashaddi alAAathabi wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon

Then are you those who kill your own, and turn a faction among you out of their homes, assisting one another against them in sin and enmity; and if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, but unlawful for you was their expulsion. Do you believe in part of the Writ and deny part? Then what is the reward of him among you who does that save disgrace in the life of this world? And on the Day of Resurrection they are sent back to the harshest punishment; and God is not unmindful of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-85.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 140

- **Form in this verse:** بِغَـٰفِلٍ — bighāfilin · "unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

اَمْ تَقُولُونَ اِنَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْاَسْبَاطَ كَانُوا هُوداً اَوْ نَصَارٰىۜ قُلْ ءَاَنْتُمْ اَعْلَمُ اَمِ اللّٰهُۜ وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَتَمَ شَهَادَةً عِنْدَهُ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Am taqooloona inna ibraheema wa-ismaAAeelawa-ishaqa wayaAAqooba wal-asbata kanoohoodan aw nasara qul aantum aAAlamu ami Allahuwaman athlamu mimman katama shahadatanAAindahu mina Allahi wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon

If you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, and Jacob and the Grandsons were such as hold to Judaism or Christians, say thou: “Know you better, or does God?” And who is more unjust than he who conceals a witness he has from God? And God is not unmindful of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-140.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 144

- **Form in this verse:** بِغَـٰفِلٍ — bighāfilin · "unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قَدْ نَرٰى تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِي السَّمَٓاءِۚ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضٰيهَاۖ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِۜ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُمْ فَوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۜ وَاِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ لَيَعْلَمُونَ اَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

Qad nara taqalluba wajhika fee assama-ifalanuwalliyannaka qiblatan tardaha fawalli wajhakashatra almasjidi alharami wahaythu makuntum fawalloo wujoohakum shatrahu wa-inna allatheenaootoo alkitaba layaAAlamoona annahu alhaqqu minrabbihim wama Allahu bighafilin AAammayaAAmaloon

We have seen the turning of thy face towards the sky, and We will turn thee towards a course that will satisfy thee. So direct thou thy face towards the inviolable place of worship. And wheresoever you be, direct your faces towards it; and those given the Writ know that it is the truth from their Lord, and God is not unmindful of what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-144.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 149

- **Form in this verse:** بِغَـٰفِلٍ — bighāfilin · "unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِۜ وَاِنَّهُ لَلْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Wamin haythu kharajta fawalliwajhaka shatra almasjidi alharami wa-innahulalhaqqu min rabbika wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon

And from wheresoever thou goest out, direct thou thy face towards the inviolable place of worship; and it is the truth from thy Lord, and God is not unmindful of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-149.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 99

- **Form in this verse:** بِغَـٰفِلٍ — bighāfilin · "(is) unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قُلْ يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ مَنْ اٰمَنَ تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجاً وَاَنْتُمْ شُهَدَٓاءُۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Qul ya ahla alkitabi lima tasuddoonaAAan sabeeli Allahi man amana tabghoonahaAAiwajan waantum shuhadao wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon

Say thou: “O doctors of the Law: why turn you away from the path of God him who believes, seeking its deviation when you are witnesses? And God is not unmindful of what you do.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-99.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 102

- **Form in this verse:** تَغْفُلُونَ — taghfulūna · "you neglect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا كُنْتَ ف۪يهِمْ فَاَقَمْتَ لَهُمُ الصَّلٰوةَ فَلْتَقُمْ طَٓائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ مَعَكَ وَلْيَأْخُذُٓوا اَسْلِحَتَهُمْ۠ فَاِذَا سَجَدُوا فَلْيَكُونُوا مِنْ وَرَٓائِكُمْۖ وَلْتَأْتِ طَٓائِفَةٌ اُخْرٰى لَمْ يُصَلُّوا فَلْيُصَلُّوا مَعَكَ وَلْيَأْخُذُوا حِذْرَهُمْ وَاَسْلِحَتَهُمْۚ وَدَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ تَغْفُلُونَ عَنْ اَسْلِحَتِكُمْ وَاَمْتِعَتِكُمْ فَيَم۪يلُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةًۜ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ اِنْ كَانَ بِكُمْ اَذًى مِنْ مَطَرٍ اَوْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضٰٓى اَنْ تَضَعُٓوا اَسْلِحَتَكُمْۚ وَخُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ اَعَدَّ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ عَذَاباً مُه۪يناً

Wa-itha kunta feehim faaqamta lahumuassalata faltaqum ta-ifatun minhummaAAaka walya/khuthoo aslihatahum fa-ithasajadoo falyakoonoo min wara-ikum walta/ti ta-ifatunokhra lam yusalloo falyusalloo maAAakawalya/khuthoo hithrahum waaslihatahumwadda allatheena kafaroo law taghfuloona AAan aslihatikumwaamtiAAatikum fayameeloona AAalaykum maylatan wahidatanwala junaha AAalaykum in kana bikum athanmin matarin aw kuntum marda an tadaAAoo aslihatakumwakhuthoo hithrakum inna AllahaaAAadda lilkafireena AAathaban muheena

And when thou art among them, uphold thou the duty for them; then let there stand a number of them with thee, and let them take their arms; then when they have submitted, let them be behind you and let another number come that has not performed the duty, and let them perform the duty with thee; and let them take their precautions and their arms. (Those who ignore warning wish that you would neglect your arms and your equipment, so they might assault you in a single assault; but you do no wrong if there is a hindrance to you from rain or you are sick, that you lay aside your arms; but take your precautions: God has prepared for the false claimers of guidance a humiliating punishment.)

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-102.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 131

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلُونَ — ghāfilūna · "(are) unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

ذٰلِكَ اَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰى بِظُلْمٍ وَاَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ

Thalika an lam yakun rabbuka muhlikaalqura bithulmin waahluha ghafiloon

That is because thy Lord would not destroy the cities in injustice, while their people were unaware.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-131.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 132

- **Form in this verse:** بِغَـٰفِلٍ — bighāfilin · "unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلِكُلٍّ دَرَجَاتٌ مِمَّا عَمِلُواۜ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

Walikullin darajatun mimmaAAamiloo wama rabbuka bighafilin AAammayaAAmaloon

And for all are degrees for what they did; and thy Lord is not unmindful of what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-132.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 156

- **Form in this verse:** لَغَـٰفِلِينَ — laghāfilīna · "certainly unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

اَنْ تَقُولُٓوا اِنَّـمَٓا اُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابُ عَلٰى طَٓائِفَتَيْنِ مِنْ قَبْلِنَاۖ وَاِنْ كُنَّا عَنْ دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَافِل۪ينَۙ

An taqooloo innama onzila alkitabuAAala ta-ifatayni min qablina wa-in kunnaAAan dirasatihim laghafileen

Lest you say: “The Writ was but sent down upon two groups before us, and we were of their study unaware,”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-156.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 136

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلِينَ — ghāfilīna · "heedless"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِل۪ينَ

Fantaqamna minhum faaghraqnahumfee alyammi bi-annahum kaththaboo bi-ayatinawakanoo AAanha ghafileen

And We took vengeance on them, and drowned them in the sea because they denied Our proofs and were heedless of them.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-136.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلِينَ — ghāfilīna · "heedless"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

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_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 172

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلِينَ — ghāfilīna · "unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاِذْ اَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ بَن۪ٓي اٰدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَاَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْۚ اَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْۜ  قَالُوا بَلٰىۚۛ شَهِدْنَاۚۛ اَنْ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ اِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هٰذَا غَافِل۪ينَۙ

Wa-ith akhatha rabbuka minbanee adama min thuhoorihim thurriyyatahumwaashhadahum AAala anfusihim alastu birabbikum qaloobala shahidna an taqooloo yawma alqiyamatiinna kunna AAan hatha ghafileen

And when thy Lord brought forth from the children of Adam, from their backs, their progeny, and made them bear witness as to themselves: “Am I not your Lord?” — they said: “Verily, we bear witness.” — “Lest you say on the Day of Resurrection: ‘Of this were we unaware,’

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-172.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 179

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ — l-ghāfilūna · "(are) the heedless"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَث۪يراً مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِۘ  لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَاۘ وَلَهُمْ اَعْيُنٌ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَاۘ وَلَهُمْ اٰذَانٌ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَاۜ  اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ كَالْاَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ اَضَلُّۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ

Walaqad thara/na lijahannamakatheeran mina aljinni wal-insi lahum quloobun layafqahoona biha walahum aAAyunun la yubsiroonabiha walahum athanun la yasmaAAoona bihaola-ika kal-anAAami bal hum adalluola-ika humu alghafiloon

And We have created for Gehenna many among the domini and the servi: they have hearts wherewith they understand not; and they have eyes wherewith they see not; and they have ears wherewith they hear not. Those are like cattle; nay, — they are further astray — it is they who are the heedless.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-179.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 205

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ — l-ghāfilīna · "the heedless"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ ف۪ي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعاً وَخ۪يفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْاٰصَالِ وَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِل۪ينَ

Wathkur rabbaka fee nafsikatadarruAAan wakheefatan wadoona aljahri mina alqawli bilghuduwwiwal-asali wala takun mina alghafileen

And remember thou thy Lord within thy soul in humility and fear; and without publicity of speech, morning and evening; and be thou not among the heedless.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-205.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلُونَ — ghāfilūna · "heedless"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَٓاءَنَا وَرَضُوا بِالْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَاطْمَاَنُّوا بِهَا وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ عَنْ اٰيَاتِنَا غَافِلُونَۙ

Inna allatheena la yarjoona liqaanawaradoo bilhayati addunyawatmaannoo biha wallatheenahum AAan ayatina ghafiloon

Those who look not for the meeting with Us, and are pleased with the life of this world and are at rest therein, and those who are heedless of Our proofs,

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-7.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** لَغَـٰفِلِينَ — laghāfilīna · "certainly unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَكَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ شَه۪يداً بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ اِنْ كُنَّا عَنْ عِبَادَتِكُمْ لَغَافِل۪ينَ

Fakafa billahishaheedan baynana wabaynakum in kunna AAan AAibadatikumlaghafileen

“Sufficient is God as witness between us and you; we were, of your service, unaware.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-29.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** لَغَـٰفِلُونَ — laghāfilūna · "(are) surely heedless"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

فَالْيَوْمَ نُنَجّ۪يكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ اٰيَةًۜ وَاِنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنَ النَّاسِ عَنْ اٰيَاتِنَا لَغَافِلُونَ۟

Falyawma nunajjeeka bibadanikalitakoona liman khalfaka ayatan wa-inna katheeran mina annasiAAan ayatina laghafiloon

“So this day will We save thee in thy body, that thou be a proof to those after thee.” But most among men are heedless of Our proofs.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-92.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 123

- **Form in this verse:** بِغَـٰفِلٍ — bighāfilin · "unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلِلّٰهِ غَيْبُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَاِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُ الْاَمْرُ كُلُّهُ فَاعْبُدْهُ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَيْهِۜ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Walillahi ghaybu assamawatiwal-ardi wa-ilayhi yurjaAAu al-amru kulluhu faAAbudhuwatawakkal AAalayhi wama rabbuka bighafilin AAammataAAmaloon

And to God belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth; and to Him will be returned the whole matter. So serve thou Him, and place thou thy trust in Him; and thy Lord is not unmindful of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-123.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ — l-ghāfilīna · "the unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ اَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ بِمَٓا اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَۗ وَاِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ لَمِنَ الْغَافِل۪ينَ

Nahnu naqussu AAalayka ahsanaalqasasi bima awhayna ilayka hathaalqur-ana wa-in kunta min qablihi lamina alghafileen

We relate to thee the best of stories in what We have revealed to thee of this Qur’an, though thou wast before it among those unaware.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-3.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلُونَ — ghāfilūna · "(are) unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

قَالَ اِنّ۪ي لَيَحْزُنُن۪ٓي اَنْ تَذْهَبُوا بِه۪ وَاَخَافُ اَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَاَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ غَافِلُونَ

Qala innee layahzununee an thathhaboobihi waakhafu an ya/kulahu aththi/buwaantum AAanhu ghafiloon

He said: “It grieves me that you should go with him; and I fear lest the wolf should eat him when you are unmindful of him.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-13.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلًا — ghāfilan · "(is) unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللّٰهَ غَافِلاً عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَۜ اِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ ف۪يهِ الْاَبْصَارُۙ

Wala tahsabanna Allahaghafilan AAamma yaAAmalu aththalimoonainnama yu-akhkhiruhum liyawmin tashkhasu feehial-absar

And think thou not that God is unmindful of what the wrongdoers do; He only delays them to a day wherein the eyes will stare,

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-42.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 108

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ — l-ghāfilūna · "the heedless"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ طَبَعَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَاَبْصَارِهِمْۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ

Ola-ika allatheena tabaAAaAllahu AAala quloobihim wasamAAihim waabsarihimwaola-ika humu alghafiloon

Those are they whose hearts God has sealed, and their hearing and their sight; and it is they who are the heedless;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-108.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** أَغْفَلْنَا — aghfalnā · "We have made heedless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدٰوةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُر۪يدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْۚ تُر۪يدُ ز۪ينَةَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا تُطِـعْ مَنْ اَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰيهُ وَكَانَ اَمْرُهُ فُرُطاً

Wasbir nafsaka maAAa allatheenayadAAoona rabbahum bilghadati walAAashiyyiyureedoona wajhahu wala taAAdu AAaynaka AAanhumtureedu zeenata alhayati addunya walatutiAA man aghfalna qalbahu AAan thikrinawattabaAAa hawahu wakana amruhu furuta

And make thou thy soul patient, with those who call to their Lord, morning and evening, seeking His face. And let not thine eyes pass beyond them, desiring the adornment of the life of this world; and obey thou not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and follows his vain desire and whose affair is neglect.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-28.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** غَفْلَةٍۢ — ghaflatin · "heedlessness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ اِذْ قُضِيَ الْاَمْرُۚ وَهُمْ ف۪ي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Waanthirhum yawma alhasrati ithqudiya al-amru wahum fee ghaflatin wahum layu/minoon

And warn thou them of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; but they are in heedlessness, and they do not believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-39.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** غَفْلَةٍۢ — ghaflatin · "heedlessness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

اِقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ ف۪ي غَفْلَةٍ مُعْرِضُونَۚ

Iqtaraba linnasi hisabuhumwahum fee ghaflatin muAAridoon

Drawn nigh to men has their reckoning, while they in heedlessness are turning away;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-1.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** غَفْلَةٍۢ — ghaflatin · "heedlessness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاقْتَرَبَ الْوَعْدُ الْحَقُّ فَاِذَا هِيَ شَاخِصَةٌ اَبْصَارُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۜ يَا وَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا ف۪ي غَفْلَةٍ مِنْ هٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَالِم۪ينَ

Waqtaraba alwaAAdu alhaqqufa-itha hiya shakhisatun absaru allatheenakafaroo ya waylana qad kunna fee ghaflatinmin hatha bal kunna thalimeen

And drawn nigh has the true promise; and then the eyes of those who ignore warning will stare: “Woe is us! We had been in heedlessness of this. The truth is, we were wrongdoers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-97.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلِينَ — ghāfilīna · "unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَٓائِقَۗ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ الْخَلْقِ غَافِل۪ينَ

Walaqad khalaqna fawqakum sabAAa tara-iqawama kunna AAani alkhalqi ghafileen

And We have created above you seven paths, and We are not heedless of the creation.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-17.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَـٰفِلَـٰتِ — l-ghāfilāti · "the unaware women"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · feminine, plural · accusative case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌۙ

Inna allatheena yarmoona almuhsanatialghafilati almu/minati luAAinoo fee addunyawal-akhirati walahum AAathabun AAatheem

(Those who accuse chaste, heedless, believing women are cursed in the World and the Hereafter; and they have a great punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-23.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** بِغَـٰفِلٍ — bighāfilin · "unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ سَيُر۪يكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ فَتَعْرِفُونَهَاۜ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Waquli alhamdu lillahisayureekum ayatihi fataAArifoonaha wamarabbuka bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloon

And say thou: “Praise belongs to God. He will show His proofs to you, and you will recognise them.” And thy Lord is not unmindful of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-93.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** غَفْلَةٍۢ — ghaflatin · "(of) inattention"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَدَخَلَ الْمَد۪ينَةَ عَلٰى ح۪ينِ غَفْلَةٍ مِنْ اَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ ف۪يهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِۘ هٰذَا مِنْ ش۪يعَتِه۪ وَهٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّه۪ۚ فَاسْتَغَاثَهُ الَّذ۪ي مِنْ ش۪يعَتِه۪ عَلَى الَّذ۪ي مِنْ عَدُوِّه۪ۙ فَوَكَزَهُ مُوسٰى فَقَضٰى عَلَيْهِۘ قَالَ هٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِۜ اِنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ مُضِلٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Wadakhala almadeenata AAala heenighaflatin min ahliha fawajada feeha rajulayniyaqtatilani hatha min sheeAAatihi wahathamin AAaduwwihi fastaghathahu allathee minsheeAAatihi AAala allathee min AAaduwwihifawakazahu moosa faqada AAalayhi qala hathamin AAamali ashshaytani innahu AAaduwwun mudillunmubeen

And he entered the city at a time of heedlessness among its people, and found therein two men fighting, one of his sect and the other of his enemy. And he who was of his sect sought aid of him against him who was of his enemy — then Moses struck him and put an end to him. He said: “This is of the work of the satan; he is a manifest, misleading enemy.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-15.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلُونَ — ghāfilūna · "(are) heedless"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

يَعْلَمُونَ ظَاهِراً مِنَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَهُمْ عَنِ الْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ غَافِلُونَ

YaAAlamoona thahiranmina alhayati addunya wahum AAanial-akhirati hum ghafiloon

They know an outward part of the life of this world, but of the Hereafter they are heedless.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-7.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلُونَ — ghāfilūna · "(are) heedless"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْماً مَٓا اُنْذِرَ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬هُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ

Litunthira qawman ma onthiraabaohum fahum ghafiloon

That thou warn a people whose fathers were not warned; and they are heedless.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-6.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** غَـٰفِلُونَ — ghāfilūna · "(are) unaware"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَمَنْ اَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ يَدْعُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ مَنْ لَا يَسْتَج۪يبُ لَـهُٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَهُمْ عَنْ دُعَٓائِهِمْ غَافِلُونَ

Waman adallu mimman yadAAoo min dooniAllahi man la yastajeebu lahu ila yawmialqiyamati wahum AAan duAAa-ihim ghafiloon

And who is further astray than he who calls, besides God, to such as will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection? And they of their call are unaware;

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

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** غَفْلَةٍۢ — ghaflatin · "heedlessness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

لَقَدْ كُنْتَ ف۪ي غَفْلَةٍ مِنْ هٰذَا فَـكَشَفْنَا عَنْكَ غِطَٓاءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَد۪يدٌ

Laqad kunta fee ghaflatin min hathafakashafna AAanka ghitaaka fabasarukaalyawma hadeed

“Thou wast in heedlessness of this; and We have removed from thee thy veil, and sharp is thy sight this day!”

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-22.md_

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