# Sin-Fe-Lam — سفل (sfl)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be low, to be down, to go down, to be located below, to fall, to descend, to become vulgar
- **Derived forms:** أَسْفَل (6) · سَافِل (3) · سُّفْلَىٰ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 145

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَسْفَلِ — l-asfali · "the lowest"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case

اِنَّ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الْاَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِۚ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ نَص۪يراًۙ

Inna almunafiqeena fee addarkial-asfali mina annari walan tajida lahum naseera

The waverers will be in the lowest depths of the Fire; and thou wilt find no helper for them

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-145.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** أَسْفَلَ — asfala · "(was) lower"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine, singular · accusative case

اِذْ اَنْتُمْ بِالْعُدْوَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ بِالْعُدْوَةِ الْقُصْوٰى وَالرَّكْبُ اَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْۜ وَلَوْ تَوَاعَدْتُمْ لَاخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الْم۪يعَادِۙ وَلٰكِنْ لِيَقْضِيَ اللّٰهُ اَمْراً كَانَ مَفْعُولاًۙ لِيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيٰى مَنْ حَيَّ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍۜ وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَسَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌۙ

Ith antum bilAAudwati addunyawahum bilAAudwati alquswa warrakbuasfala minkum walaw tawaAAadtum lakhtalaftum feealmeeAAadi walakin liyaqdiya Allahuamran kana mafAAoolan liyahlika man halaka AAan bayyinatinwayahya man hayya AAan bayyinatin wa-innaAllaha lasameeAAun AAaleem

When you were on the near bank, and they were on the far bank, and the caravan was lower than you. And had you agreed to meet, you would have failed in the appointment. But that God might conclude a matter that was done: — that there might perish he who perished upon clear evidence, and that there might live he who lived upon clear evidence; and God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-42.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسُّفْلَىٰ ۗ — l-suf'lā · "the lowest"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, singular · nominative case

اِلَّا تَنْصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللّٰهُ اِذْ اَخْرَجَهُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ اِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ اِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِه۪ لَا تَحْزَنْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ مَعَنَاۚ فَاَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ سَك۪ينَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاَيَّدَهُ بِجُنُودٍ لَمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا السُّفْلٰىۜ وَكَلِمَةُ اللّٰهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَاۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Illa tansuroohu faqad nasarahuAllahu ith akhrajahu allatheena kafaroo thaniyaithnayni ith huma fee alghari ithyaqoolu lisahibihi la tahzan inna AllahamaAAana faanzala Allahu sakeenatahu AAalayhiwaayyadahu bijunoodin lam tarawha wajaAAala kalimata allatheenakafaroo assufla wakalimatu Allahi hiyaalAAulya wallahu AAazeezun hakeem

Save you help him. And God helped him when those who ignore warning turned him out, the second of two, when they were in the cave, when he said to his companion: “Grieve thou not; God is with us.” Then God sent down His tranquillity upon him, and strengthened him with forces you did not see, and made the word of those who ignore warning the lowest; and the word of God, it is the uppermost; and God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-40.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** سَافِلَهَا — sāfilahā · "its downside"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجّ۪يلٍۙ مَنْضُودٍۙ

Falamma jaa amrunajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilahawaamtarna AAalayha hijaratanmin sijjeelin mandood

And when Our command came, We utterly overthrew it, and rained upon it stones of baked clay, piled up in layers,

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-82.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** سَافِلَهَا — sāfilahā · "its lowest"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case

فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجّ۪يلٍۜ

FajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilahawaamtarna AAalayhim hijaratan minsijjeel

And We utterly overthrew it and rained upon it stones of baked clay.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-74.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** أَسْفَلَ — asfala · "below"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

اِذْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ اَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَاِذْ زَاغَتِ الْاَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ الظُّنُونَا

Ith jaookum min fawqikum waminasfala minkum wa-ith zaghati al-absaruwabalaghati alquloobu alhanajira watathunnoonabillahi aththunoona

When they came to you from above you, and from beneath you, and when your eyes swerved and your hearts reached your throats, and you thought thoughts about God,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-10.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 98

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ — l-asfalīna · "the lowest"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَاَرَادُوا بِه۪ كَيْداً فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْاَسْفَل۪ينَ

Faaradoo bihi kaydan fajaAAalnahumual-asfaleen

And they intended for him a plan; but We made them the lowest.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-98.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ — l-asfalīna · "the lowest"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا رَبَّـنَٓا اَرِنَا الَّذَيْنِ اَضَلَّانَا مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ نَجْعَلْهُمَا تَحْتَ اَقْدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ الْاَسْفَل۪ينَ

Waqala allatheena kafaroorabbana arina allathayni adallanamina aljinni wal-insi najAAalhuma tahta aqdaminaliyakoona mina al-asfaleen

And those who ignore warning will say: “Our Lord: show Thou us those who led us astray of the domini and the servi; we will place them under our feet, that they might be among the lowest!”

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-29.md_

### 95. Surah At-Tin, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** أَسْفَلَ — asfala · "(to the) lowest"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine, singular · accusative case

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ اَسْفَلَ سَافِل۪ينَۙ

Thumma radadnahu asfala safileen

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tin/verse-5.md_

### 95. Surah At-Tin, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** سَـٰفِلِينَ — sāfilīna · "(of the) low"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ اَسْفَلَ سَافِل۪ينَۙ

Thumma radadnahu asfala safileen

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tin/verse-5.md_

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