# Sin-Fe-Kef — سفك (sfk)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To pour, to shed blood, flowing blood, to spill, to bloodshed
- **Derived forms:** يَسْفِكُ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَسْفِكُ — wayasfiku · "and will shed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنّ۪ي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْاَرْضِ خَل۪يفَةًۜ  قَالُٓوا اَتَجْعَلُ ف۪يهَا مَنْ يُفْسِدُ ف۪يهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَٓاءَۚ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَۜ قَالَ اِنّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikatiinnee jaAAilun fee al-ardi khaleefatan qalooatajAAalu feeha man yufsidu feeha wayasfiku addimaawanahnu nusabbihu bihamdika wanuqaddisu lakaqala innee aAAlamu ma la taAAlamoon

And when thy Lord said to the angels: “I am placing in the earth a successor,” they said: “Wilt Thou place therein one who will do harm therein, and shed blood, while we give glory with Thy praise and hallow Thee?” He said: “I know what you know not.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-30.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** تَسْفِكُونَ — tasfikūna · "will you shed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَٓاءَكُمْ وَلَا تُخْرِجُونَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ ثُمَّ اَقْرَرْتُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumla tasfikoona dimaakum wala tukhrijoonaanfusakum min diyarikum thumma aqrartum waantum tashhadoon

And when We took your agreement: “Shed not your blood, and turn not your own out of your homes,” then you affirmed and bore witness;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-84.md_

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