# Sin-Fe-Nun — سفن (sfn)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Ship, to build a ship, to swim in the sea, to travel, to make progress
- **Derived forms:** سَفِينَة (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّفِينَةِ — l-safīnati · "the ship"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

فَانْطَلَقَا۠ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّف۪ينَةِ خَرَقَهَاۜ قَالَ اَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ اَهْلَهَاۚ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـٔاً اِمْراً

Fantalaqa hattaitha rakiba fee assafeenati kharaqahaqala akharaqtaha litughriqa ahlaha laqadji/ta shay-an imra

So they went forth. When they had embarked on the boat, he made a hole therein. He said: “Hast thou made a hole therein to drown its people? Thou hast done a grievous thing.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-71.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّفِينَةُ — l-safīnatu · "the ship"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

اَمَّا السَّف۪ينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاك۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَاَرَدْتُ اَنْ اَع۪يبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَٓاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَف۪ينَةٍ غَصْباً

Amma assafeenatu fakanatlimasakeena yaAAmaloona fee albahri faaradtu anaAAeebaha wakana waraahum malikun ya/khuthukulla safeenatin ghasba

“As for the boat: it belonged to poor people working on the sea, and I desired to damage it, for there was behind them a king taking every boat by force.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-79.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** سَفِينَةٍ — safīnatin · "ship"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

اَمَّا السَّف۪ينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاك۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَاَرَدْتُ اَنْ اَع۪يبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَٓاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَف۪ينَةٍ غَصْباً

Amma assafeenatu fakanatlimasakeena yaAAmaloona fee albahri faaradtu anaAAeebaha wakana waraahum malikun ya/khuthukulla safeenatin ghasba

“As for the boat: it belonged to poor people working on the sea, and I desired to damage it, for there was behind them a king taking every boat by force.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-79.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّفِينَةِ — l-safīnati · "(of) the ship"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

فَاَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَاَصْحَابَ السَّف۪ينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَاهَٓا اٰيَةً لِلْعَالَم۪ينَ

Faanjaynahu waas-haba assafeenatiwajaAAalnaha ayatan lilAAalameen

But We delivered him and those with him in the ship; and We made it a proof for all mankind.

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

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