# Sin-Kaf-Fe — سقف (sqf)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Ceiling, roof, dome, sky, heaven, upper limit, maximum level
- **Derived forms:** سَقْف (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّقْفُ — l-saqfu · "the roof"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَاَتَى اللّٰهُ بُنْيَانَهُمْ مِنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَاَتٰيهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Qad makara allatheena min qablihimfaata Allahu bunyanahum mina alqawaAAidifakharra AAalayhimu assaqfu min fawqihim waatahumualAAathabu min haythu la yashAAuroon

Those before them schemed; then God came at their building from the foundations so the roof fell down on them from above them; and the punishment came upon them whence they perceived not.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-26.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** سَقْفًۭا — saqfan · "a roof"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ سَقْفاً مَحْفُوظاًۚ وَهُمْ عَنْ اٰيَاتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

WajaAAalna assamaasaqfan mahfoothan wahum AAan ayatihamuAAridoon

And We made the sky a roof protected; but they, from its proofs, are turning away.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-32.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** سُقُفًۭا — suqufan · "roofs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَوْلَٓا اَنْ يَكُونَ النَّاسُ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً لَجَعَلْنَا لِمَنْ يَكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفاً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَۙ

Walawla an yakoona annasuommatan wahidatan lajaAAalna liman yakfuru birrahmanilibuyootihim suqufan min fiddatin wamaAAarijaAAalayha yathharoon

And were it not that mankind would be one community, We would have appointed for him who denies the Almighty — for their houses — roofs of silver, and stairs whereon to ascend,

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-33.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلسَّقْفِ — wal-saqfi · "By the roof"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوعِۙ

Wassaqfi almarfooAA

By the roof raised!

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

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