# Lam-Fe-Vav — لفو (lfw)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to find/encounter
- **Derived forms:** أَلْفَ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 170

- **Form in this verse:** أَلْفَيْنَا — alfaynā · "we found"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوا مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ قَالُوا بَلْ نَـتَّبِـعُ مَٓا اَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ اٰبَٓاءَنَاۜ اَوَلَوْ كَانَ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬هُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Wa-itha qeela lahumu ittabiAAoo maanzala Allahu qaloo bal nattabiAAu ma alfaynaAAalayhi abaana awa law kana abaohumla yaAAqiloona shay-an wala yahtadoon

And when it is said to them: “Follow what God has sent down,” they say: “Nay, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers,” — even though their fathers did not reason, nor were they guided?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-170.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَلْفَيَا — wa-alfayā · "and they both found"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, dual · past tense

وَاسْتَبَقَا الْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَم۪يصَهُ مِنْ دُبُرٍ وَاَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا الْبَابِۜ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَٓاءُ مَنْ اَرَادَ بِاَهْلِكَ سُٓوءاً اِلَّٓا اَنْ يُسْجَنَ اَوْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Wastabaqa albabawaqaddat qameesahu min duburin waalfaya sayyidahalada albabi qalat ma jazao manarada bi-ahlika soo-an illa an yusjana aw AAathabunaleem

And they raced to the door; and she tore his shirt from behind; and they met her master at the door. She said; “What is the reward of him who wished evil on thy household save that he be imprisoned, or a painful punishment?”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-25.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** أَلْفَوْا۟ — alfaw · "found"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اِنَّهُمْ اَلْفَوْا اٰبَٓاءَهُمْ ضَٓالّ۪ينَۙ

Innahum alfaw abaahum dalleen

They found their fathers astray,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-69.md_

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