# Lam-Ta-Fe — لطف (lTf)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be delicate, subtle, slender, graceful, courtesy, elegant, gentle, kind, fine, nice, sooth/caress, gift/present.
- **Derived forms:** لَطِيف (7) · يَتَلَطَّفْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** ٱللَّطِيفُ — l-laṭīfu · "the All-Subtle"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْاَبْصَارُۘ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْاَبْصَارَۚ وَهُوَ اللَّط۪يفُ الْخَب۪يرُ

La tudrikuhu al-absaru wahuwayudriku al-absara wahuwa allateefu alkhabeer

Vision comprehends Him not, but He comprehends vision; He is the Subtle, the Aware.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-103.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** لَطِيفٌۭ — laṭīfun · "(is) Most Subtle"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَرَفَعَ اَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا لَهُ سُجَّداًۚ وَقَالَ يَٓا اَبَتِ هٰذَا تَأْو۪يلُ رُءْيَايَ مِنْ قَبْلُۘ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبّ۪ي حَقاًّۜ وَقَدْ اَحْسَنَ ب۪ٓي اِذْ اَخْرَجَن۪ي مِنَ السِّجْنِ وَجَٓاءَ بِكُمْ مِنَ الْبَدْوِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اَنْ نَزَغَ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنَ اِخْوَت۪يۜ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي لَط۪يفٌ لِمَا يَشَٓاءُۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَل۪يمُ الْحَك۪يمُ

WarafaAAa abawayhi AAala alAAarshiwakharroo lahu sujjadan waqala ya abati hathata/weelu ru/yaya min qablu qad jaAAalaha rabbee haqqanwaqad ahsana bee ith akhrajanee mina assijniwajaa bikum mina albadwi min baAAdi an nazagha ashshaytanubaynee wabayna ikhwatee inna rabbee lateefun limayashao innahu huwa alAAaleemu alhakeem

And he raised his parents upon the throne. And they fell down to him in submission, and he said: “O my father: this is the fulfilment of my dream before. My Lord has made it true. And He did good to me when He took me out of the prison, and brought you from the desert after the satan had provoked to evil between me and my brothers. My Lord is subtle in what He wills; He is the Knowing, the Wise.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-100.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ — walyatalaṭṭaf · "and let him be cautious"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِيَتَسَٓاءَلُوا بَيْنَهُمْۜ قَالَ قَٓائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْۜ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَابْعَثُٓوا اَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ هٰذِه۪ٓ اِلَى الْمَد۪ينَةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ اَيُّهَٓا اَزْكٰى طَعَاماً فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَداً

Wakathalika baAAathnahumliyatasaaloo baynahum qala qa-ilun minhumkam labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAdayawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima labithtum fabAAathooahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenatifalyanthur ayyuha azka taAAamanfalya/tikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf walayushAAiranna bikum ahada

And thus We raised them up: — that they might question one another. Said a speaker among them: “How long have you tarried?” They said: “We have tarried a day, or a part of a day.” Said they: “Your Lord best knows how long you have tarried. Then send one of you with this coin of yours to the city, and let him see what food is purest and bring you a provision therefrom; and let him be circumspect, and let not anyone be aware of you.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-19.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** لَطِيفٌ — laṭīfun · "(is) surely Subtle"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءًۘ فَتُصْبِـحُ الْاَرْضُ مُخْضَرَّةًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَط۪يفٌ خَب۪يرٌۚ

Alam tara anna Allaha anzala mina assama-imaan fatusbihu al-ardu mukhdarrataninna Allaha lateefun khabeer

Dost thou not see that God sends down from the sky water, and the earth becomes green? God is subtle and aware.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-63.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** لَطِيفٌ — laṭīfun · "(is) All-Subtle"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

يَا بُنَيَّ اِنَّـهَٓا اِنْ تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُنْ ف۪ي صَخْرَةٍ اَوْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ اَوْ فِي الْاَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَط۪يفٌ خَب۪يرٌ

Ya bunayya innaha in takumithqala habbatin min khardalin fatakun fee sakhratinaw fee assamawati aw fee al-ardiya/ti biha Allahu inna Allaha lateefunkhabeer

“O my son: though it be the weight of a grain of mustard seed, and it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, God will bring it forth; God is subtle and aware.”

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-16.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** لَطِيفًا — laṭīfan · "All-Subtle"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَاذْكُرْنَ مَا يُتْلٰى ف۪ي بُيُوتِكُنَّ مِنْ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَالْحِكْمَةِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ لَط۪يفاً خَب۪يراً۟

Wathkurna ma yutlafee buyootikunna min ayati Allahi walhikmatiinna Allaha kana lateefan khabeera

And remember what is recited within your houses of the proofs of God and of wisdom; God is subtle and aware.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-34.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** لَطِيفٌۢ — laṭīfun · "(is) Subtle"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

اَللّٰهُ لَط۪يفٌ بِعِبَادِه۪ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۚ وَهُوَ الْقَوِيُّ الْعَز۪يزُ۟

Allahu lateefun biAAibadihiyarzuqu man yashao wahuwa alqawiyyu alAAazeez

God is subtle with His servants; He provides for whom He wills. And He is the Strong, the Exalted in Might.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-19.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** ٱللَّطِيفُ — l-laṭīfu · "(is) the Subtle"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

اَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَۜ وَهُوَ اللَّط۪يفُ الْخَب۪يرُ۟

Ala yaAAlamu man khalaqa wahuwa allateefualkhabeer

Should He not know, He who created? And He is the Subtle, the Aware.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-14.md_

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