# Sin-Fe-he — سفه (sfh) > Occurs in 11 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/sfh - **Meaning:** foolishness, madness, naivety, ignorance, lack of knowledge, thoughtlessness, lack of wisdom, absurd behavior - **Derived forms:** سَفَاهَة (2) · سَفَه (1) · سَفِهَ (1) · سَفِيه (7) ## Verses containing this root ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 13 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ ۗ — l-sufahāu · "the fools" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ اٰمِنُوا كَمَٓا اٰمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُٓوا اَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَٓا اٰمَنَ السُّفَـهَٓاءُۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَـهَٓاءُ وَلٰكِنْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ Wa-itha qeela lahum aminoo kamaamana annasu qaloo anu/minu kamaamana assufahao ala innahum humu assufahaowalakin la yaAAlamoon And when it is said to them: “Believe as mankind has believed,” they say: “Shall we believe as the foolish have believed?” In truth, it is they who are the foolish; but they know not. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-13.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 13 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ — l-sufahāu · "(are) the fools" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ اٰمِنُوا كَمَٓا اٰمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُٓوا اَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَٓا اٰمَنَ السُّفَـهَٓاءُۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَـهَٓاءُ وَلٰكِنْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ Wa-itha qeela lahum aminoo kamaamana annasu qaloo anu/minu kamaamana assufahao ala innahum humu assufahaowalakin la yaAAlamoon And when it is said to them: “Believe as mankind has believed,” they say: “Shall we believe as the foolish have believed?” In truth, it is they who are the foolish; but they know not. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-13.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 130 - **Form in this verse:** سَفِهَ — safiha · "fooled" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense وَمَنْ يَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ اِلَّا مَنْ سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُۜ وَلَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَاۚ وَاِنَّهُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ Waman yarghabu AAan millati ibraheemailla man safiha nafsahu walaqadi istafaynahufee addunya wa-innahu fee al-akhiratilamina assaliheen And who is averse to the creed of Abraham save he who befools himself? And We chose him in the World; and in the Hereafter he is among the righteous. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-130.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 142 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ — l-sufahāu · "the foolish ones" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case سَيَقُولُ السُّفَـهَٓاءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَا وَلّٰيهُمْ عَنْ قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّت۪ي كَانُوا عَلَيْهَاۜ قُلْ لِلّٰهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُۜ يَهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ Sayaqoolu assufahao mina annasima wallahum AAan qiblatihimu allatee kanooAAalayha qul lillahi almashriqu walmaghribuyahdee man yashao ila siratinmustaqeem The foolish among mankind will say: “What has turned them from their course which they were on?” Say thou: “To God belong the East and the West. He guides whom He wills to a straight path.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-142.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 282 - **Form in this verse:** سَفِيهًا — safīhan · "(of) limited understanding" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا تَدَايَنْتُمْ بِدَيْنٍ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَاكْتُبُوهُۜ وَلْيَكْتُبْ بَيْنَكُمْ كَاتِبٌ بِالْعَدْلِۖ وَلَا يَأْبَ كَاتِبٌ اَنْ يَكْتُبَ كَمَا عَلَّمَهُ اللّٰهُ فَلْيَكْتُبْۚ وَلْيُمْلِلِ الَّذ۪ي عَلَيْهِ الْحَقُّ وَلْيَتَّقِ اللّٰهَ رَبَّهُ وَلَا يَبْخَسْ مِنْهُ شَيْـٔاًۜ فَاِنْ كَانَ الَّذ۪ي عَلَيْهِ الْحَقُّ سَف۪يهاً اَوْ ضَع۪يفاً اَوْ لَا يَسْتَط۪يعُ اَنْ يُمِلَّ هُوَ فَلْيُمْلِلْ وَلِيُّهُ بِالْعَدْلِۜ وَاسْتَشْهِدُوا شَه۪يدَيْنِ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْۚ فَاِنْ لَمْ يَكُونَا رَجُلَيْنِ فَرَجُلٌ وَامْرَاَتَانِ مِمَّنْ تَرْضَوْنَ مِنَ الشُّهَدَٓاءِ اَنْ تَضِلَّ اِحْدٰيهُمَا فَتُذَكِّرَ اِحْدٰيهُمَا الْاُخْرٰىۜ وَلَا يَأْبَ الشُّهَدَٓاءُ اِذَا مَا دُعُواۜ وَلَا تَسْـَٔمُٓوا اَنْ تَكْتُبُوهُ صَغ۪يراً اَوْ كَب۪يراً اِلٰٓى اَجَلِه۪ۜ ذٰلِكُمْ اَقْسَطُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَاَقْوَمُ لِلشَّهَادَةِ وَاَدْنٰٓى اَلَّا تَرْتَابُٓوا اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَكُونَ تِجَارَةً حَاضِرَةً تُد۪يرُونَهَا بَيْنَكُمْ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ اَلَّا تَكْتُبُوهَاۜ وَاَشْهِدُٓوا اِذَا تَبَايَعْتُمْۖ وَلَا يُضَٓارَّ كَاتِبٌ وَلَا شَه۪يدٌۜ وَاِنْ تَفْعَلُوا فَاِنَّهُ فُسُوقٌ بِكُمْۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ اللّٰهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha tadayantum bidaynin ila ajalin musammanfaktuboohu walyaktub baynakum katibun bilAAadliwala ya/ba katibun an yaktuba kamaAAallamahu Allahu falyaktub walyumlili allatheeAAalayhi alhaqqu walyattaqi Allaha rabbahu walayabkhas minhu shay-an fa-in kana allathee AAalayhialhaqqu safeehan aw daAAeefan aw la yastateeAAuan yumilla huwa falyumlil waliyyuhu bilAAadli wastashhidooshaheedayni min rijalikum fa-in lam yakoonarajulayni farajulun wamraatani mimman tardawnamina ashshuhada-i an tadilla ihdahumafatuthakkira ihdahuma al-okhrawala ya/ba ashshuhadao itha maduAAoo wala tas-amoo an taktuboohu sagheeran awkabeeran ila ajalihi thalikum aqsatu AAindaAllahi waaqwamu lishshahadati waadnaalla tartaboo illa an takoona tijaratanhadiratan tudeeroonaha baynakum falaysa AAalaykumjunahun alla taktubooha waashhidoo ithatabayaAAtum wala yudarra katibun walashaheedun wa-in tafAAaloo fa-innahu fusooqun bikum wattaqooAllaha wayuAAallimukumu Allahu wallahubikulli shay-in AAaleem O you who heed warning: when you contract a debt together to a stated term: write it down, and let a writer write it down between you justly; and let not a writer refuse to write it down as God has taught him; so let him write, and let the debtor dictate, and let him be in prudent fear of God, his Lord, and diminish nothing thereof. But if the debtor be incompetent, or weak, or unable to dictate himself, then his ally shall dictate justly. And call to witness two witnesses from among your men; but if there be not two men, then a man and two women among those you approve as witnesses, that should one of them err, one of them might remind the other; and let not the witnesses refuse when they are called. And be not weary of writing it, small or great, with its term (that is more just in the sight of God, and more upright for witness, and likelier that there will be no doubt between you) save if it be present trade that you transact among you; then you do no wrong that you write it not down. And take witnesses when you enter into contract. And let not a writer or witness be harmed. And if you do, then is it perfidy among you. And be in prudent fear of God. And God is teaching you; and God knows all things. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-282.md_ ### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 5 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلسُّفَهَآءَ — l-sufahāa · "the foolish" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case وَلَا تُؤْتُوا السُّفَـهَٓاءَ اَمْوَالَكُمُ الَّت۪ي جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ قِيَاماً وَارْزُقُوهُمْ ف۪يهَا وَاكْسُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا لَهُمْ قَوْلاً مَعْرُوفاً Wala tu/too assufahaaamwalakumu allatee jaAAala Allahu lakum qiyamanwarzuqoohum feeha waksoohum waqooloo lahumqawlan maAAroofa And give not the foolish your wealth which God gave you as sustenance, but feed them and clothe them out of it; and speak to them a fitting word. _https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-5.md_ ### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 140 - **Form in this verse:** سَفَهًۢا — safahan · "(in) foolishness" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ قَتَلُٓوا اَوْلَادَهُمْ سَفَهاً بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُوا مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللّٰهُ افْتِرَٓاءً عَلَى اللّٰهِۜ قَدْ ضَلُّوا وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَد۪ينَ۟ Qad khasira allatheena qataloo awladahumsafahan bighayri AAilmin waharramoo ma razaqahumuAllahu iftiraan AAala Allahi qad dalloowama kanoo muhtadeen They have lost, those who have foolishly killed their children without knowledge, and made unlawful what God provided them, as an invention about God; they have gone astray and were not guided. _https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-140.md_ ### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 66 - **Form in this verse:** سَفَاهَةٍۢ — safāhatin · "foolishness" - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite قَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِنَّا لَنَرٰيكَ ف۪ي سَفَاهَةٍ وَاِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ Qala almalao allatheenakafaroo min qawmihi inna lanaraka fee safahatinwa-inna lanathunnuka mina alkathibeen Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people: “We see thee in foolishness; and we consider thee a liar.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-66.md_ ### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 67 - **Form in this verse:** سَفَاهَةٌۭ — safāhatun · "foolishness" - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَيْسَ ب۪ي سَفَاهَةٌ وَلٰكِنّ۪ي رَسُولٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ Qala ya qawmi laysa bee safahatunwalakinnee rasoolun min rabbi alAAalameen He said: “O my people: there is no foolishness in me; but I am a messenger from the Lord of All Creation: _https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-67.md_ ### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 155 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ — l-sufahāu · "the foolish" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case وَاخْتَارَ مُوسٰى قَوْمَهُ سَبْع۪ينَ رَجُلاً لِم۪يقَاتِنَاۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ اَهْلَكْتَهُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَاِيَّايَۜ اَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَـهَٓاءُ مِنَّاۚ اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَۜ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَنْ تَشَٓاءُ وَتَهْد۪ي مَنْ تَشَٓاءُۜ اَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِر۪ينَ Wakhtara moosaqawmahu sabAAeena rajulan limeeqatina falammaakhathat-humu arrajfatu qala rabbi lawshi/ta ahlaktahum min qablu wa-iyyaya atuhlikunabima faAAala assufahao minna in hiyailla fitnatuka tudillu biha man tashaowatahdee man tashao anta waliyyuna faghfirlana warhamna waanta khayru alghafireen And Moses chose of his people seventy men for Our appointed time; then when the earthquake seized them, he said: “My Lord: if Thou hadst willed, Thou wouldst have destroyed them before, and me. Wilt Thou destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? It is but Thy means of denial: Thou sendest whom Thou wilt astray thereby, and guidest whom Thou wilt. Thou art our ally, so forgive Thou us, and have Thou mercy on us; and Thou art the best of those who forgive. _https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-155.md_ ### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 4 - **Form in this verse:** سَفِيهُنَا — safīhunā · "the foolish among us" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case وَاَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَف۪يهُنَا عَلَى اللّٰهِ شَطَطاًۙ Waannahu kana yaqoolu safeehunaAAala Allahi shatata “And that: ‘The fool among us ascribed a wanton falsehood to God.’ _https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-4.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-15 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.