# Sin-Fe-Ayn — سفع (sfE)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To grab and pull violently, to have a blackish face color, to slap, to blacken the face, to change, woman's face getting sunburned, to grab something harshly by hand, to blacken, to darken in color
- **Derived forms:** نَسْفَعًۢ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 96. Surah Al-'Alaq, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** لَنَسْفَعًۢا — lanasfaʿan · "surely We will drag him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ۬ لَنَسْفَعاً بِالنَّاصِيَةِۙ

Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAanbinnasiya

No, indeed! If he cease not, We will drag him by the forelock,

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

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